Politics with Paul #22: Variations Within the Democratic and Republican Parties
The Democratic and Republican Parties are often treated as monoliths that think almost if not entirely the same way on all issues. While Democrats are becoming more uniformly liberal and Republicans are becoming more uniformly conservative, you can find some noticeable differences within the parties in different parts of the country based on political necessity, upbringing and environment, and factional struggles to lead county and state-level affiliates of the two main parties. Today’s episode discusses why we see these variations, how we measure differences within the parties, and specific examples of state-level parties that differ from their counterparts and the national parties at large. Today is our first iteration of Random Fact of the Day: Did you know that not every state has counties? Check out the episode for more details on this fact, including differences in county governments.
Key Points
- While the Democratic and Republican Parties are often treated as monoliths by politicians, campaigners, voters, and media, you can find some noticeable differences within the parties depending on the area of the country you are examining.
- State-level party affiliates often differ from their national party counterparts due to local political necessities, voter demographics, unique regional issues, upbringing/environment, and factional struggles within the parties.
- Though there is some intraparty variation, there has been a trend toward increasing uniformity in ideology within both the Democratic and Republican Party over the past 60 or so years.
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