What is the difference between democrat and republican

If you could do that without any other help, then there is no need for an increase in minimum wage and you would be the first btw. Now a story from real life, try working making 1 dollar more than minimum wage for seven years with , dollar student loan to pay off and see if you make it anywhere at all.

Minimum wage is nothing more than a legalized way to agree to disagree between the greedy and the poor, because no one wants to work for minimum wage. Hundreds of years ago in some places a wealthy employer was expected to provided his employees with a decent living.

Now it is acceptable to provide the least possible means to your employees to maximize your wealth. When extreme wealth is viewed as it should be…. The same goes for the other super Corps. You know who you are. Difference between republicans and democrats?? I literally could go hours on that one but how about for our devoted and hopelessly delusional republican CULT members, just take a look at former GOP governor Charlie Crist new book about how the republican party has gone extreme right!

Charlie Crist? You mean the guy even liberals called a RINO and an opportunist. Why do you always use such terrible examples? He positioned himself as a conservative to keep those in his own party happy. But his actions spoke otherwise. As governor from to , Crist bucked the GOP on items such as voting rights and environmental issues. Many Republicans believe his order to restore felons voting rights, and increase early voting hours helped President Obama carry the state in You are a riot! Many millionaires evade paying tax dollars by cheating on their taxes, and that can be a big deal to the americans who pay taxes so our bills get paid.

What Marci said is no where near the truth with regard to either party. Democrats are absolutely NOT socialist. Not even close. Republicans like to lump everyone who is not extreme right wing together, and call them all socialist.

Democrats also generally believe in progressive ideas like protecting the environment, regulating the safety of the food we eat and medicines we take, and building roads and airports and schools and other infrastructure that benefits all Americans.

And yes, Democrats believe that billionaires can afford to pay more in taxes that pay for those roads and schools than poor people can afford to pay. And Democrats believe that there needs to be some reasonable regulations on Big Businesses to try to protect consumers from predatory business practices and fraud, and to try to prevent the kinds of business excesses that contributed to the Financial Crisis and to the giant BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Republicans generally believe in no regulations at all, or very few, on businesses, in what economists call Laissez Faire Economics, which is part of the economic policies that contributed to the Great Depression of the s and the Great Recession of , as well as to environmental problems such as oil spills and Global Climate Change. Republicans also generally believe in cutting taxes for Corporations and wealthy people, in a relief that if these wealthy people and Big Corporations have more money they will invest it in America and create more jobs for Americans.

The biggest problem is the only thing Republicans are interested in is winning. They take position that they think will win, regardless of whether it is a complete opposite of the position they took three days prior.

Everything else is up for grabs. It was Newt Gingrich that said a national health care plan would only work if it had an individual mandate. In fact, almost every idea that Obama has presented on taxes, immigration, the military, and a range of other topics was once a GOP idea… as soon as Obama suggested them, all of a sudden the GOP was against it.

The Republicans are Chameleons, fair weather friends, and unreliable to take a position and stay with it. Unfortunately, they are a poor judge of the public opinion and how it is trending, always ending up a couple years short. Their ONLY strength is adversarial. They are good at making the other guy look evil, but hold no ideas or solutions of their own, just criticism of the other side and their IDEAS….. Since the topic is Difference, your premise, by definition, must be that what you claim of the Republicans is not true of the Democrats.

I contend that there is: 1 No difference in the need to win by any politician or their ardent supporters, and that 2 Democrats are more likely to change positions. Point 1. Each party exists by driving their constituents into an emotional frenzy so they are in such a panic they will part with money and vote to keep the world from collapsing — which would be guaranteed if someone from the other party wins, because they want to destroy America.

Generally, the crackpots are more energized when the other party is in power. Sadly, few are principled enough to put the feet to the fire of their own. Otherwise, we concur that both parties are equally guilty. Point 2. Republicans are more conservative than liberals. By definition, they change less. Democrats, on the other hand, kept taking God and Israel out of the platform.

The difference between and is amazing, for those who bother basing their opinion on historical, verifiable facts.

They oppose the status quo on the first two and want to force everyone to participate in the latter. You say that all republicans try to do is win. I have to agree. Republicans do try to win and if you did not know it is called competition which is one of the fundamentals of our government. I assumed minerva was your typical low information republican male, well I might have been wrong about our resident republican cheerleader, maybe our republican butt kissers is a low information female??

My God! Democrats rob Peter to pay Paul. It is the whole idea behind a tiered tax system. The Democrats support the minimum wage increase, but it never happens.

