Democrat versus Republican comparison chart; Democrat Republican; Philosophy: Liberal, left-leaning. Conservative, right-leaning. Economic Ideas: Minimum wages and progressive taxation, i.e., higher tax rates for higher income brackets. Born out of anti-federalist ideals but evolved over time to favor more government regulation.

2024年10月28日 · Above and below, the candidates are listed in alphabetical order; clicking their names in the chart will open their biographies. For more information on each question and to see each candidate’s full statement, click the topic (for example: click “legal abortion”).

2014年10月21日 · Are America's two ruling political parties really all that different from each other? Short answer: yes. Browse through the official platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties (adopted in 2012), and you'll notice some pretty extreme contrasts in philosophy on everything from taxes to abortion.

2024年9月11日 · The platforms of America’s two major political parties reveal a growing divide between Democrats and Republicans on key social issues. For example, Democrats no longer advocate for abortion to be “safe, legal, and rare” and now consider the practice a fundamental right that the government should fund.

2023年11月8日 · Here’s where the 2024 Democratic and Republican candidates stand on key issues, including abortion, climate change, student loan forgiveness, immigration and more.

Republican ISSUE Democrat SCHOOL CHOICE • Believes “every student deserves a quality education, regardless of their parents’ zip code or income.” • “[O]pposes the use of private-school vouchers, tuition tax credits, opportunity scholarships, and other schemes that divert taxpayer-funded resources away from public education.”

“Democrats support increasing funding for research into health disparities by race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, geographic area, and socioeconomic

2020年10月5日 · Overall, the economy and education received the highest amount of bipartisan attention among likely voters. 93 percent of Republicans and 85 percent of Democrats viewed the economy as an...

2024年8月8日 · The GSS has asked self-identified Democrats, Republicans, and independents about their opinions on a wide swath of issues about every two years since the late 1970s, with the most recently...

2016年8月15日 · The documents, which get officially adopted at the national conventions, outline where the parties stand on the big issues, from hot button topics like abortion, gun control and immigration to lesser-watched items like auditing the Pentagon or supporting the postal service.