In the United States political system, BOTH parties favor considerable government involvement; the difference is in which areas the parties perfer more (and less) government involvement.
Generally speaking, the Democratic Party favors more economic regulation and government involvement in economic (and social welfare) programs. It generally opposes government involvement in civil liberties areas (i.e. much less regulation on individual social choices).
The Republic Party is (mostly) the opposite - it tends to favor lower levels of government regulation and involvement in economic activities, while advocating significantly more government regulation of individual civil (social) activities.
However, both parties have shown they are heavily in favor of increased government surveliance for "national security" purposes, which generally means strengthening the government's ability to intrude into everyday life at the government's (sole) discretion.
conservative
The Democrats are the "Peoples party" in America. The Republicans are the "Conservatives" who are all for BIG BUSINESS and keep the poor as poor as possible. The Democrate party was founded by the KKK.
democrats
I think it was the political party.
republic
Jerry was strongly A-political.....but his political/social views were extremely liberal....even radical. In 2008 the remaining members of the Grateful Dead however launched a "Deadheads for Obama" campaign.
He did not favor any political party. In fact, he warned against political parties in his farewell address, saying that they could lead to intense factionalization that could divide the country.
Democrats form the largest group of welfare recipients. The percentages are Republicans 40%, Democrats 60%.
The Democrats started the American welfare system, under President Franklin Roosevelt.
Republican
The communist party is a political party. In Russia, communism was known as the Russian Social Democracy.
The Free-Soil Party
It's called gerrymandering.