That would cause millions of businesses to close. Sounds good, but in this economy, where there are the back buster, uneducated, workers that work in those minimum wage jobs, would not have those jobs anymore if the minimum wage went up.

Nobody whether they are democrat or republican is going to fix or change anything. We should all do this, find out the world events at all times, but keep our asses home and develop the most military defense plans and programs where no other country can touch us.

I mean become the most secure and advanced than any other country to where if anyone did come to harm us, it would be fatal, and that would keep our enemies on their own ground. We just need to keep our asses here and not fund anymore wars that really dont concern us. Going to the middle east and teaching them how to govern was years of waste and a waste of the american dollars. Plus it caused the extremists to radicate, and now look; ISIS. Lets spend our own money here putting up defense around us and daring any fools to try and mess with us.

Now let me stop here because I could go on for hours. But, really neither party matters, because congress is going to write the checks, and there will be a few changes made when we elect our next President, but those changes I fear will be to no good effect. That last rant was embarrassing! LMFAO really??? A- how the FU K would he know?!! The GOP dying? LMFAO really sarah? OH, but wait, tell us mini, how honorably he served in Nam?! Billodot, thank you!!

Now lets talk about embassy attacks, shall we?? Jesus Christ, minerva are you really dense enough to believe that lame juvenile game?? She has never run for any other public position, including treasurer for the local youth soccer club, and is now running for one of the most prestigious positions in America other than President… Senator. Hmmmmm… woman? She is running against the ACA and was doing great………………………. UNTIL it came out that she was stalking and harrassing her ex husband until he filed a restraining order which he later rescinded, to be fair but wait there is more!!!

Her ex was politically active, donating large sums of money to the man running for the SAME Senate seat. The govenment IS the constitution, and was written to protect the people from ideologies like the one you so blindly buy into. Poor, poor lemmings….. You republicans typically are the nastiest, ill mannered, hateful people on Earth! You republicans always play the victim! Billodot, good stuff! Like Soros has a fraction of the wealth the koch brothers have!! Theres a movie coming out by Greenwald about the evil koch brothers and theres a NEW book coming out!

Looking at the first part of these post looks as if some of you have made total fools of yourselves using foul language basically trailer trash talk with no facts or sold ideas just loud street talk sorry to inform you guys the business world does not care about you trash talk at all. With that said I give a high five to all the Democrats that dismissed this kind of behavior I would love to debate with you and help solve real world problems I have voted both parties many times when I feel it is needed and yes we do have some bad Republicans too.

Bottom line is work ethics what can you do to help your country not what your country can do to help you work on your problems do not expect other people to bail you out. As far as charity and welfare is concerned that should be handled at the local level not the federal level people in Washington do not know what the heck is going on in small town Indiana?? I do not have a college education and I grew up very poor I started my own technology business by lots of reading and hard work and perfection my skills its not hard just takes work.

If you pay taxes buddy let me tell you, that your money will go to welfare and SSI persons, and thats just how it is and should be. You should be ashamed of yourself for saying what you said. We put all those people together forced to live in poverty, and expect them not to act in crime in order to survive? Come on Mr. You really pissed me off. You think they are just lazy? Is that what you think is going on here? Boy do you need a spiritual makeover. God is real, and just as you are a successful business man, it can all be gone and you could find your ass seeking benefits.

You really need to stop and take a look at YOUR part in how you can make this country better, just by your own actions. Your not successful, because successful people give it away in order to keep it. So much to learn, you better hurry. Oh and you should try a little Jesus, too. I mean people like you piss me off. Your a grench buddy. I mean how are you going to control what your tax dollars are spent on. What a fuckin joke of a man.

I bet your the asshole that walks past a homeless man who is obviously hungry, with ease, and without it bothering you, and thinking, he should get a job, or he just wants alcohol.

I give them money, because I feel like I am helping someone besides myselfish self. I cant receive Help with food. I like How you did not comprehend my statement. Same as you have the right to vote So do I regardless of my education or who I choose to vote or if I choose to switch. It my right and I will exercise in such. Good day sir. While we all express our strong critical opinions and push our agendas, the very fiber of our nation continues to decline morally, spiritually, economically, etc.

When we see our land under siege and our economy crash which is scheduled to occur this year , remember… God never despises a humbled and repented heart. They may sound like idiots, but do you have to say it? Most people who posted in here sound like they believe guns kill people. You make yourself fat not the spoon or fork.

