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POLITICAL SCIENCE
Category: Relationships and Society > Politics Asked by: npb17-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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11 Oct 2002 17:12 PDT
Expires: 10 Nov 2002 16:12 PST Question ID: 75506 |
IN TWO SENTENCES, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN: A)DEMOCRATIC PARTY CORE VALUES AND REPUBLICAN PARTY CORE VALUES. WHICH DO YOU PREFER? B)MAJORITY RULE AND MINORITY RIGHTS |
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Re: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Answered By: darrel-ga on 11 Oct 2002 17:47 PDT Rated: |
Hello-- I have the answers to your questions. The Democratic Party tends to be in favor of individual rights, equal rights, fair treatment for all, and more governmental involvement in citizens' lives. The Republican Party tends to be in favor of business, the status quo, giving more rights to the state governments, and less governmental involvement in citizens' lives. I, personally, prefer the Republican Party's core values because I believe in smaller government and giving state and local governments the ability to create their own laws. You may read about the Democratic Party's platform at the organization's web site. The link is http://www.democrats.org/about/platform.html You may read about the Republican Party's platform at the organization's web site. The link is http://www.rnc.org/ The idea of "majority rule" means the thoughts of the majority of the people of a citizenry becomes law. The idea of "minority rights" means that the thoughts of the minority of the people are made into law, so as to help everyone not just the thoughts of the majority of the people. You may read about Thomas Jefferson's thoughts on majority rule on a web site. The link is http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0500.htm There is an organization called Minority Rights Group International. You may visit its web site at http://www.minorityrights.org/ I conducted this research by entering the following search terms: "Democratic National Committee," "Republican National Committee," "minority rights," "majority rule," "American government," and "differences republican democrat." I hope this helps! darrel-ga |
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Re: POLITICAL SCIENCE
From: digsalot-ga on 12 Oct 2002 02:35 PDT |
My how the parties have changed since their beginning. The original Jacksonian Democrats hoped to create a national government that never meddled in local affairs, that played no favorites, and that kept taxes low. Jacksonians favored minimal central government within a permanent union. Today when that party has its Jacksonian Day dinners, they are slapping their founder in the face with their current collectivist and "politically correct" ideas along with their attempts to impose a "designed society" from the top down by meddling in local affairs as much as possible. The Republicans through the influences of their powerful extreme far right members are evolving in the same direction when it comes to a "designed society" enforced from the top down and will also meddle in local affairs as much as possible while claiming not to. Neither party gives more than 'lip service' to the constitutional concepts of liberty and the rights of individuals to decide how to live their own lives. Any excuse they can come up with to strip away more of the provisions of the Bill of Rights and the liberties of American citizens, they jump on with glee. Neither party can be considered a "friend" of the American people and our constitutional government. |
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