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I am very confused about my political standpoint, but it is something that i need to decide on. How do i know if i am a republican or democrat? Are democrats the same as liberals? Are republicans conservative? How do I determine which one I am.
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This quiz is pretty good, it asks you how you feel on certain issues, then tells you where you generally stand.
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Most people are conservative on some issues, liberal on others. For example, I think it's wrong that my state outlawed gay marriage, that makes me a liberal. But I also wish the federal government would lower taxes and spend money more responsibly, that makes me a conservative. Both major political parties have done a bad job of incorporating liberal/conservative ideals lately... the democrats had the white house for eight years and never passed a health care plan, which is insane, because that's a big priority for us liberals. The republicans have been in power since then, and the national deficit is HUGE, which is wrong, because conservatives value fiscal responsibility.
So don't worry too much about figuring out what party to be in. When I registered to vote, I registered republican because most people in my state are republican and this way I can vote in the primaries (there are very few democrat primaries in Kansas, because there are so few democrats). Do I vote republican? Rarely, any more. But I'm with the party on a few things, and I'm hoping that they got a wake-up call this past election and they'll stop being such morons.
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Theres too much lee-way in a lot of this, and its hard to tell what your leanings are without any knowledge of your opinions on individual issues.
I've been Republican, and I've been Democrat. I was called a Republican lackey (amongst other things) by liberals when I was in the military, and also a knee-jerk liberal by conservatives when I was in college. Its a strange world.
In fact, if I were to go on a point-by-point basis of my stances and political leanings, I doubt I would be able to find a single candidate who would represent me on every issue the way that I would like. As such, I end up having to look for candidates individually; if I simply choose one party or another, eventually I would end up voting for someone who barely represents my beliefs at all. Myself, in the end, would probably say that at this point I am neither Dem or GoP - both parties represent my feelings on some issues and fail on others /shrug.
You don't even have to have a party affiliation - that crap has been drummed into the heads of so many people, its hilarious (be glad that we have this quaint '2-party' system for the most part, imagine having all the parties that some countries have where its a free-for-all). If I were you, I'd just start out looking at individual candidates in specific races, and trying to decide who represents your beliefs better - though be sure to remember that candidates often pander to whomever they can in election years and make all sorts of promises. If you start seeing that the candidates you vote for consistently come from a specific party, then sure, go ahead and give that party your support if you would like.
Oh and MikeCFT...the 'unbiased' part lasted through the 1st sentence, but after that it kind of fell to the wayside. I suppose it could have been intentional but, anyways, at least it got a chuckle out of me.
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These are some general facts about liberals and conservatives. Again, these are GENERAL. Not all liberals believe everything listed under "liberals", and the same goes with conservatives. But for the most part, they are true.
Liberals: want to share the wealth of the country equally [communism]. In theory, communism is perfect, but in reality, it does not work simply because people are not willing to achieve anything because their income will be the same regardless of their occupation. They want change. They show tolerance of others' beliefs [i.e., religion, sexual orientation,etc.]
Conservatives: believe that if you work hard enough, you will become successful and therefore make more money [capitalism]. The United States is a capitalist country. Capitalist countries are not perfect because there will always be people less fortunate and successful than others. Conservatives also want government to not interfere with business-related affairs.
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Without letting my own biased views enter into it, I'll give you a simple explanation.
If you believe in social reform, taking everyone's money who actually works to give it to lazy people and taxing the living hell out of people, you're probably a liberal Demo-rat...oops sorry I mean "Democrat"....or would "Communist" be a more fitting term? :-P
If you believe in more of a free market system and a system where you think that you have the right to keep more of the money that YOU earned and not give a lot of it to the government to aid people who are too lazy to work for themselves and you don't believe in reforming everything and making sure that pieces of shit criminals like child molesters have "Rights" then you are probably a conservative Republican.
Yea...it was "kind of" intentional ;-)
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