Ponder that one lol. Who was talking about guns?????? However, you will find that there are many quite intelligent members who do not spend their lives on a website bashing everyone who does not agree with you.

Also, guns do NOT kill people, people use guns to kill people. LMFAO trump exposed your party!! Forget the typical dog whistle racism stunts your beloved GOP has been using since nixon and the southern strategy! LMFAO even willard romney is attacking trump! First Republicans constantly run a larger Government than Democrats.

Clinton was the first president to reduce government size. Republicans have constantly increased the National Debt while Democrats with the exception of Carter have decreased the National Debt. To the man in the movie your concepts are all wrong. Social Programs are not the downfall of the economy, they are the legs of the economy holding it up.

Proven by UTAH Housing first give people dignity and support and they tend to become self sufficient and save the government money. And further the lot of what you have said was wrong. It is The US Economy has recovered from the screw job bush did to us. You are on a public site open for anyone, mind you, and you decide to use your uneducated brains to come up with these poor excuses of comebacks.

Also refrain from using text-talk, and unnecessary capitalization or else you all look and sound like idiots. Info about my self: I am a full time college student at the age of 16 and I am well into my sophomore year of college. Listen junior, when you grow up and move out your mommy basement and start feeding yourself and actually paying your own bills!

Let me get this right, a person jumps on a political website and proceeds to call people immature and juvenile, did anyone notice that persons screen name?? A sick group. As for me, A white boy not brought up to be racist, republican by virtue of my parents being Republican, I think that both Republicans and Democrats are nothing but gangs.

No different than the Crips and the bloods. My personal values of working for what I get are mine. Any people that feel the government owes them anything other than what they have put in, in my opinion, are being freeloaders.

We are all responsible for our own lives and and what happens to us within our life. We can only vote for the person that best represents our own values and goals. With neither one of the candidates representing our individual American interests as people that live here and work here. Just their own agendas, which largely benefit their own personal gains and not representative of the people of the United States at large. It was Republicans against Democrats. He was also Republican and his opponent was a Democrat.

When Abraham Lincoln won the office, he disbanded slavery and yet you say that the Republicans are the racist ones? He freed thousands of slaves and won them the rights they deserve. What did Democrats do? They fought hard against giving African Americans the rights they deserve. Because she has been lying and defying the law for the longest time now. What happened to the emails? But wait! She said her views have never changed. What happened there? I hope you take this into consideration and if you need any more information about Democrats, I would be happy to give it to you.

To Bill, who replied to this business March 23, It is sad enough when so many good and intelligent people get caught up in their raging,that collectively,they sound like spoiled children on a playground! But,people like you Bill,make my gut ill,and my bowels loose!!!

I am a sandblasted caucasion. I am also a chronic Empath!. I suspect you are a mighty whitey narcissist, because of your comment about Israel and our two primary political parties! Are you a closet hater Bill? So far I have seen none of that but constant bickering, like two kids in a playground arguing over a little toy. In the end the ones who suffer from this pathetic bickering us, the people of this once great nation.

Simply put…. Democrats want to hand all our rights as citizens to their idea of government. But if you work hard and want more for yourself and family…..

There are rich Democrats…. Just stop arguing, we can tell what you believe. Nobody has the same beliefs as another. Just let it go and and all of you, Democrats and Republicans, calm down. They consider higher tax rates on the rich a form of class warfare. Democrats favor increasing the minimum wage, including a setting a federal limit so that it also applies in so-called red states. They argue that minimum wage should be high enough that someone working a full-time minimum wage job should not be below the poverty line.

Republicans argue that raising the minimum wage hurts businesses, which makes them hire fewer workers, slowing down the economy for everyone.

Key allies have always been other Western powers like the UK, France. Allies in the middle east were—and continue to remain—countries like Israel, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Nevertheless, some differences can be seen based on the Obama administration's handling of relations with certain countries. For example, Israel and the U. A major contributor to this tension has been the Obama administration's Iran policy. The U. This rapprochement has irked Iran's traditional rival Israel, even though for all practical purposes Israel and the U.

Republicans in Congress opposed the Iran deal and the easing of sanctions against Iran. They also invited Netanyahu to deliver a speech against the deal. Another country where the Democratic Obama administration reversed decades of U.

Republican Rand Paul supported the unfreezing of relations with Cuba but his opinion is not shared by a majority of Republicans. Republicans like presidential contenders Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have publicly opposed the normalization of relations with Cuba. Politicians from both parties are often heard saying that "The immigration system in this country is broken.

