Pro-Choice

Having the right to choose is one of the great things about being born in the United States. Other countries aren't as lucky and some people have no choice throughout their lives. One view of the Democratic party is that they are pro-choice, meaning they support the idea that the woman should have the right whether to have an abortion if she feels she needs to. I agree with this because some people aren't fit to have a baby. Most people getting abortions are likely to be young and not wealthy. Yes I do believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity to have a chance at life but sometimes it's just for the better. Young teens don't want the feelings of regret giving away a baby they spent nine months carrying. It would be very hard for that teen to live a normal life after having a baby, because they must spend every waking minute caring for it. Sometimes it's not reasonable for a young teen to have a baby so that's why I think pro-choice is a good thing.

Obama is pro-choice but he isn't pro-abortion. I agree with this totally. I'm not in favor of abortion but I am in favor of choice.

Yes, you must look at both sides of this issue. The interesting question about this debate is whether it should be in politics or not. Why should the government have control on whether you have an abortion or not? Isn't this a discussion between a male and a female? It's hard to say whether the government should have control on this issue, since it is such a big issue. I think if a girl wants to have an abortion, it is much better that she goes to the doctor and get it done right, rather than doing it themselves.

Where I stand

PoliticsMatch Your Political Philosophy The below is a way of thinking about your political philosophy by dividing your PoliticsMatch answers into "personal" and "economic" questions.  It is only a theory - please take it with a grain of salt! Personal Questions:  Liberals and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while conservatives and authoritarians agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers. Economic Questions:  Conservatives and libertarians agree in choosing the less-government answers, while liberals and authoritarians agree in choosing the more-restrictions answers.   Your Score You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score	45%
Economic Score	35%

Where You Fit In Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy.  Based on the above score, you are a Moderate Liberal Populist .

Republicans

One of the strengths of the Republican party is their ability to push parts of legislation that they agree totally with. One of their views, cut spending, is getting viewed more as the right way. Because of Obama's success, or lack of, republicans are viewing the option of cutting spending as the right choice.

The major weakness of the Republican party is how they are turning into extremists with their sub party, the Tea Party. People are getting turned off by all of the Tea Party views so more people are turning toward Democratic views. Even people in the center are turning toward the left because the right is becoming discombobulated. They see that in the right, the people are becoming less and less "one" and breaking off into Tea Party or not.

All of these issues are making the Republicans strong and weak at the same time. The reason they are strong is to fix the economy but they are weak in the sense that they have lost their identity. Their identity has changed into Tea Party extremists which isn't what every Republican stands for.

Democrats

The biggest strengths in my eyes of the Democrats is their view on abortion. I agree totally with the right that a woman has a choice whether to have an abortion or not. Yes, it is very sad that an innocent unborn baby will have its life cut very short, but I do believe that some people cannot handle a baby and it's life would be a lot worse. I believe that abortions should be rare and adoption is a much better option but I think if worse comes to worse the women should have a decision that she has thought through and wants to make.

Another strength I view of the democrats is their position of gay marriage. Obama doesn't exactly support gay marriage but he does support civil unions. I think they get a whole division of people following them just for their views on this topic.

Some weaknesses for the Democrats are that they seem to push bills that are unfavorable for the public. Also the public seems to be more for cutting taxes but Obama is increasing taxes and spending more to stimulate the economy. Obama is trying more and more to stimulate the economy by spending more which is seeming ineffective which is letting bills that deal with cuts pass more.