| RolStoppable said: I have no idea what the stances of Republicans and Democrats are, but based on the test's results, I would say that Republicans are xenophobic sexists and Democrats don't believe in evolution. Is that right? |
Republicans are a bit more diverse than Democrats. They have the religious fundamentalists in their voting demographics, but also have more moderate individuals. They are also typically more the proponents of the "American Empire", but it seems to me that Democrats of this era are quite similar in that area. Republicans are rightists and believe in the Austrian school of economics (Libertarian-Republicans) or the Keynesian school of economics, depending on the Republican.
Democrats are a bit more homogenous than Republicans, basically they want to bring the social democracy found in Europe to the United States. They are socially liberal, and overall less accepting of religious fundamentalists. Generally, somebody who denies evolution would be a religious fundamentalist, and hence in the Republican category. However; they are a bit more authoritarian in some areas as a whole and they demand more positive liberties at the expense of negative liberties.Modern democrats are leftists/moderates and tend to believe in the Keynesian school of economics more rigorously than republicans.
Both groups are proponents for larger federal government (although the Republicans like to say otherwise.) Both groups believe in the influence of large corporations on government, and vice versa, but in different ways. Both groups are expansionist. And for a billion other policies, they're the same. The Republicans of course are more diverse and allow more influence from third parties, hence a lot of grassroot movements affect Republicans more than Democrats who can typically be called liberal and progressive without any issue.
In reality though, for all the important things they're one party and they've corrupted the system with laws that make any alternative to them on any matter that is important non-viable.
