5) Chart Democrat vs Republican

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Chart of 

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

 DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN

Item	Democrats  Est 1792 America's oldest political party	Republicans Est 1854 GOP or Grand Old Party is the younger of the 2
Election Map Color	Blue	Red
Mascot	Donkey	Elephant
First President of the party	Andrew Jackson	Abraham Lincoln
Hero Presidents of the party	Roosevelt  /  Kennedy  Democrat Franklin Roosevelt Democrat John Kennedy	Lincoln  /  Reagan  Republican Abraham Lincoln Republican Ronald Reagan
Party policies dominate in	California, New York, Maine Massachusetts, Hawaii,  Oregon	Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Mississippi, Arkansas
Political Philosophy	Left wing  Liberalism	Right wing Conservative
Abortion	Legalize	Limit or Ban
Death Penalty	Limit or Ban	Legalize
Church vs State	No Church control of Government	No Government control of Church
Fear of Change	Democrats work to prevent Changes in the Earth (Climate change)	Republicans work to prevent Changes in Society (Obamacare)
Guns	Limit or Ban	Legalize
View of guns	Offensive tool of aggression  Dangers of gun ownership outweigh the benefits.	Defensive tool of protection Benefits of gun ownership   outweigh the dangers
Corporation vs State	Limit Corporate control of Government	Limit Government control of Corporations
Laffer Curve Economics	Left side of curve Raising current taxes increases the government's total amount collected.	Right side of curve Lowering current taxes increases the government's total amount collected.
Fiscal Policy	Keynesian Stimulate the economy with more government spending	Supply side Stimulate the economy with more citizen spending.
Government and Groups	Favor small civilian groups more than larger groups Favor large governments (Federal, UN)  over smaller governments. (City, State)	Favor small governments (City, State) more than larger governments (Federal, UN)  Favor large civilian groups more than smaller groups.
Freedom of Speech	Democrats tend to defend the right to freely and publicly express, 1) artistry, 2) sexuality, 3) anti-spirituality and/or 4) anti-nationalism...more often than other expressions.	Republicans tend to defend the right to freely and publicly express, 1) spirituality, 2) nationalism, 3) anti-artistry and/or 4) anti-sexuality... more often than other expressions.
Military	Prefer to have the military's foreign operations directed  jointly with an international organization like the United Nations or N.A.T.O.	Prefer to have the military's foreign operations directed by only Americans and the Pentagon
	President Truman's letter to Irv Kupcinet	Vice President Dick Cheney Speech at the National Press Club
Supreme Court Favorites	Justice Stephen G. Breyer        Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Justice Samual  A. Alito      Justice Clarence Thomas
Favorite law organization	"The People for the American Way"   http://www.pfaw.org	" The Federalist Society"  http://www.fed-soc.org
Fear of dictatorship.	Democrats believe America is moving toward fascism  when they see these events that Republicans tend to favor: excessive public expressions of nationalism (Chanting USA, USA), excessive public expressions of American military superiority, increasing religious control over government ( Faith Based Initiative) and increasing private gun ownership.	Republicans believe America is moving toward communism when they see these events that Democrats tend to  favor: transferring power to a more centralized government (UN), increasing social government (Obamacare), government censoring of public expressions of spirituality and increasing government restrictions on private gun ownership.
Top Commentators	Rachel Maddow Arianna Huffington Savannah Guthrie Chris Matthews Maureen Dowd Paul Krugman  Ed Schultz Bill Maher	Rush Limbaugh Tucker Carlson Sean Hannity Dana Loesch Ben Shapiro Laura Ingraham Mark Levin Brian Kilmeade
Labor Unions The party is in agreement with Unions when there is a dispute between...	Democrats +Unions VS Corporations Democrats +Unions VS Government (State and local Gov not Federal Gov)	Republicans +Unions VS Environmentalist Republicans +Unions VS Illegal Immigration (not legal)
Smoking	Democrats tend to favor legalizing marijuana and banning tobacco. (chew, smoke and vapor)	Republicans tend to favor  legalizing tobacco (chew, smoke and vapor) and banning marijuana
Past issues
Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare	Democrats favor fixing and expanding it. Maintain exemptions for Politicians, Unions, Government workers and some Religious groups.	Republicans favor eliminating Obamacare. Expand tax free medical savings accounts.
Travelers from Nations fighting Ebola	Divert travelers to 5 American airports with special Ebola screening	Ban all travel from Ebola affected nations.
Education	Democrats favor government funded vouchers to enroll low income students in preschool ("Pre K" before Kindergarten)	Republicans favor government funded vouchers to enroll low income students in charter schools and private religious schools.
Major Campaign Donors	http://www.democracyalliance.org Tom Steyer George Soros Fred Eichner James Simons	http://americansforprosperity.org Paul Singer Robert Mercer Charles Koch David Koch
Minimum Wage See also "Corporation vs State"	Democrats favor having companies increase the wages of those at the lowest income level.  They tend to be against lowering income taxes.	Republican favor having the government lower the taxes on those at the bottom income level.  They tend to be against raising the minimum wage.
Gay Marriage	Legalize  see also Freedom of Speech	Limit or Ban  see also Church vs State
Law Enforcement	Democrats tend to favor Federal and State law enforcement more than City Police and County Sheriffs.	Republicans tend to favor City and County law enforcement more than Federal law enforcement like the FBI or ATF
Keystone Pipeline	Democrats and environmental activists favor the ban	Republicans and Labor Unions favor allowing construction of the Pipeline

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