ENG: The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being the younger of the two major parties. The party's platform is generally considered right of center in the U.S. political spectrum.
The Republican Party has the second most registered voters as of 2004 with 55 million, encompassing roughly one-third of the electorate. Polls over the last two years have found that 20% to 34% of Americans self-identify as Republicans.
There have been eighteen Republican Presidents, compared to fifteen Democrats. Republicans currently fill a minority of seats in both the United States Senate and the House of ...
Although a minority of Republicans approve of President Barack Obama's job performance, some remain optimistic about the country's direction. Here are opinions from five Republicans who voted for Sen. John McCain in the presidential election but still believe the country is headed in the right direction, even under Obama's watch:___William Bialozor, 46, of Walla Walla, Wash., teaches Junior ROTC at a high school.—Why do you think the country is headed in the right direction? "I think based on the last election we've got more of an openness of the two country's parties working together ...
spetr - in poll Republican Party (United States) Whenever a president gives a major address, like the one Barack Obama delivered to Congress this week, the opposition party delivers a rejoinder. Which American citizens always ignore. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s speech was, therefore, a kind of triumph. So bad, people actually paid attention!
We will pass over Jindal’s delivery, which sounded a little like a junior high schooler’s entry into the Chamber of Commerce “I Speak for Fiscal Restraint” contest. The content was the thing: a message to the nation that the Republicans were not going to have anything ...
spetr - in poll Republican Party (United States) Take the legislative process for what it is. You might win some partisan battles, you might lose some others, but in all cases, you work with what you have in front of you.When Republicans opposed the stimulus bill, that was fine. They voiced dissent, there was debate, and as a result of the rigorous discussion, more than a hundred billion dollars was trimmed from the final version (largely thanks to the bipartisan support of three Republican Senators). But despite the best efforts of other legislators to stop the bill’s passage, a majority of the people’s elected representatives ...
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