I don't understand left vs right and republican vs democrat. Can anyone explain the differences?
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The terms left and right come from revolutionary France if memory serves. In basic terms the left tends to be more liberal and the right more conservative. To be fair it is a bit of a false dichotomy. Too simplistic. For example you can be right wing economically (free market) but anti-authoritarian or to the left economically (socialist or whatever) but deeply authoritarian. This is an interesting idea, it breaks the linear left/right dichotomy somewhat. http://www.politicalcompass.org/ It is a difficult question to answer in general terms so if you want further explanations please feel free to ask in a comment.
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well, in the US, you obviously have two main parties, the democrats and the republicans, and within the united states you have two main issues on which to base your politcal ideologies, cultural and economic cultural deals with certain issues such as abortion, gay marriage, the environment, ect. and economics deals with certain things such as taxes, and how to best control the economy ok, now we have that basis,... liberals tend to want' less government intervention on the cultural side and more on the economic side, republicans tend to want more government intervention on the cultural side and less on the economic side. but, you can mix it up, you dont necessarly have to follow that exactly, and i hope this helps
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ISSUES Gun Control Left: For Right: Against Abortion Left: Pro-choice Right: Pro-life Immigration Left: Looser Controls Right: Stronger Controls Health Care Left: Nationalized Medicine Right: Private Insurance Gay Marriage Left: For Right: Against Separation of Church and State Left: For Right: Against Science Left: Fund heavily Right: Hold back for religious reasons Economy Left: More federal programs Right: Cut taxes Environment Left: Protect Right: Don't care much Foreign Policy left: Negotiate relationships with all right: if you aren't with us, you're against us Legalization/Decriminalization of pot Left: Leans for it Right: strongly against Hopefully that gives you a good starting point!
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