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The Many Faces of the Republican Party

The Republican Party is known for its social conservatism and economic libertarian policies. The Grand Old Party (GOP) in general favors the conservative platform on major issues but does every Republican subscribe to these beliefs and policies. Read on to find the many faces within the conservative Republican Party .

1. Religious Right : These conservatives are a major force within the GOP and most of its members are fundamentalist Protestants, Evangelicals, traditionist Catholics and Mormons. They oppose abortion, legalizing same-sex marriage and embryonic stem-cell research.
2. Neoconservatives : They support interventionist foreign policy and pre-emptive military action against designated enemy under certain circumstances. They are the strongest supporters of the war on Iraq.
3. Social conservatives : They believe in promoting traditional moral values to preserve and improve society.
4. Fiscal conservatives : They favor large reductions in overall taxation, reduced domestic spending and limited government regulation.
5. Paleoconservatives : They are generally conservative on social issues but favor protectionist policy in international trade and isolationist foreign policy.
6. Libertarian conservatives : They favor free-markets and minimal social controls and generally support gay rights, abortion and stem-cell research.
7. Moderates : They tend to be somewhere between the fiscally conservative and socially liberal. While sharing the economic views of other Republican with regards to balanced budget, free trade, lower taxes, etc., they differ in their support for gay rights, abortion irights, gun control, environmental regulation, federal funding of education, fewer restriction on immigration and illegal immigration, abolition of death penalty civil rights laws, leagalization of drugs, stem-cell research, anti-war policies, etc.
8. Log Cabin Republicans : They are a group of gay Republicans who favor gay rights. They are at loggerheads with the religious heads and are sometimes referred to as ‘closet libertarians’ for the socially liberal and fiscally conservative views.
9. Liberals : Also called ‘Rockfeller Republicans” refers to the groups which supported the new sequence of reform and measures initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during 1933-38t to bring the United States out of the Great Depression.

Whew, that a huge variety of Republicans! Which faction does your candidate belong to? Find out his political views and beliefs before casting your precious vote.

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