How would you describe the Democratic party?

[Democratic Hawk]

I vote liberal, but that isn't a fair choice.  Like the Republican Party, the Democratic party is made up of people who do not share the same views and opinions on a majority of the issues, but rather a small, select core concepts.  Both parties contain "liberals" and "conservatives," as well as a fair amount of moderates and progressives.  Unfortunately for both, the true party identity is hidden by their most outspoken members, which usually take the more extreme positions in the party (sometimes making the Democrats seem ultra liberal at times).  However, in whole, the Democratic party is liberal in comparison to the Republican party.  

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[Democratic Hawk]

Since most Democrats are economically left-of-center, they could be defined as liberal but I do think the party is more split along social issues between liberals and populists

It's the same with the GOP, most are economically right-of-center, which defines them as conservatives but they, too, are split along social issues between conservatives and libertarians

The GOP is clearly the more 'hawkish' of the two these days, but there are still some Truman Defense Democrats

Dave