In general the Democratic Party is considered more sympathetic to the immigrant cause. There is widespread support among Democrats for the DREAM Act which grants conditional residency and permanent residency upon meeting further qualifications to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.

The bill never passed but the Democratic Obama administration did issue some protections for certain qualified undocumented immigrants. Both Democratic and Republican administrations have used and favored deportations. More undocumented immigrants were deported under President Obama than any president before him. Deportations have continued, if not accelerated, under President Trump. Republicans favor legal immigration to be "merit-based" or "point-based".

Such systems are used by countries like Canada and Australia to allow lawful entry visas to individuals with in-demand skills who can contribute to the economy. The flip side of such a system is that not enough visas may be available for family-based immigration. A merit-based system is also the opposite of the "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Abraham Lincoln belonged to the Republican Party, so the roots of the party lie in individual freedom and the abolition of slavery. The Southern wing of the Democratic party was vehemently opposed to civil rights legislation. However, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, there was a sort of role reversal. Republicans believe that Purdum's point of view is misleading because Goldwater supported previous attempts at passing a Civil Rights act, and desegregation, but did not like the Act because he felt it infringed on states' rights.

In any case, the present dynamic is that minorities like Hispanics and African Americans and are much more likely to vote Democratic than Republican. 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.

The Black Lives Matter movement is a mostly Democratic priority while Republicans have expressed more concern about the shootings of police officers. The Republican convention featured people killed at the hands of undocumented immigrants, as well as a sheriff proclaiming "blue lives matter.

Due to the TV coverage during some of the presidential elections in the past, the color Red has become associated with the Republicans as in Red states — the states where the Republican presidential nominee wins and Blue is associated with the Democrats. The Democrats are also strongest in major cities. Recently, Democratic candidates have been faring better in some southern states, such as Virginia, Arkansas, and Florida , and in the Rocky Mountain states, especially Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Since , geographically the Republican "base" "red states" is strongest in the South and West, and weakest in the Northeast and the Pacific Coast. The Republican Party's strongest focus of political influence lies in the Great Plains states, particularly Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, and in the western states of Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah.

In February , Gallup reported that for the first time since Gallup started tracking, red states now outnumber blue states. In , 35 states leaned Democratic and this number is down to only 14 now. In the same time, the number of Republican leaning states rose from 5 to Gallup determined 16 states to be competitive, i. Republicans have controlled the White House for 28 of the last 43 years since Richard Nixon became president.

Republican President Richard Nixon was forced to resign over the Watergate scandal. To compare the two parties' presidential candidates in the elections, see Donald Trump vs Joe Biden. This graphic shows which party controlled the White House since You can find the list of Presidents on Wikipedia.

Interesting data about how support for each party broke down by race, geography and the urban-rural divide during the mid-term elections are presented in charts here. The Pew Research Group, among others, regularly surveys American citizens to determine party affiliation or support for various demographic groups.

Some of their latest results are below. In general, support for the Democratic party is stronger among younger voters. As the demographic gets older, support for the Republican party rises. In general, women lean Democratic while support among men is roughly evenly split between the two parties. Support for parties can also vary significantly by ethnicity and race , with African-Americans and Hispanics. Support for the two parties also varies by level of education; support for the Democratic party is stronger among college graduates and also among people who have a high school diploma or less.

Share this comparison:. If you read this far, you should follow us:. Diffen LLC, n. A I strongly agree and disagree with both parties Ideology. B I believe that because of how polarized American politics is today, people can't agree on anything even if both sides like the idea. C George Washington warned against political parties. D Political parties cause divisions in American people even during our revolution. E Abraham Lincoln said that "a House divided cannot stand. F The political parties evolve and change over time.

Democrats: They want to overturn the Citizens United decision, which eased restrictions on corporate and union campaign spending. Republicans: "I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves," Trump said in accepting the Republican presidential nomination.

The GOP platform would make things much easier for the powerful. It would repeal or raise contribution limits and allow outside groups spending millions on campaigns to hide their donors.

Democrats: The party said it would fight laws requiring certain forms of voter identification "to preserve the fundamental right to vote. A leader of the landmark Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, Rep. John Lewis D-Ga. Republicans: The GOP platform endorsed state efforts to impose voter identification requirements that the U.

Justice Department and several federal and state courts have said discriminate against minority and poor voters. The platform called Justice's actions "bullying. Cases of in-person voter fraud, which such voter-ID laws are supposed to prevent, are "nearly non-existent," according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School.

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