Originally Posted by
mandarb11
Interesting.....being from Canada I find it enlightening to see how my American cousins argue back and forth about Democrats and Republicans. First off just a few observations, there are not many Democrats on these forums, but the majority of replies in favour of the republican party seem to come from people in the more Southern or rural states where agriculture is a more dominant feature of the economy.
I also notice that much like religion, people generally vote for a party not a leader.
Now the parties themselves:
Democrats seem to focus more on the economy and less on foreign policy. As a historian I have taken note of the fact that the economy generally is stronger with a democratic president. Democrats are alot like our Liberal party here in Canada, their administrations are usually plagued with 'moral" scandals as well.....
Republicans it seems are always in power whenever a war is launched, they seem to focus on foreign policy and moral issues. I can recall quite clearly when Bush was elected back in 2000 I said that the US will be in a new war within a year.....
No political position is perfect, and people do not fit specifically into any political idea. We all have a mix of conservative and liberal ideas. Here in Canada I vote personally for the person or party that I see will have a chance of making positive changes, I do not stick with any one party.
One thing that puzzles me is the near hatred I find between Republicans and Democrats. It seems that the lines that existed that led to your civil war are still quite apparent.....I guess that why there are so many video games, books, movies that talk about a second American civil war...