Today, people can turn on their television and there is always a political debate or an issue being talked about in congress. Politicians have the reins on how this country runs, but there views always differ depending on what political party they are sided with. With this in mind, what is a political party and how to they affect the country. According to Collins Dictionary, a political party is an organization of people who share the same views about the way power should be used in a country or society. In the United States, the two major political parties that have the majority of the positions in the government are the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The choice of what political party people side with and which party a person
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Either party has an opinion on how to handle the government, whether it is how involved the central government should be, how much of an emphasis the military size should be or how immigration should be handled. The Republican Party are mostly conservatives, focusing on how the government should stay the way it is and stay to old style of “ moral” values. Government involvement, in the eyes of the Republican Party, is that everyday life affairs should be left alone and let the public to fend for them. Spending on military should not be cut for this could be “a great disaster to national security”. Immigrants should not have the same rights as citizens, but rather be forced to be excluded as for the “safety” of Americans. On the contrary, the Democratic Party is a more liberal type of system, focusing on how the times change and so should the government to fit the era. According to the Democratic Party, the government is a tool to help the citizens who are in need and should have access to those benefits. The Democrat’s view is that the government should cut down on military spending to reduce the national debt. They also work on a more efficient way to help immigrants settle in the United States. While the parties may differ on what opinion is right, they talk about the same points and at times work together to solve an
Either party has an opinion on how to handle the government, whether it is how involved the central government should be, how much of an emphasis the military size should be or how immigration should be handled. The Republican Party are mostly conservatives, focusing on how the government should stay the way it is and stay to old style of “ moral” values. Government involvement, in the eyes of the Republican Party, is that everyday life affairs should be left alone and let the public to fend for them. Spending on military should not be cut for this could be “a great disaster to national security”. Immigrants should not have the same rights as citizens, but rather be forced to be excluded as for the “safety” of Americans. On the contrary, the Democratic Party is a more liberal type of system, focusing on how the times change and so should the government to fit the era. According to the Democratic Party, the government is a tool to help the citizens who are in need and should have access to those benefits. The Democrat’s view is that the government should cut down on military spending to reduce the national debt. They also work on a more efficient way to help immigrants settle in the United States. While the parties may differ on what opinion is right, they talk about the same points and at times work together to solve an