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Liberals tend to be in favor of big government, higher taxes, and social welfare programs. Common beliefs include pro-choice, pro gun-control or anti-gun completely, and anti-death-penalty. They favor progression and change, which is sometimes good and sometimes bad.
Conservatives tend to be in favor of small government, lower taxes, and most don't support welfare programs as much as liberals. They tend to be pro-life, anti-gun-control, and pro-capital punishment. They tend to be more traditional; conservatives as a whole tend to include more religious people than liberals. Conservatives are more traditional and resistant to change, ranging from "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" to complete stagnation. Like progressive liberal philosophies, traditionalism works some of the time, and doesn't work other times.
Traditionally, US Republicans are more conservative, and Democrats are more liberal.
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