I'm too liberal for conservatives and too conservative for liberals. I'm pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-civil rights, pro-some gun limitations, pro-death penalty, anti-drug legalization, pro-legal immigration but anti-illegal immigration. I'm a Republican. But hate to depend from the government things always end like my country where I came from Honduras one of the most poor and dangerous country thanks to a democratic ideas.
I vote Republican. Democrat vs. Conservative , right-leaning. Economic Ideas Minimum wages and progressive taxation , i. Born out of anti-federalist ideals but evolved over time to favor more government regulation. Believe taxes shouldn't be increased for anyone including the wealthy and that wages should be set by the free market.
Social and human ideas Based on community and social responsibility Based on individual rights and justice Stance on Military issues Decreased spending Increased spending Stance on Gay Marriage Support some Democrats disagree Oppose some Republicans disagree Stance on Abortion Should remain legal; support Roe v.
Wade Should not be legal with some exceptions ; oppose Roe v. Wade Stance on Death Penalty While support for the death penalty is strong among Democrats, opponents of the death penalty are a substantial fraction of the Democratic base.
A large majority of Republicans support the death penalty. Stance on Taxes Progressive high income earners should be taxed at a higher rate.
Generally not opposed to raising taxes to fund government. Tend to favor a "flat tax" same tax rate regardless of income. Generally opposed to raising taxes. Stance on Government Regulation Government regulations are needed to protect consumers. Government regulations hinder free market capitalism and job growth.
Healthcare Policy Support universal healthcare; strong support of government involvement in healthcare, including Medicare and Medicaid. Generally support Obamacare. Private companies can provide healthcare services more efficiently than government-run programs. Oppose Obamacare provisions like 1 requirement for individuals to buy health insurance or pay a fine, 2 required coverage of contraceptives.
Stance on Immigration There is greater overall support in the Democratic party for a moratorium on deporting - or offering a pathway to citizenship to - certain undocumented immigrants. Republicans are generally against amnesty for any undocumented immigrants.
They also oppose President Obama's executive order that put a moratorium on deporting certain workers. Republicans also fund stronger enforcement actions at the border.
Differences in Philosophy Republican philosophy leans more towards individual freedoms, rights and responsibilities. Role of Government One of the fundamental differences between Democratic and Republican party ideals is around the role of government.
Military Republicans: Prefer increasing military spending and have a more hard line stance against countries like Iran, with a higher tendency to deploy the military option. Gun control laws Democrats favor more gun control laws e. Abortion Democrats support abortion rights and keeping elective abortions legal.
Death Penalty The majority opinion in America about the death penalty is that it should be legal. Related: A comparison of Donald Trump and Joe Biden's Tax Policies Minimum Wage Democrats favor increasing the minimum wage, including a setting a federal limit so that it also applies in so-called red states.
Foreign Policy U. Deportations Both Democratic and Republican administrations have used and favored deportations. Legal immigration Republicans favor legal immigration to be "merit-based" or "point-based". Civil Rights Abraham Lincoln belonged to the Republican Party, so the roots of the party lie in individual freedom and the abolition of slavery. And how many voted for cloture to break the filibuster?
So in proportional terms, the Republicans supported this bill much more than the Democrats did in both houses. And their legacy is jettisoned at that moment.
PURDUM: In some important way that was the beginning of changing the Republican Party from the party of Lincoln into the party of white backlash which is, frankly, reputation that in the South particularly endures to this day, and has hurt the Republican Party as a national brand in presidential elections. Voter ID laws Civil liberties groups like the ACLU criticize the GOP for pushing for voter ID laws — Republicans believe these laws are necessary to prevent voter fraud while Democrats claim that voter fraud is virtually non-existent and that these laws disenfranchise black and Hispanic voters who tend to be poorer and unable to obtain ID cards.
Black Lives Matter The Black Lives Matter movement is a mostly Democratic priority while Republicans have expressed more concern about the shootings of police officers. Follow Share Cite Authors. Share this comparison: If you read this far, you should follow us: "Democrat vs Republican. Comments: Democrat vs Republican.
