Donkeys, liberals and dems; As a young girl in California, it is easy to find democrats or liberals around me. Despite the fact that I am from fairly a strict family with some strong fundamental values, I found this characteristic of California quite beautiful.
I found this website that narrows down some difference between the democrats and the republicans: Link. I found this very helpful because I do not know much about the politics of America but this chart from the link made it much easier for me to quickly learn what the two parties' differences are all about.
I think one of the easiest way to understand the weakness and the strength of any political party is to see the general opinion of the party about issues such as taxing, abortion, gay marriage, civil rights, businesses, education, health care, immigration, social security and more. The list could possibly go on and on.
I found this page from On The Issues, and it is a helpful and simple guideline to the general position of the democratic party on many issues including the ones I mentioned.
Some positions/opinions that makes democrats themselves unique includes many.
Democrats support pro choice of abortion even if the mothers can not pay for it. They support gay marriage, promote absolute tolerance of any race, religion and more, and support small businesses rather than big corporations. Democrats believe the justice system need tougher punishments such as death penalty, but however, they believe it should review DNA testing and post conviction record. They want tax deductible college tuition and standardized education. They are very pro-renewable/green energy and does not believe in healthy economy VS. healthy environment. They want the marriage penalty to end and wants the poor and rich nations to close the gap. They want stronger gun control to reduce violence. Also they want affordable health care for everyone. Better pay for the soldiers, create pathway for undocumented aliens to gain citizenship, cut taxes for the middle class but not the upper class and educate the Muslim world to prevent terrorism.
This Link is another good source that explains what democrats stand for.
Most of their statements and position tells us that they sure are people all about the change for future and absolute equality. However, one negative thing about the democrats are the fact that some of them could be dreaming too much of a perfect world. Democrats are the ones that wants to help everyone; but do we have enough money? Can this country be as perfect and suitable for every single people, even the immigrants?
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