== == == == Although not technically part of their platform, Democrats are stereotyped as liberals and Republicans as conservatives.
Common Liberal beliefs: * Womens rights (pro-choice) * Environmental issues like global warming are important * Same sex marriage
* Taxes to fix the economy Common Conservative beliefs: * Pro-life (no abortion) * Cut taxes to fix the economy * No special rights to interest groups
Republicans:
- less federal government involvement. Republicans are strong supporters of the tenth amendment which gives rights to the states as opposed to Congress
- capitalism- free economic market not run or regulated by the government
- freedom is the most important aspect of America
- republicans want to uphold America as a republic, hence the name
Democrats:
- more federal government involvement. Democrats do not generally like the tenth amendment and want the federal government to have more power
- socialism- not a free economic market. Democrats, like in other things, want the government to regulate the market
- equality is usually the most important thing to Democrats
- Democrats want to change America into a democracy, hence the name
