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The Republican Party (sometimes called Grand Old Party, or GOP) is a major political party of the United States. Use with the [united-states] tag.

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In the US, why do libertarians tend to side with the Republican party rather than the Democr...

The high level reason is fairly simple. The Democratic party poses more of a threat to libertarian ideals and way of life than the Republican party. The main philosophical concern of Libertarians is r …
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Is the Republican party obligated to renominate Trump for Presidency in 2020?

Is the party obligated rules-wise? NO. The party is obligated to nominate whoever wins the nomination by the rules of RNC nominating convention - the link is to 2016 rules, but of course the voting …
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Is it true that Republicans have an unfair geographical advantage in elections for the House...

Republican Party had an unfair advantage in elections for the House of Representatives. This advantage would be geographic. Well, "Fair" is in the eye of the beholder :) But the geograph …
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Why are Republicans opposed to alternative energy?

Sorry, but the question itself is making incorrect premise. Republican party does not, in any way, shape, or form, oppose "alternative energy". This is, at best, an honest mistake stemming from not k …
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Are there any atheist politicians in the Republican Party (GOP)?

First, there are atheist republicans, to answer your title. Not a lot, but there are. Elected politicians or political operatives Charles T. Beaird (1922–2006): Republican Party member/politician an …
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Why are certain views/values amassed in one party, like Republican vs Democrat?

There are two main (and a bunch of other) reasons for this. The main one is that USA has what's known as "First Past The Post" electoral system (which is an academic way of saying, you can only vote …
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Why aren't Republicans more focused on mobilizing a movement towards 'dethroning' Trump?

There's no hard proof for "why", but the following are all reasons stated at one time or another. They aren't mutually exclusive. High level Republicans don't want to antagonize Trump due to negativ …
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What are the differences between the Tea Party and the Republican Party?

TL;DR: Tea Party is a political movement as opposed to a party. Tea Party is largely anti-Democratic-Party as far as both ideology and practice, and therefore is in an shifting form of a merger/allia …
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Why do Republicans prefer President Trump to President Pence?

There are many reasons, but one reason is that Trump base likes Trump precisely because he successfully and unabashedly attacks the left. Pence may be a conservative with lots of credentials, but that …
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How is a political party radicalised, and what are the effects?

I'm not yet able to answer if the phenomenon has an official PoliSci name. I would argue that such an outcome is not guaranteed. Presumably, Hitler's policies were not exactly mainstream in the e …
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Are there Democratic politicians or groups that support Trump's positions, and if so why?

Of course they can. many of them voted for Trump! Trump holds many Democrat-popular views. Not all "Democrats" are the same 1. many of them voted for Trump! Part of the problem is that your ques …
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Why does the Republican establishment favor Rubio over Cruz?

RealClearPolitics ran an analysis of R candidates last year. It was mostly centered on Trump and what kind of voters he can attract (it was written during the primaries, but seems to have been amazing …
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