I think it makes sense for South Africans to support Democrats going forward, even if we are more aligned with Republicans when it comes to domestic policy.
Absolutely and I speak an American with long ties to South Africa. Where Trump and his sycophants go chaos follows. I started voting Democrat in 2016. Now anytime a Republican and a Democrat are on the ballot I vote for the latter. If a Republican isn’t running in that race I don’t vote.
But the reasons are more than just foreign policy issues. Democrats overwhelming support free trade while the GOP is waging war on it. Democrats around the country have been pushing to deregulate housing with Republicans either silent or in opposition. Republicans, while opposing govt. help for the poor want taxpayers to subsidize billionaires who support Trump, such as Bezos. Welfare for the economic elite is not how markets work.
Democrats demand equal rights before the law for minorities and immigrants while Republicans denounce them and encourage unconstitutional attacks on them.
Those are just some of the domestic policies where they differ. Republicans have shifted toward authoritarian policies while Democrats shifted toward a more liberal center.
I can't disagree with anything you've said, democrats are rhetorically bad on spending but this really doesn't matter because they produce better fiscal outcomes than the GOP, who shout about balanced budgets but also believe in the fairytale of cutting taxes and growing out of a deficit.
Generally the democrats are the more rational party.
Absolutely and I speak an American with long ties to South Africa. Where Trump and his sycophants go chaos follows. I started voting Democrat in 2016. Now anytime a Republican and a Democrat are on the ballot I vote for the latter. If a Republican isn’t running in that race I don’t vote.
But the reasons are more than just foreign policy issues. Democrats overwhelming support free trade while the GOP is waging war on it. Democrats around the country have been pushing to deregulate housing with Republicans either silent or in opposition. Republicans, while opposing govt. help for the poor want taxpayers to subsidize billionaires who support Trump, such as Bezos. Welfare for the economic elite is not how markets work.
Democrats demand equal rights before the law for minorities and immigrants while Republicans denounce them and encourage unconstitutional attacks on them.
Those are just some of the domestic policies where they differ. Republicans have shifted toward authoritarian policies while Democrats shifted toward a more liberal center.
I can't disagree with anything you've said, democrats are rhetorically bad on spending but this really doesn't matter because they produce better fiscal outcomes than the GOP, who shout about balanced budgets but also believe in the fairytale of cutting taxes and growing out of a deficit.
Generally the democrats are the more rational party.