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Q: POLITICAL SCIENCE ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Category: Relationships and Society > Politics
Asked by: npb17-ga
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Posted: 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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Subject: Re: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Answered By: darrel-ga on 11 Oct 2002 17:47 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
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
npb17-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

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Subject: 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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