Some time ago someone asked if I was a Democrat or Republican. When I responded, “It depends, I have voted for both,” they asked me what had influenced me to vote the way I did. Other than to say, I “liked the candidate and what I believed he or she stood for,” I had trouble answering.
This caused me to do some research about what it means to say “I am a Democrat” or “I am a Republican.” In particular, what were the beliefs and rights of each party? I spent several hours on the internet, skimmed several books, and read the campaign platform of the 2020 Democratic party( I never did find the 2020 platform of the Republican party), but I was unable to find what I was looking for — a statement of the beliefs and rights either party believed citizens were entitled to.