https://wiki.freecapitalists.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=ZyoThe Austrian Economics Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-08-13T11:45:56ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.9https://wiki.freecapitalists.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party_(United_States)&diff=13600Republican Party (United States)2012-05-07T17:56:36Z<p>Zyo: link the 2012 primary race</p>
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{{Distinguish|American Republican Party|Democratic-Republican Party|National Republican Party}}<br />
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{{Infobox political party<br />
|name = Republican Party<br />
|logo = [[File:Republicanlogo.gif|220px]]<br />
|colorcode = #FF5663<br />
|chairperson = [[Reince Priebus]] ([[Wisconsin|WI]])<br />
|leader1_title = Senate Leader<br />
|leader1_name = [[Mitch McConnell]] ([[Kentucky|KY]])<br />
|leader2_title = House Leader<br />
|leader2_name = [[John Boehner]] ([[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]) ([[Ohio|OH]]) <br /> [[Eric Cantor]] ([[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Leader]]) ([[Virginia|VA]])<br />
|leader3_title = Chair of Governors Association<br />
|leader3_name = [[Rick Perry]] ([[Texas|TX]])<br />
|founded = 1854<br />
|predecessor = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]]<br />[[Free Soil Party]]<br />
|headquarters = 310 First Street NE<br />[[Washington, D.C.]] 20003<br />
|student_wing = [[College Republicans]]<br />
|youth_wing = [[Young Republicans]] [[Teenage Republicans]]<br />
|ideology = '''Modern:'''<br />{{•}} [[Conservatism in the United States|American conservatism]]<br />{{•}} [[Social conservatism]]<br /> {{•}} [[Fiscal conservatism]]<br />{{•}} [[Economic liberalism]]<br />{{•}} [[Libertarian conservatism]]<br /><br />
'''Historical:'''<br />{{•}} [[Abolitionism]]<br />{{•}} [[Classical liberalism]]<br /><br />
'''[[Factions in the Republican Party (United States)|Internal factions]]:'''<br /> {{•}} [[Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Conservatives|Conservatives]]<br />{{•}} [[Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates|Moderate Republicans]]<br />{{•}} [[Libertarian Republican]]s<br />'''Historical factions:'''<br />{{•}}[[Radical Republicans]]<br />{{•}} [[Carpetbagger]]<br />{{•}} [[Scalawags]]<br /> {{•}} [[Stalwart (politics)|Stalwarts]]<br />{{•}} [[Half-Breed (politics)|Half-Breeds]]<br />{{•}} [[Rockefeller Republican]]s<br />
|international = [[International Democrat Union]]<br />
|blank1_title = Unofficial colors<br />
|blank1 = [[Red states and blue states|Red]]<br />
|blank2_title = [[Political spectrum|Political position]]<br />
|blank2 = [[Center-right]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}<br />
|seats1_title = [[United States Senate|Seats in the Senate]]<br />
|seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|47|100|hex=#ff5663}}<br />
|seats2_title = [[United States House of Representatives|Seats in the House]]<br />
|seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|240|435|hex=#ff5663}}<br />
|seats3_title = [[Governor (United States)|Governorships]]<br />
|seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|29|50|hex=#ff5663}}<br />
|seats4_title = [[State legislature (United States)|State Upper Houses]]<br />
|seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|1001|1921|hex=#ff5663}}<br />
|seats5_title = [[State legislature (United States)|State Lower Houses]]<br />
|seats5 = {{Infobox political party/seats|3021|5410|hex=#ff5663}}<br />
|website = [http://www.gop.com/ http://www.gop.com/]<br />
|country = United States<br />
}}<br />
The '''Republican Party''' is one of the [[Two-party system|two]] [[Major party|major]] contemporary [[political parties in the United States]], along with the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the '''GOP''' (Grand Old Party). The [[Party platform|party's platform]] generally reflects [[Conservatism in the United States|American conservatism]] in the [[Politics of the United States|U.S. political spectrum]] and is considered [[centre-right|center-right]], in contrast to the [[centre-left|center-left]] Democrats.<br />
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[[Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2012|Republican Party presidential primaries,2012]]</div>Zyo