Comparing Political Parties

The major parties in the United States have been criticized for catering to the views of their most active partisans and, as a result, becoming too ideological. Do you think this criticism is valid? Answer this question by comparing the major parties today on the basis of the following:

a. their demographic and regional composition

b. their positions on the major issues before Congress and the president today, and

c. their political philosophies.

For several years, the United States of America has been criticized for catering the views of their most active partisans, causing to America become too ideological. With the given facts, the criticism towards the United States can definitely be seen valid. When comparing the democratic and republic parties based on demographic and regional composition, positions on the major issues before Congress and the current president, and political philosophies, it proves that most active partitions have catering views.

There are different positions on the major issues as in the policies and political positions of the Democratic and Republican parties such as taxes, the role of government, entitlements (Social Security, Medicare), gun control, immigration, healthcare, abortion and gay rights.

Democrats support progressive taxes i.e. they want high-income individuals to pay taxes at a higher rate. They support higher taxes on the wealthy to pay for public programs. Republicans support tax cuts for everyone (rich and poor alike). They consider higher tax rates on the rich a form of class warfare. There is greater overall support in the Democratic party for immigration, they believe that a moratorium on deporting or offering a pathway to citizenship to certain undocumented immigrants. Republicans are generally against amnesty for any undocumented immigrants. They also oppose President Obama's executive order that put a moratorium on deporting certain workers. Republicans also fund stronger enforcement actions at the

border.
Democrat’s ideal philosophy is liberal and left-leaning however the Republican party has a conservative and right-leaning philosophy. A Democrat is typically known as a supporter of a broader range of social services in America than those advocated by Republicans. The Republican philosophy is based on a limited influence of government and a dominant foreign policy. Republicans are usually considered conservative both fiscally and socially; they see "big government" as wasteful and an obstacle to getting things done. Since democrats are more liberal, they tend to favor an active role for government in society and believe that such involvement can improve the quality of people’s lives and help achieve the larger goals of opportunity and equality. For example, Republicans would consider environmental regulations and anti-discrimination to be harmful to business and job growth because most laws have unintended consequences; on the other hand, Democrats would favor those laws for an increase in employment.