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The differences that can't seem to be bridged. We need a whole new government with new, free-thinking, intelligent, diversified people at the helm. We keep repeating the same ineffective politics...that IS the definition of insanity! — The differences that can’t seem to be bridged. We need a whole new government with new, free-thinking, intelligent, diversified people at the helm. We keep repeating the same ineffective politics…that IS the definition of insanity!

Democrat and Republican comparison chart on some of the MAIN issues. Where do you fit in?

Parties	Democrats	Republicans
Philosophy	Liberal	Conservative
Economic Ideas	Favor minimum wages and progressive taxation i.e. higher tax rates for higher income brackets.	Believe taxes shouldn’t be increased for anyone (including the wealthy) and that wages should be set by the free market.
Stand on Military issues	Decreased spending	Increased spending
Stand on gay marriage	Support (some Democrats disagree)	Oppose (some Republicans disagree)
Stand on abortion	Should not be made illegal; supportRoe v. Wade (some Democrats disagree)	Should not be legal; oppose Roe v. Wade (some Republicans disagree)
Stand on Death penalty	While support for the death penalty is strong among Democrats, opponents of the death penalty are a substantial fraction of the Democratic base.	A large majority of Republicans support the death penalty.
Social and human ideas	Based on community and social responsibility	Based on individual rights and justice
Traditionally strong in states	California, Massachusetts	Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas
Symbol	Donkey	Elephant
Color	Blue	Red
Founded in	1824	1854
Website	http://www.democrats.org	http://www.gop.com
Senate Leader	Harry Reid	Mitch McConnell
Chairperson	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Reince Priebus
Famous Presidents	Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama	Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, George Bush

Origin of the Democratic and Republican parties

The Democratic Party traces its origins to the Anti federalist factions before America’s independence from British rule. These factions were organized into the Democrat – Republican party by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other influential opponents of the Federalists in 1792.

The Republican party is the younger of the two parties. Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, the Republican Party rose to prominence with the election of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president.

Interesting fact on Thomas Jefferson: He was a deist, he believed there is a God, but this God is distant and does not interfere with His Creation. Jefferson is known for having removed from the Bible big portions he did not want to believe. He was left with a very slim book. Jefferson would probably be considered a genius in todays world. He was eccentric and definitely a free-thinker, which we all know many christians believe that “free thinkers” are the devil’s property and voice! Jefferson had a beautiful, scientific mind. He was an eccentric free thinker and a deist. One particularly interesting belief that Thomas Jefferson had was he DID espouse separation of church and state, which I think should still continue today, and so do our founding fathers! FREEDOM is just a word to our current politicians. We all know that freedom is a pipe dream as we drive to jobs we hate, pay bills we hate, pay taxes we hate, and die days after we retire!