Hi, I am from NY, lived for a few years in a small town in Texas, am neither a republican or a democrat. What I am is a person who struggles to understand the reasoning behind the minds of those deeply to the right...or left for that matter. I don't think anyone would disagree with the following statement: In every day life, we are all presented with decisions or have issues sometimes big, sometimes small, but how often is the answer or the issue black and white vs grey, or somewhere in the middle.
We have two parties: red and blue, dem and rep...You've got your main issues: gay marriage, abortion, gun control, national security, taxation, etc etc. In all of these issues, the parties are divided-black and white. Democrats believe in samesex marriage, lots of gun control, pro-choice, and higher taxes. Republicans? Exactly the opposite. What I am getting at is this...How is it possible that those on the far right and left have no crossover on these issues? I mean, take the 5 issues I just mentioned. Lets instead change them to the following issues: speed limits, drunk driving jail sentences, and the drinking age. Now, if you ask 100 random people there position on those three issues, you are going to get many different answers. In many cases you will even have severe conservatives having the same views as severe liberals...But I think we can all agree that if dems and reps took up these issues as the forefront of their campaigns, that you would see peoples opinions change very quickly. This is just one of many questions that I would like to have help in answering. Among some others are:
Why is it that lower income conservatives are in fact even conservatives at all given the arguable fact that democratic leadership is probably more suitable to their specific finanical needs?
Which party is actually the party of compassion?
Why is it that the party that is pro-life, is also the party that has the most unwanted pregnancies? (meaning the most unwanted pregnancies occurr in Red states and generally to conservative communities)
Why is it that there are no overlapping issues between republicans and democrats?
Also, as a poli sci major, I have done numerous studies on taxation and income that I would like to share for a conservative analysis. I thank you ahead of time for letting me get to know you all!