Ass and Elephants Political Blog: Political Parties

America is a two party system meaning that there are two main parties that people vote for in an election. In America the two main parties are the Republicans and the Democrats, the Democrats are usually a more left leaning or liberal group while the Republicans are more right wing or conservative. There are also minor parties in the United States but there has never been a President from a minor party. Minor parties often gain a little portion of the vote in the Presidential election. For now we are just going to talk about the two main Political Parties, minor parties will be covered at a later time.

Republican Party

The Republican party believes in:

Smaller from of government
States rights
Tax cuts
Energy Independence
Pro 2nd Amendment
Pro Life
Free Market trade
Anti Gay marriage
Last President George W Bush
President Elect Donald Trump will be president on January 20, 2017
Party symbol is an Elephant
Founder Abraham Lincoln
Also know as the GOP

Party Members

Republicans are usually white upper class middle age males who are protestant, a lot of very religious people are usually Republicans because the party is pro life. Although the party is mostly upper class males this election record numbers of middle class and minorities voted for the Republican parties candidate and President Elect Donald Trump.

Democratic Party

The Democratic party believes in:

A larger centralized government
Tax raises on the rich
Pro gun control
Pro choice
Pro marriage equality
Rebuilding Infrastructure
Raining in Wall Street
Last President Barrack Obama
Party symbol is a Donkey
Founder Andrew Jackson

Party Members

Democrats are usually middle and lower class Americans and often minority and ethnic groups, they generate a lot of support from the Catholic church congregation. The democratic parties nominee for President this last election was Hillary Clinton she made history by becoming the first female to be nominated to run for president by a major party and the women with the most votes in the presidential election, she had 64.2 million votes.

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