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A November/December 2013 poll found that 63% of Republicans believe same-sex marriage should be left up to individual states to decide. [98] In 2017, Pew Research polling found that for the first time a majority of Republicans weren't opposed to same-sex marriage, with 48% against and 47% in favor.
The Republicans splintered during the 1824 presidential election. Those calling for a return to the older founding principles of the party were often referred to as "Democratic Republicans" (later Democrats) while those embracing the newer nationalist principles of "The American System" were often referred to as National Republicans (later Whigs).
The Republican Party represents conservatives in the United States, with 74% of Republicans identifying as conservative, compared to only 12% of Democrats. [108] As of 2022, Republican leaning voters are more likely than Democrats to prioritize the issues of immigration, the budget deficit, and strengthening the military. [ 109 ]
Ideologies among Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. are at the most extreme level in decades, according to a survey published Thursday. The Gallup poll found that political party ...
Democrats view the coming fights over Trump’s legislative agenda as a big opportunity to channel the energy in their party, put Republicans on the defensive and damage Trump’s political ...
One possibility for the consistent outperformance by Democratic presidents was that "Democrats have been more willing to heed economic and historical lessons about what policies actually strengthen the economy, while Republicans have often clung to theories that they want to believe — like the supposedly magical power of tax cuts and ...
The Democrats were known as "basically conservative and agrarian-oriented", and like the Republicans, the Democrats were a broad-based voting coalition. Democratic support came from the Redeemers of the Jim Crow " Solid South " (i.e. solidly Democratic), where "repressive legislation and physical intimidation [were] designed to prevent newly ...
Exclusive: Voters trust Republicans more on the economy, jobs and crime, even as Harris climbs in the polls Voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on most key issues, new data shows Skip to ...