James Bovain
Professor: Christopher Willow
PER 102-40403
27 February 2016
Democratic and Republican Parties Their Different Philosophies and Ideas
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
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They are focus on active enforcement and strengthening the back ground check system for owning guns. The Democratic party want to ban assault weapons on the streets and the closing of the gun show loopholes so that the weapons don’t go to the ones who are reckless and careless. They don’t want to go against the second amendment but as they say “they wish to reform gun control laws within the scope of the second amendment”.
Republican Party on Gun Control
Republican party on gun control believe in smaller government with few regulations on gun control. They believe that the “American people have the right to carry, own and use firearms”. They believe that the democratic way of regulation of firearms is greatly unconstitutional and most of the gun laws are an “infringement on the individual’s rights to bear arms, in this regard is that the second amendment gives the right to the individual to protect himself, his family, and his property”.
Democratic Party on Taxes and
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They believe that taxes should be a flat rate tax (same tax rate for all income regardless of their income). The Republican party is not opposed to tax cuts for lower and middle class because they believe that lower taxes and lower interest rates would allow more families to become homeowners and that is in the national interest. On healthcare they opposed Obamacare because they believe that private companies should provide healthcare in the free market. The Republican party believe if the government runs or get tangled with the healthcare system it will decrease the proficiency and the standard of care the healthcare system can provide. They also believe it will compromise the relationship between the patient and doctor which will increase waiting time within the healthcare
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 modern Democratic Party is the descendant of the Democratic-Republican Party, an early-nineteenth-century political organization led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Also known as the Jeffersonian Republican Party, the Democratic-Republican Party began as an antifederalist group, opposed to strong, centralized government. The party was officially established at a national nominating convention in 1832. It dropped the Republican portion of its name in 1840.” As stated in the free dictionary’s definition of the democratic party. The Democrat and Republican parties have differences as well as similarities such as their views on government decisions.
My party is the Democratic Party. My party would believe in the Gun Control domestic policy. The policy aims to put strict observance of law guiding acquisition and use of firearms in the United States. Possession of weapons in public spaces and within reach of many people in homes have seen incidents of unwarranted shootings and killings. Such incidents have taken place from elementary schools through to colleges. Additionally, there have been incidents of police shooting unarmed civilians hence the necessity to relook at the whole issue of gun acquisition, possession and use. Despite the fact that owning guns is an individual right because it ensures protection, those who own or posses such guns must use them without trampling on the rights of other citizens (Carroll, & Sage Publications, 2003). Also, deaths related to gun suicides constitute two-thirds of gun deaths in America. As such, the party would
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.
In today's society, we think that the two main political parties of America, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are complete inverse. When we look closer, the several gatherings are as a matter of fact exceptionally comparative. Their strategies may be unexpected, but the roots that they are determined from are the same. . These two parties dominate America’s politics but differ significantly in their beliefs. Some instances, many beliefs overlap. So what are the differences between Democrats and Republicans?
On the other hand, the Democratic Party generally supports workers’ rights and government programs to help people in need. The democrats are for same-sex marriage and fight for their equality. They feel that our economy should help everyone not just the wealthy, and that big business and corporations pay their fair share of taxes. In addition, they want to prevent business from taking advantage of the public. Democrats feel that there are better ways to make peace with terrorism such as through diplomacy and only using force when necessary. They also believe that we should not have to
In this article written by Chris Frates, the author talks about how democrats and republicans are going back, and forth on gun control laws. Both parties are finding it difficult to come to an agreement. While leaving republicans asking the question “How do you take away Americans 2nd Amendment?” It’s a tricky situation as republicans, and congress continue to try find loop holes in the system to force stricter gun control laws. Despite efforts toward compromise, some Republicans doubt that any gun legislation will pass, with or without the support of some GOP (Grand Old Party) senators. As one senior
The majority of Democrats believe in the right to bear arms, they just want stricter measures for the buying and owning of weapons to individuals. They are trying to strengthen gun control to reduce the violence ineffective gun control has caused.
In the United States of America, the political party system is pivotal to the function of our nation. The political party system in our society today is separated between the Democrats and the Republicans. Although political parties do possess uncertainties their advantages outweigh their drawbacks in America. The United States of America is made up of two basic political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. A political party is a group of individuals who share similar interest and they work together with one another to construct and execute policies. The Democratic Party was established in 1828, by Andrew Jackson. The Democratic Party was created based on a belief in an unyielding government and an advocacy of social and
Concerning the debate on our economy, republicans generally believe strongly in the power of a free market system, reduced income tax rate, more spending from the people, and less spending from the government. The Republican Party wants the tax rate to not be affected regardless of how much wealth a person has, and wants the tax rate to be reduced in order to
The democratic and republican platform differ vastly and have some agreements. For instance, the democratic party believes in decreasing military spending while republicans prefer to increase the spending. Also, democrats support the idea of abortion and Roe v. Wade while republicans oppose of this idea with a few exceptions. Economically, the democratic supports the idea of increasing tax rates for those in a certain high income range while republicans do not support the increase of taxes for anyone, including the wealthy. A major similarity between the two parties is foreign policy. The majority of these voters believe the US should lower the budget for foreign aid.
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
Democracy in the United States is based on the indirect representation of the people by elected officials who are usually chosen by direct vote. Almost from the beginning of the United States' history, however, two parties have shared the great majority of the elected positions from the local level to the presidency. However, up until the mid-1850's when the Republican party was formed, other parties such as the Whigs, Federalists, and Anti-Federalists did not last very long. The Democratic Party has existed for much longer, tracing its roots from Thomas Jefferson's Democratic Republican Party beginning around 1792 (Encarta). The two largest parties have changed, third parties have
They believe reproductive health is core to women’s, men’s, and young people’s health(Drabold). Their policy on guns is to build on the success of the Brady Handgun Violence Act, they will expand and strengthen background checks and close dangerous loopholes in our current laws(Drabold). Democrats disagree the 2nd amendment gives individuals a Constitutional right to own guns(LA
The Republican Party’s beliefs are far vaguer and broad than the Democratic Party’s. The Republican Party has a list about 11 core principles they follow whereas the Democratic Party has 9 points that go into much detail. The Republican Party believes in sticking true to the Constitution, whatever power the Constitution gives the government is the amount of power they should have and valuing human life. The Democratic Party’s preamble does not mention anything about sticking true to the Constitution or preserving human life. But they do talk about equal opportunity for everyone, allowing people to have access to affordable health care, a good job, a good home, have clean air to breath, clean water to drink. The Democratic Party also emphasizes that people who work in a business are just as important as those who own it, workers should be paid a wage that they can survive off of, taxes should be taken fairly, and that the government should not favor corporations who have are not practicing fairly by keeping their money abroad, mistreating their workers and mistreating the