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Democrats generally believe in a larger government than republicans in fields like health care, education, and social services. They believe in a reduction in military spending to pay for these services. Democrats also generally trust the federal government more than the state government and believe that they can efficiently solve problems. Socially Democrats generally advocate for minority rights such as lgbt rights and prison reform.

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Republicans generally believe in a smaller government that democrats in fields like health care, education, and social services. They believe in rerouting this money towards paying the debt and military spending. Republicans often trust their state government more than the federal government and believe that the federal government can rarely solve problems efficiently. Socially republicans generally believe in advocating pro life stances, harsher prisons, libertarian ideas, and benefits for veterans.

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Across 10 measures since 1994, the average gap between parties (Democrats and Republicans) has increased from 15 percent to 36.

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58% of democrats say that they want a president who listens to their people whereas 52% of republicans say the same. It’s surprising that it isn’t higher because it would make sense that people would want their president to listen to their needs instead of just sticking to one thing hoping it will work.

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Women continue to confront
obstacles that make it more difficult for them to get ahead than men. Opinions about the obstacles
facing women are divided along gender lines,.
There is partisan gap that is wider than the gender gap.

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There seems to be a correlation between age and religious values. More older people believe say that believing in God is necessary to be moral and have good values while more younger people say that it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values.

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Democrats prefer houses closer together and more compact cities were Republicans want space no matter how far commodities are from them.

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Democrats generally are less religious and put less moral emphasis on religion than republicans.

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Republicans are generally more religious and put more moral emphasis on religion than democrats.

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Republicans’ views
have held steady over this period about religion and
increasing share of Democrats say belief in
God is not necessary in order to be a moral
person. Americans now say that it is not
necessary to believe in God to be moral and
have good values. It is said that a majority hasn’t felt like this since 2002.

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Democrats tend to be less hawkish than republicans and believe in using diplomacy first and armed action only in extreme scenarios where all else fails.

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Republicans tend to be more hawkish and prefer to use military spending and military projection to strong arm unfriendly countries and believe that diplomacy only works when you have a strong military as leverage.

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Overall 49% of people say the Islamic religion does not encourage violence more then other religions

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The very unfavorable opinions that people from one party have on another have more then doubled since 1994

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Republicans value equality of opportunity than equality of outcome. Democrats value equality of outcome than the value of equality.

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Republicans value small corporate taxes, while democrats value large corporate taxes.

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Since 1994, Republicans

leaners have been consistently more likely

than Democratic leaners to say

people can get ahead through hard work.

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Within the republicans with high income ($75,000 or more), only 19% of them say that economic inequality is a very big problem. With an income of $30K to $74,999, only 26% of them say that economic equality is a very big problem. With an income of less than $30,000, 40% of the republicans say that economic inequality in the U.S. is a very big problem. Within the democrats, all three different levels of income have similar percentages of the democrats saying that economic inequality is a very big problem. Comparing the republicans’ say to the Democrats’ say on economic inequality, we can see how democrats mainly lean towards the idea of economic inequality being a very big problem.

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Republicans are a lot less supportive of stricter environmental laws than they were in the 1990s while Democrats have become more supportive of it, increasing the political gap between the two parties.