Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV View Post
May I ask (OP)?

Did you vote for what you believe in, or did you vote against some horror, or did you pick the lesser of two evils?

I am just trying to understand this 2 party system, where I am sure the majority of the voters do not actually agree with the majority of either party's beliefs.
Think of each of the macro parties as a coalition. Republicans are not all in one political pigeonhole. There are Christian conservatives, social conservatives, small government types, nationalists, imperialists, fiscal conservatives, fiscal conservatives who're liberals on social issues...etc.

Our parties morph over time and with changes in leadership. From 1856 to 1868, the GOP was the liberal party in the USA and the Dems were the conservatives. Things shift WITHIN the parties here, not between parties as much.