The Similarities And Differences Between The Democrats And The Republican Party
The game of politics - with Congress, the White House, and the welfare of America on the line - is a playing field of innumerable values and beliefs. Despite a near infinite combination of political identities most of America falls under one of two groups, the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. Naturally, with more than 320 million citizens divided into two parties their opinions will vary, but there are many distinct differences between Democrats and Republicans. Some of the many heated debates between the two parties are on the topics of military spending, immigration, and gun control. The majority of Democrats want to lower military spending, accept illegal immigrants, and limit the abilities of American citizens to own firearms.
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As well as directly protecting the United States, the military is involved in armed conflicts the world over. Many Democrats wish to pull back on military spending. There are two major arguments on why the United States should spend less on the military: cuts to defence spending could help budget relief, and America should focus its efforts into diplomacy rather than military force. During the Obama Administration defence spending dropped about 15%. Another aspect of the Democrat agenda is denuclearisation. Many politicians, including Hillary Clinton, have worked towards restriction and out right banning of nuclear weapons from the United States as well as foreign powers. Denuclearisation would help keep the threat of nuclear war from arising. The Republicans have quite a different approach to the Armed Forces. Republicans such as Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump called for “Peace Through Strength”, the belief that a strong military can prevent armed conflict from occurring in the first place. Military spending went up in the time of both President Reagan and W. Bush, and is set to do so again under the Trump Administration. Republicans too are more likely to think of nuclear weapons as a necessity in todays forms of
As well as directly protecting the United States, the military is involved in armed conflicts the world over. Many Democrats wish to pull back on military spending. There are two major arguments on why the United States should spend less on the military: cuts to defence spending could help budget relief, and America should focus its efforts into diplomacy rather than military force. During the Obama Administration defence spending dropped about 15%. Another aspect of the Democrat agenda is denuclearisation. Many politicians, including Hillary Clinton, have worked towards restriction and out right banning of nuclear weapons from the United States as well as foreign powers. Denuclearisation would help keep the threat of nuclear war from arising. The Republicans have quite a different approach to the Armed Forces. Republicans such as Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump called for “Peace Through Strength”, the belief that a strong military can prevent armed conflict from occurring in the first place. Military spending went up in the time of both President Reagan and W. Bush, and is set to do so again under the Trump Administration. Republicans too are more likely to think of nuclear weapons as a necessity in todays forms of