Rural Left vs Urban Right

[JA]

Democratic Party

Base: Rural, small town, White working class, Whites without a college education, Evangelical Protestants, Blue collar, unionized workers, African Americans, Hispanics, Catholics; Southeast, Appalachia, Rust Belt

Ideology: Populism, Christian Democracy, Social Conservatism

Policies: Pro-life, anti-euthanasia, supports "religious freedom" legislation, supports gun rights, limiting immigration, higher minimum wage, expanding social safety net, universal healthcare, mixed on environment, generally isolationist foreign policy with mixed interventionism/non-interventionism, against free trade

Republican Party

Base: Urban, suburban, managerial class, small business owners, Whites with a college education, Mainline Protestants, Irreligious, White collar, upper class African Americans and Hispanics, Asians; New England, West Coast, Mid-Atlantic

Ideology: Centrism, Classical Liberalism, Conservative Liberalism

Policies: Pro-choice, legalize euthanasia, legalize marijuana, pro-gay marriage, mixed on gun rights, pro-immigration, pro-business, tax cuts and deregulation, balancing budget, right to work, supports business-government environmental collaboration, internationalist foreign policy with mixed interventionism/non-interventionism, supports free trade

[mvd10]

Republican party. Pls let this happen.

[Goldwater]

Republicans, easily.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Republican party by far. I'd be to the left of them on economy and might vote for some Democrats if they were socially liberal enough, but otherwise? I'll almost never vote for a pro-gun, anti-women and anti-gay party.

[Prosperum]

Republican party by far. I'd be to the left of them on economy and might vote for some Democrats if they were socially liberal enough, but otherwise? I'll almost never vote for a pro-gun, anti-women and anti-gay party.

[Mr. Smith]

Democratic Party by far, though I'd probably be to their left on the environment and would probably still swing GOP at points if the candidate is left enough on the economy.

But I'm not going with a right-to-work, deregulation lovin', pro-euthanasia party as my default.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Republicans, easily.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Democratic Party by far, though I'd probably be to their left on the environment and would probably still swing GOP at points if the candidate is left enough on the economy.

But I'm not going with a right-to-work, deregulation lovin', pro-euthanasia party as my default.

[OSR stands with Israel]

So basically the 1896 election coalition

[White Trash]

Democrats

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Probably the Democrats, but I wouldn't be happy about it. Depending on who the candidates were, I could be persuaded to vote for the GOP in the right circumstances, but I couldn't stomach being in the party of Wall Street and Right-to-Work. I'd vote Republican in judicial elections, though, in order to erect a barrier to extreme social legislation.

[Crumpets]

Republicans, but I'd feel less at home than I do with the Democrats IRL.

[Goldwater]

So basically the 1896 election coalition

I was unaware of gay marriage and marijuana legalization being major issues in 1896.

[RINO Tom]

Republican party. Pls let this happen.

Amen.  Also, with the 1896 mention, it's not like there hasn't always been a very big Democratic presence in the major urban areas of our country, dating back to NYC and Boston a LONG time ago...

[Vosem]

The Republican Party here is close to ideal, though I would prefer if they were pro-gun outright rather than mixed, and I'm not sure what "mixed foreign policy" means -- those two things could, put together, make me vote for the occasional Democrat. But I'd be a very solid vote for a standard Republican in this system.

[White Trash]

I'm trying to figure out what the foreign policies of these two would be. I see the Republicans being a more interventionist/internationalist party with the Democrats having a strong isolationist or Jacksonian stance.

[JA]

I'm trying to figure out what the foreign policies of these two would be. I see the Republicans being a more interventionist/internationalist party with the Democrats having a strong isolationist or Jacksonian stance.

That's essentially correct, but there'd be disagreements within each party, hence why I put mixed. Republicans would be uniformly internationalist, but disagree on military interventionism; Democrats would be more isolationist, but disagree on military interventionism as well.

[JA]

The Republican Party here is close to ideal, though I would prefer if they were pro-gun outright rather than mixed, and I'm not sure what "mixed foreign policy" means -- those two things could, put together, make me vote for the occasional Democrat. But I'd be a very solid vote for a standard Republican in this system.

I edited it to specify the foreign policy and trade views of each party.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Independent

[bagelman]

Passionately Democrat, more at home there than with the OTL Democrats if gay marriage has already passed.

[Goldwater]

Thanks for clarifying the parties views on trade and foreign policy. Now I can be even more strongly supportive of the Republicans.

[Classic Conservative]

I'd probably be a Democrat.

[DC Al Fine]

Democratic Party by far, though I'd probably be to their left on the environment and would probably still swing GOP at points if the candidate is left enough on the economy.

But I'm not going with a right-to-work, deregulation lovin', pro-euthanasia party as my default.

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I'd be a much more enthusiastic Dem than I am a GOPer IRL

[America Needs R'hllor]

Thanks for clarifying the parties views on trade and foreign policy. Now I can be even more strongly supportive of the Republicans.

Yeah, the Democratic opposition to free trade and isolationism would probably prevent me from ever (other than rare cases) voting for a Democratic Senate, House or Presidential candidate. I'd be a bit more open locally.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Democratic Party

Base: Rural, small town, White working class, Whites without a college education, Evangelical Protestants, Blue collar, unionized workers, African Americans, Hispanics, Catholics; Southeast, Appalachia, Rust Belt

Ideology: Populism, Christian Democracy, Social Conservatism

Policies: Pro-life, anti-euthanasia, supports "religious freedom" legislation, supports gun rights, limiting immigration, higher minimum wage, expanding social safety net, universal healthcare, mixed on environment, generally isolationist foreign policy with mixed interventionism/non-interventionism, against free trade

Sounds just about ideal, actually.