Does the republican party operate on a national or state level?
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National, state and local. The Dem. party operates the same way.
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There are a few close races, but frankly, all indicators point to the status quo (which means a Republican majority).  The caveat here is that between now and November is a political eternity...anything can happen.  I can provide links if you like.
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Republicans take both
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Okay... let me just correct your association mix up.  The Christian fundamentalists with their aggressive agendas are overwhelmingly republican. It does NOT hold true that republicans are all Christian fundamentalists interested in pushing agendas on anyone. Case and point, McCain. \n\nAre the christian fundies pushing their agendas on the people of the US?  Of course they are. They always have and they always will. That's what they do. Republicans are more interested in kickstarting the economy by making some of the people richer.  And fortunately, some of them are smart enough to back off of the wedge issues.
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In the US, there are only two main factions.  They are the Democrats and the Republicans.  The Democrats are more for the working folks and younger people.  The Republicans are more for the older and richer people.\n\nSpecial interest groups are very influential in American politics, they invest millions of dollars into the campaign of many politicians from the lowest level to the highest.  Their influence is to try to pass legislation that will benefit their industry.
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The Republican party is known as the GOP. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the first known reference to the Republican party as the "grand old party" came in 1876. The first use of the abbreviation G.O.P. is dated 1884
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Republican, of course.
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The Republican and Democratic parties are so big and their bases are so broad, that their are hardly any issues that they can all agree on.  Usually it is based on the views of specific candidates for those parties, for that you can go to their websites to see where they stand on issues.
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George Bush and the Republican party
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We definitely need choices other than the ones we have now, but the game's rigged to keep both in power. I honestly don't see much difference between Republicans and Democrats, as both are heavily influenced by big-money interests with their own agendas.\n\nOne thing keeping a third party from making a move nationally are the laws that decide who can appear on the ballot. These vary from state to state, and seem set up to make it hard as hell for anyone but the 2 parties to be represented.\n\nPeople need to see beyond stupid slogans, celebrity endorsements and snazzy advertising, and concentrate on what each candidate's really about. The voting record of all our representatives, local, state and federal, is available (usually online), as this is a public record. The info is there......
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the question of "States rights" was one of the divisive issues facing this nation at that time. which one should be supreme, the States or the Federal government. the Whigs were AWOL on that issue, truth be told. the Republican Party was actually founded on a States rights platform
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Your question presupposes that party affiliation demands loyalty to the party, not truth and justice.\n\nAnd if that's how the Republicans are operating, well that's just scary (but maybe I knew that already).
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I know the difference.\n\nI've never voted on any national legislation. The people who represented me in the House and the Senate voted for the legislation, not me.\n\nOn the state level, my state was some of both a democracy and a republic. Most legislative proposals were voted on the people who represented me in the state legislature and on the local boards/councils. But on the state level I sometimes voted myself on proposed laws.\n\nI personally don't care whether or not you call it "democracy" or "republic." We aren't, in fact, the kind of government we call ourselves. We call ourselves, interchangably, a "democracy" or a "republic" but we are, in fact, neither one. We are a judicial oligarchy. The U.S. Supreme Court steals power that doesn't belong to them. They pretend that they are objectively interpretting the U.S. Constitution, when what they are truly doing is sheer sophistry.
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The only way for the country to go from where we are now is up.  The Republicans have proven that they are out of touch with the American public and can not effectively run the country.  So now maybe America will have a fighting chance to improve.
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My state is Republican\nMy President is Republican\n\nI'm good!  Thanks for asking
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Why do Republicans push for discrimination at the national level? Republicans fought against rights for women and blacks. Now gays. Why do Republicans fear gays?
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Democrats & Republican.