The Pros And Cons Of The Democrats And Republicans

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For decades, the top two political parties have been clashing. The Democrats and Republicans are the two political parties that mainly win the elections of the country. The two parties both have animals to represent themselves. The Democratic party uses a donkey to represent them because their belief usually comes from Andrew Jackson, who was nicknamed “jackass”. When the Republican party became a more solid party, they wanted a strong and noble symbol to represent them so they choose the elephant (Fact monster, 2013). The Democrats and Republicans believe in different ways to help the country, also they have opposing opinions on problems for the economy. One of the most well-known debates that the Democrats and the Republicans have is on…show more content…
The right to bear arms is one of the rights that American citizens have. However, the country does not want everyone to be exposed to guns. The Republicans think that almost anyone can own a gun. They promote gun rights and think that people should be able to buy as many as they want. The Democrats think very different from the Republicans in this case. The Democrats wants the people to rarely have guns. They want very strict gun rules to owning a gun. They do not want everyone thinking that is acceptable to promote their guns (Eleanor,…show more content…
The Democrats are less extreme versions of Liberals, and the Republicans are the less extreme version of the Socialist. The Democrats wants the government to be involved with the people life. They want to spend money on the people, and they want to govern them as much as possible. The Republicans on the other hand, do not want the government to be in the lives of the people. They want as little government as possible. They believe that people should provide for themselves. The people should only need the government for military help (Jeff

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