Anonymous comments 5 April 8, , am A I strongly agree and disagree with both parties Ideology. In contrast, the Democrats continue to overwhelmingly say more economic assistance is needed. More than three-quarters of those involved in the research thought the worst was still to come, according to the report.
Back from hospital and speaking to supporters, he watered down the severity of the virus on his health and said it shouldn't impact people's lives, putting into question how his comments could influence the way Americans vote. Trump has also been optimistic about a vaccine, which he has said could be available in the US by next year. Democrats have expressed reservations about the safety of the mooted vaccine, due to a lack of backing by their health advisers.
The Republicans, under Trump, have long fought to dissolve the Affordable Care Act, but no such plan has formally been put in place. However, Biden supports the ACA, which was the Obama administration's signature policy achievement during his time as vice-president.
Biden has campaigned strongly on building on the ACA to give more people the choice of a public insurance plan, rather than creating a Medicare-for-all system. Under the ACA, Americans no longer had to worry about insurance companies denying coverage or charging higher premiums because of a pre-existing condition. It also stopped insurance companies from setting annual or lifetime limits on coverage.
Republicans have argued the ACA hurts American families with skyrocketing insurance costs. Surprisingly, both the Democrats and Republicans agree on a few issues in terms of foreign policy. They both have a similar stance on China, especially on trade and national security. China's sway in high-tech sectors has worried both sides of politics and the Trump and Biden campaigns have pledged to curb its influence. The Trump administration has always had a hard line on China — a position that launched the two nations into a trade war.
In July, the US and China announced an initial trade deal that would roll back some tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of US goods and services. Both sides support withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, and peace talks between the Afghan Government and the Taliban.
The peace talks, mandated by a deal signed by the US and the Taliban in February, have been a key foreign policy objective for the Trump administration. Trump has used executive orders and other means to overhaul all aspects of the immigration policy, framing the situation at the southern border as a national emergency. He has always promised to take extraordinary measures, including building a wall along the Mexican border and deporting millions, to tackle immigration.
The Democrats have vowed construction of the wall would end if they win the election. Biden's immigration plan would instead focus on improved screening at borders. Criminal justice is a rising concern among Americans, most recently sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement and the killing of George Floyd, which propelled an increase in protests. The Democrats and Republicans butt heads on many issues around criminal justice, but there are some they agree on.
Biden has said he would reform qualified immunity, which shields police from lawsuits. They include more recent data for both gross domestic product GDP and employment, as well as revisions to past data that have occurred since their paper was written. The charts also go back further to include all available data for the Truman presidency, though GDP data are only available beginning in The data show that, since World War II, the economy has performed substantially better under Democratic presidents.
On average, real inflation-adjusted GDP has grown about 1. While the strong performance under Presidents Truman, Kennedy and Johnson certainly contributes to this gap, the starting point does not matter: GDP has grown faster under Democrats regardless of whether the analysis begins with President Truman, President Kennedy or President Reagan.
In the United States, the words Democrat and Republican are widely used to mean the two major American political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. We often hear these words used to describe things the parties do or the people connected to them. For example, former Vice President Joe Biden is the Democratic candidate for president, and members of the Republican Party are often simply called Republicans.
The English words democratic and republican actually have long, complex histories that go far beyond red and blue states or donkeys and elephants. Simply put, the lowercase democratic is a word used to refer to anything that resembles or has to do with a democracy , a form of government in which the supreme power rests with the people and is exercised by them directly or by politicians that they elect to represent them.
In practice, this is usually accomplished through a fair, organized system of voting, in which citizens or representatives cast votes in support of political candidates in elections or societal issues in referendums. So, the word democratic is used to describe government systems that are or resemble democracies and the people that run these types of governments. The United States of America is a representative democracy in which the people elect representatives mayors, governors, members of Congress, etc.
This is why we say that the US is a democratic country or that we have a democratic form of government. The English word democratic dates all the way back to the late and early s.
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