Which is one major area of difference between democrats and republicans

Although not technically part of their platform, Democrats are stereotyped as liberals and Republicans as conservatives.

Common Liberal beliefs: Womens rights (pro-choice) Environmental issues like global warming are important Same sex marriage

Taxes to fix the economy Common Conservative beliefs: Pro-life (no abortion) Cut taxes to fix the economy No special rights to interest groups

Republicans:

less federal government involvement. Republicans are strong supporters of the tenth amendment which gives rights to the states as opposed to Congresscapitalism - free economic market not run or regulated by the governmentfreedom is the most important aspect of America republicans want to uphold America as a republic, hence the name

Democrats:

more federal government involvement. Democrats do not generally like the tenth amendment and want the federal government to have more powersocialism - not a free economic market. Democrats, like in other things, want the government to regulate the marketequality is usually the most important thing to Democrats Democrats want to change America into a democracy, hence the name