“Both parties are the same”

I wanted this to just be a short stub showcasing some information that was posted by a reddit user (thank you /u/Decon-III for calling attention to this and proliferating this information through your shameless-copypasta).

Essentially, we’ve all heard the narrative or response from family and friends (especially those that have and did choose to vote third party in the last general election) that “Both parties are the same”. Well now you can simply share this post with them as a response instead of furiously trying to google the facts. Enjoy!

House Vote for Net Neutrality

Senate Vote for Net Neutrality

Money in Elections and Voting

Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements

DISCLOSE Act

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

(Reverse Citizens United) Sets reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by electoral candidates to influence elections

The Economy/Jobs

Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans

Student Loan Affordability Act

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment

Reduces Funding for Food Stamps

End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations

Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas

Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act

American Jobs Act of 2011 — $50 billion for infrastructure projects

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension

Minimum Wage Fairness Act

Paycheck Fairness Act

Civil Rights

Same Sex Marriage Resolution 2006

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013

Exempts Religiously Affiliated Employers from the Prohibition on Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Family Planning

Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment

Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Environment

Stop “the War on Coal” Act of 2012

EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013

Prohibit the Social Cost of Carbon in Agency Determinations

“War on Terror”

Time Between Troop Deployments

Prohibits Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial

Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States

Repeal Indefinite Military Detention

Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment

Patriot Act Reauthorization

Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention

Misc

Prohibit the Use of Funds to Carry Out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Allow employers to penalize employees that don’t submit genetic testing for health insurance (Committee vote)

Here’s the vote for Hurricane Sandy aid. 179 of the 180 no votes were Republicans.

I count at least 20 Texas Republicans.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll023.xml, https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/901871687532208128

The Party of Principles:

Exhibit 1: https://i.imgur.com/lTAU8LM.jpg

Opinion of Syrian airstrikes under Obama vs. Trump.

Democrats:

37% support Trump’s Syria strikes

38% supported Obama doing it

Republicans:

86% supported Trump doing it

22% supported Obama doing

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/gop-voters-love-same-attack-on-syria-they-hated-under-obama.html, https://twitter.com/kfile/status/851794827419275264

Exhibit 4: https://i.imgur.com/OBrVUnd.png

Opinion of Vladimir Putin after Trump began praising Russia during the election. https://today.yougov.com/news/2016/12/14/americans-and-trump-part-ways-over-russia/

Exhibit 5: Opinion of “Obamacare” vs. “Kynect” (Kentucky’s implementation of Obamacare). Kentuckians feel differently about the policy depending on the name. https://www.vox.com/2014/5/12/5709866/kentuckians-only-hate-obamacare-if-you-call-it-obamacare

Exhibit 6: Christians (particularly evangelicals) became monumentally more tolerant of private immoral conduct among politicians once Trump became the GOP nominee. https://www.prri.org/research/prri-brookings-oct-19-poll-politics-election-clinton-double-digit-lead-trump/

Exhibit 7: White Evangelicals cared less about how religious a candidate was once Trump became the GOP nominee. https://www.prri.org/research/prri-brookings-oct-19-poll-politics-election-clinton-double-digit-lead-trump/

Exhibit 9: Republicans became far more opposed to gun control when Obama took office. Democrats have remained consistent. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/20/republicans-skeptical-of-colleges-impact-on-u-s-but-most-see-benefits-for-workforce-preparation/

Exhibit 10: Republicans started to think college education is a bad thing once Trump entered the primary. Democrats remain consistent. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/20/republicans-skeptical-of-colleges-impact-on-u-s-but-most-see-benefits-for-workforce-preparation/

Exhibit 11: https://i.imgur.com/B2yx5TB.png

economicanxiety

Wisconsin Republicans felt the economy improve by 85 approval points the day Trump was sworn in. Graph also shows some Democratic bias, but not nearly as bad. http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/blogs/wisconsin-voter/2017/04/15/donald-trumps-election-flips-both-parties-views-economy/100502848/

Exhibit 13: 10% fewer Republicans believed the wealthy weren’t paying enough in taxes once a billionaire became their president. Democrats remain fairly consistent. http://www.people-press.org/2017/04/14/top-frustrations-with-tax-system-sense-that-corporations-wealthy-dont-pay-fair-share/https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/787fdh/after_gold_star_widow_breaks_silence_trump/dornc4n/

You can check the official post and the rest of the comments here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7erxaq/this_is_brian_roberts_he_is_the_ceo_of_comcast_he/dq75hh8/