Most
Republicans are conservative.
In general,
Republicans favor less government involvement in fiscal issues and more in
social issues.
Republicans
also have a more international focus than Democrats, who tend to emphasize
domestic issues. This usually results in more support for the military amongst
Republicans than Democrats. Most military people are Republicans.
Republicans
have more respect for market forces and what they can do to address any
excesses of businesses in the economy. They prefer minimal regulation, so that
business can flourish and provide jobs.
Republicans are
distrustful of too much regulation and see government activity as meddling.
They often view government as the problem, not the solution.
As a group,
Republicans are more religious than Democrats and see little wrong with school
prayer or a nativity scene on public property.
Being
religious, they tend to have firm ideas of right and wrong and are not willing
to leave these decisions up to the vagaries of “individual choice.”
This also
affects their approach to crime. They tend to be more willing to incarcerate than
Democrats who may see crime as evidence of economic inequality.
They like to see
market forces applied to other things as well, like education, and tend to
support efforts like charter schools and school vouchers.
Republicans
tend to embrace a more traditional definition of “family” than Democrats.
Republicans
are less likely than Democrats to limit gun rights.
They may
agree with Democrats on what problems exist, but generally don’t assign
government responsibility for the solution.
Republicans believe
governmental activity endangers our freedoms. With government that involved in
your lives, you are not free.
Less government means more freedom.
Less government means more freedom.
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