Liberal V. Conservative
With the 2016 presidential election approaching at a rapid pace many people are planning on heading out to the polls to cast their vote. Many of those people include young people who are first time voters. While registering to vote these first time voters may have asked themselves am I a republican? Or am I a democrat? What is the difference?
Liberal or conservative? Exactly what does that mean? When an individual considers themselves a liberal they are open to new ideas or behaviors and opinions. The individual is willing to overlook traditional values and would most likely classify themselves as a supporter of the democratic party. While a conservative is someone who clings onto traditional attitudes and values as well as approaches change cautiously.
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They believe government policies should be for the common good of all American people. While the republican values are hard work, family, and all life. They believe that the American family should be strengthened through new policies.
The economy is a very important part of all societies. This very key part of all modern societies is approached differently by both parties. The democratic approach to the economy is different than that of the republican party. They believe in stepping in and creating regulations for the economy to benefit the people. The republican party values their approach to the economy, they believe the people should drive the economy and the government should stay out of such affairs.
Gay marriage is a social issue that has appeared time and time again over the recent years. After years and years of fighting to gain the legal right to be married the LGBT community gained the right to be married in 2015 across the United States. Being a liberal party the democrats embraced the Supreme Court’s decision to recognize gay marriage. Their conservative counterparts frowned upon this
The terms liberal and conservative more widely apply to the Democratic Party, which generally upholds liberal principles and the Republican Party, which generally upholds conservative principles.
The Democratic party believes that people should go through the same things, and the Republican party believes each kid should get to do their own things based on their individual academic ability. The second reason people believe other people should not be a Republican is because Democrats are not pro-choice because Democratic views are better because they support a woman’s right to make decisions about her pregnancy. Democratic views state that is a personal decision between the mother, doctor, and family. Republicans believe that the government needs to spend more money than what Republicans want(Republican . . .
Social Issues include topics like gay rights, abortion, social services, and women’s rights. The topic abortion is really a touchy subject but the Democrats believe that abortion is a woman’s right and they should have the choice to do so if they want but the Republicans strongly disagree and think that it should be illegal even if the child is a product of a rape victim or incest. (“Democrats Unveil”) They disagree because people have different thoughts and morals they follow and to certain people that’s almost just as bad as murder and they can’t afford a bad image to lose votes even if it makes certain people happy. Gay marriage is another important issue. The Democrats support gay rights because they believe that everyone should have equal rights including
Democrats express that the values America supports must evolve over time, and therefore tend to support controversial issues such same-sex marriage and abortion. Republicans values tend to be religious in nature which means Republicans will most likely disapprove of abortions for any reason and disagree with same-sex marriage.
“The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by a group of renegade Democrats, Whigs, and political independents who opposed the expansion of Slavery into new U.S. territories and states. What began as a single-issue, independent party became a major political force in the United States. Six years after the new party was formed, Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln won the U.S. presidential election. The Republican Party and its counterpart, the Democratic Party, became the mainstays of the nation's de facto two-party system.” As stated in the free dictionary’s definition of the republican party. The Republican and Democrat parties are opposites on almost every decision they come to. The Republican party is more small government whereas the Democratic party is pro big government.
Views between the two major parties of government in the United States have many differences and few similarities. The Republican side of government tends to be more conservative and more for the people’s freedoms. They also support government intervention only when necessary. The Democratic side of government tends to be more liberal and support heavy government intervention. Views between abortion, gay marriage, and many other controversial topics differ greatly between the Democratic and Republican Party.
There are clear principles that distinguish Republicans from Democrats. Republicans are conservative while Democrats are liberal. Republicans believe that taxes shouldn’t be increased for anyone, and wages should reflect
The American political system is made up of primarily two parties, Democrats and Republicans. These parties go against each-other for many political positions, such as presidency. Each supports and opposes different issues. The Democratic Party supports a bigger government and believes the government should guide the people. They are known as Liberals because typically they like change. The Republican Party supports a smaller government and believes the people should guide the government. They are known as Conservatives because they are in favor of the core laws of this country. Some people do not consider themselves Democratic or Republican. Not all members agree with the majority vote of their party. Each party has a majority
The next topic that is debated between the Republican and Democratic parties is the separation of church and state. This is defined by the detachment of the government when dealing with religion. The Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause both enforce the idea that the people have the right to explore and live out their religion of choice while have neutrality in the federal government.
Republicans want to limit the number of social programs and encourage the individual states to be more active in their own social welfare. Democrats feel that more government is better, where the Republicans feel that the individual states should have more power. Democrats favor gun control legislation most of the time. Republicans do not seem as interested in that issue, and many Republicans can be viewed as pro gun advocates. Democrats favor affirmative action for minorities and women. Republicans favor helping the entrepreneur and tend to give tax breaks to big business. Democrats champion the cause of labor unions, while Republicans realizing that union votes are important, at the same time feel that labor unions have too much power and cost big business too much money. The next set of political differences about the issues of capital punishment and abortion rights are quite paradoxical. Democrats favor a woman’s right to choose, at the same time they are against the death penalty and want to rehabilitate prisoners. Republicans, many of them are pro-life as well as in favor of capital punishment and being tough on crime. Democrats want the government to be more involved in public education, and want more money dispersed for student loans. Republicans want the states to take the responsibility for educating their children and also want to provide vouchers as an alternative to public school. This issue is also tied to how Republicans are
For majority of each party the following ideas are true. The Democratic Party is for same-sex marriage because they believe in supporting equality. They are the highest supporters for legal same-sex marriage, and propose same-sex couples should have the same legal rights as all other married couples. Repealing the Defense of Marriage act is on the top of their agenda. The Republican Party, on the other hand, opposes same-sex marriage. Republicans believe in preserving the traditional family to help protect our children’s future. They completely support the Defense of Marriage act from 1996 which says marriage is between a man and woman. The similarities between the two parties are that both are not one hundred percent for or against the issue. The views of many in each party are changing or are not yet being swayed to change.
Democratic party and the Republican party these are the two parties that over power’s America’s political positions but greatly have different in their philosophies and ideas. The main things or philosophies issues they differ on are as follows: Taxes, Immigration, Gun Control, Healthcare and the Role of the Government as a whole. The Democratic party was founded in 1824 and they were Liberal. The Republican party was founded later in 1854 and they were Conservatives. The Democratic party’s color is blue and their symbol is a donkey while the Republican party’s color is red and their symbol
Liberals are typically considered part of the democratic party and conservatives are considered republicans. I identify most with the republican party because I feel like I lean that way on a lot of issues.
Everyone has heard the following words at one time or another "Democrats are liberal, while Republicans are Conservative". Is this really true? In order to resolve this question, two questions must be answered, what do the two terms mean? What is liberal and what is Conservative? Some Democrats are conservative and some Republicans are liberal. In this time of turmoil, Democrats and Republicans must work together to promote the common welfare.
The ideologies, conservative and liberal are the ideals that form the basis for politics in the United States. The conservative ideals form the platform for republicans and the liberal ideals, the democrats. Although not every republican has to be a conservative and so on, republicans generally speaking have a more conservative outlook on beliefs, policy, ethics, etc. Liberalism views the government as being the necessary tool to have equality among everyone and also sees it as the governments job to help anyone that may be in need. On the other hand conservatives think government should have less influence in the lives of people, and people should be self responsible for their needs, not the government. For me, I would say I don’t really belong on either side, because I share ideas with both and think both have their flaws. To me