Democrat vs Republican
A Democrat and a Republican differ in many ways, especially in their philosophy, ideas, worldview and politics. A Democrat is considered to be generally liberal whereas a Republican is known to be conservative.

While a Democrat generally believes in a larger federal government, the Republican do not believe in such a concept. The Democrat believes that the government should look towards the greater good for the welfare of the people, irrespective of individual interests. They always tend to see the people as equal.

The Republican holds economic equity on top than any other thing. They believe that all answers lay with the people rather than with the government. The Republican wants less governmental interference and strongly believes in property rights rather than believing in welfare rights.

Democrat looks towards equality under a federal government and a Republican looks towards people looking after themselves. A Democrat stands for government-supported programs like healthcare and giving government subsidies to business, schools and hospitals, which means levying more taxes. A Republican wants decisions to be made at the state level with less government involvement.

When the Democrat thinks federal government to be supreme and believes that every idea should originate from it, the Republican believes in capitalism and free market.

A Democrat wants the right to legislate equality and a Republican want the right to earn equality. A Democrat’s stance will always be to enhance his position with special interest groups and a Republican always chooses a stance that he believes to be correct.

While the Democrat stands more for community, community responsibility and social justice, the Republic is for individual responsibility, individual rights and individual justice.

Another difference between a Democrat and a Republican is that the former as a party tends to be pro-choice and the other one tends to be pro-life. When a Democrat favours social policies at the federal level, a Republican favours the policies at the state level.
While a Democrat is considered to be on the “left” end of the political spectrum, the Republican is believed to be on the “right” end.

One can also come across many ideological differences between the two. Some examples are that when the Democrat believes in decreasing military finance, the Republican wants to increase military budget. When the democrat wants women’s right to be legalised, the Republican does not want it to be legalised.