Republican

Red state voter

A Republican is a member or supporter of the Republican Party, one of two major political parties in the United States.

The party, founded in 1854, is generally associated with conservative positions on economic and social issues: She's a lifelong Republican, Republican voters turned out in large numbers.

As an adjective, it describes things relating to the party: Republican candidates, the Republican platform. (Lowercase republican refers to supporters of republican government generally.)

party

GOP

Republican Party acronym

caucus · nominee · platform · delegate · precinct · midterms · ballot · ticket · runoff · incumbent

figures

Lincoln

Midwestern state capital

  • ReaganAmerican presidential surname
  • TrumpAmerican political surname
  • Nixon37th U.S. president

Eisenhower · Bush · McCain · Romney · McConnell · Gingrich · Cheney · DeSantis · Palin · Coolidge

governance

Congress

U.S. lawmaking body

senator · governor · legislature · statehouse · capitol · administration · committee · whip · caucus · bill

conservative

right-wing

Politically conservative faction

free-market · originalism · MAGA · evangelical · libertarian · neoconservative · populist · anti-establishment · supply-side · hawkish

historical

abolition

Formal discontinuation of practice

anti-slavery · Whig · 1854 · Fremont · abolitionist

Categories
Opposites
u.s. political party affiliation

RepublicanDemocrat

Blue party supporter

Democratic · liberal · progressive · leftist · independent

form of government

Republicanmonarchist

Supporter of kings

royalist · monarchal · monarchical · imperialist · autocratic

political ideology (u.s. context)

Republicanliberal

Open to reform

progressive · left-wing · leftist · socialist · left-leaning

Phrases
Family

republic, republicanism, republication, Republicans, Republican Party

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G