What's the difference between being a Republican and A Democratic?I need all the information I can get!!!?
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Check their respective websites and look up their platforms.  That will give you a wealth of information.
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I am a registered democrat not a socialist. I am in favor of a balanced budget and less interference into our personal lives. I also favor states rights. In Oregon we passed (voter referendum) legalized assisted suicide and medical marijuana. Both are under attack by a republican led government. These used to be republican and conservative causes. They are not any  more. This is why I vote democratic. I used to vote republican. If I thought the libertarian party had a chance I would be a libertarian. The democratic party is the lesser of the two evils. I don't care about saving stem cells, abortion or the evils of gay marriage. I do care about health care, education, and a strong economy that provides jobs with living wages. If the republican party can offer this and stay out of our bedrooms, I'll vote republican.
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I could tell you the basics of what each party stands for, but I won't. I do not want to influence your young mind. I suggest you forever register as an independent and do research and vote for those who you agree with most. You should never vote straight party lines for either party unless you feel it is necessary. All candidates have different ideas, morals, values, and minds, regardless of party affiliation. The best example I can give you is look at Harold Ford Jr. running for the U.S. house from Tennessee. He is supposed to be a democrat and does have some of the party's beliefs, but a lot of his beliefs are Republican values and he will be one of those in congress that votes on both sides of the isle. Almost every aspect of the life of those running for office or that are in office are public information and you can look up there voting records and where they stand on almost any issue. Good luck and have fun.
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Political Party: Democratic-Republican
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Your public library is a great resource and often overlooked in deference to the internet. Try your local senator/representative's offices. I'm sure that they will be more than happy to help you, whether online or in person (depending on where you live. Remember - every vote counts)! Democrats.com, Republicans.com - look around the net for similar pages. Read up on the history of both parties and of the other parties in the usa - read the History of the parties in England from which the parties in America are descended. Learn how the parties have changed, over the years. Make certain that you join the party of TODAY - not only the ideals of yesterday, but the realities of today mixed with the hopes for tomorrow.
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In order to understand the differences between the two parties, you would have to understand the history of the two parties. The Democratic party has been around the longest and has had the largest influence in passing the New Deal Legislation proposed by Franklin Roosevelt which you may or may not know as social legislation or Socialism. The Democratic party has always stood for the common man against the abuses of Corporations in the workplace and has looked to Government to help regulate the activities of those persons and government that abuse and opress others.\n\nRepublicans have always looked to limit Government so that business and people do not have to live under a tyranical Government that opresses the people by overburdening the people with legislation.\n\nWhile these two opposing idealisms would seem to work very well together in a political environment, these ideals have been blurred lately. The reason for this is not because of a basic problem with Republicans or Democrats, but rather our social law form and our debt system of money. What you are experiencing when you believe that our country is being ripped apart, is the weight of our monetary system that is starting to crash down on us. Neither side can help what has been placed in 1913, and all they can do is put bandaid after bandaid on the problems until our country will eventually crash under the weight of its own burdens. \n\nFor more information go to Wikpedia and read up on New Deal Legislation, Republican Party, Democratic Party and Federal Reserve System to understand how each operates.\n\nHope that helps your question.
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I used to be a liberal democrat.  Since seeing the wacko behavior, abuse of our country, attempts to foil basic issues revolving around security and dealing with the most evil regimes on the planet, even outright treason, by the left, since 9/11, I have become a hardcore, right wing, republican.\n\nThere is an old saying.  A democrat is a republican who hasn't been mugged yet.\n\nIt's true.
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Democrat or Republican, what is the difference? None really. \n\nAs for a Democrat winning. As badly out of touch with the people as the Republicans are the Democrats are even worse. They will try to run somebody so abomible like Hitlerly Clinton that the public will puke in response. Think about it, against Bush the first they they ran Gore who could not even bother to remove the price tag from his ear. The same guy who's wife attempted to get Rap and Metal music banned in the US. Entire forms of music banned! Gore led a group that passed a law which could have gotten you a prison term if you said a cuss word on the internet. Gore is the biggest proponent of censorship we have EVER had. He makes McCarthy look like a timid easy going fellow when it comes to attacking the rights of people. Not only did they attack freedom of speech the Clinton/Gore administration wrote the laws which made the Patriot act possible. \n\nThen you have Kerry who could not make up his mind on anything. Who would want such a wishy washy do nothing leading the nation? \n\nCompared to these clutzs the Republicans could run Mickey Mouse and win. Bush barely bothered to campaign either election and still won. Not quite sure where all those campaign contributions went but I doubt even half of that went to campaign activities. As represive as the Patriot act is it is nothing new. Clinton's administration not only passed laws that were only milder versions, they were openly caught using the IRS and FBI to go after personal enemies. The blatent misuse of power while dusted over by the press stuck in quite a few people's craws. How would YOU feel if you had the IRS and FBI breathing down your neck because 10 years ago you offended a nobody politicion?  \n\nSo as fed up with Bush as so many are unless the Democrats learn quite a bit in a short time they will sabatage themselves again in the next election. Ineptitude and Democrat are fast becoming synomyns. \n\nI suggest looking into independent cantidates. People who might actually believe in half of what they say. Who might make it through a term without trampling all over the Constitution and abusing the office.
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Left is Democrats; Far-Left are Liberals.\n\nRight is Republicans; Far-Right are Conservative Republicans\n\n\nHave a good day!\nA Far-Right Republican
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A liberal Repub is more middle of the road. They often are for abortion rights, stem cell research and separation of Church and State. Giuliani is a mod. Repub. McCain used to be but he got in bed with the right wing evangelists.
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Voting is a privelege. The United States of America is a nation Of The People, For The People, By The People. It all starts with elections. We elect the politicians who make the laws of the land. Democrats are a party who believe in big government and believe you don't have the capacity to think for yourselves. They put out big government programs that cost tons of money to cure societal problems "because you can't handle it". Republicans are a party who believe in small government. They believe in rewards for accomplishments. They want you to succeed on your own and be self sufficient. There ya go. If you don't vote then someone will be put in office that goes against your beliefs.
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Well let's see...\n\n+Democrats support peace, not war, like Bush.\n+They believe in the more middle class American, while Republicans only care about the rich\n+The economy is 10x better when a Democrat is in power\n+Dems usually support gay marriage, because gay people are people too, and so are black people. \n+They also care about the environment, while Republicans couldn't care less\n+Democrats are usually pro-choice as far as abortion goes, but they are not pro-abortion.
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Republican = personal responsibility and meritocracy\n\nDemocrat = nanny-state, mediocrity, wealth redistribution (everyone is equally poor) and victim class
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The Republicans are more intelligent and make better arguments.\n\nThe Democrats are pedantic crybabies who just call names.
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This is actually close to the description I use to illustrate the basic difference between Republicans and Democrats:\n\nDemocrats will help feed the people fish.\nRepublicans will teach people to fish.\n\nThis philosophy is kind of a touchstone on how to think about the parties. Democrats are all about the individual, providing for one person at a time, reading to them. Republicans want to help the larger class of people, thus will provide teaching to help the people make their own way.
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oh wow!  There are 2 major parties in the United States. Democrats and Republicans. Some democrats, well usually most, no offence, can be liberals. Sometimes, they are liberals. Republicans are representated by an elephant. Go to the national republican or national democrat websites to learn about their history and facts. It is pretty interesting.
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Right now with the Republicans it is a Republic. When the Democrats are in power it is a Democracy. That is the difference. One is for the people, and the other for wealth.