I got a big query here.
Well, you know I'm interested in American poltics and etc. I just realised I really don't know that much. What is it that really decides if a person is republican or democrat? Amount of wealth? State? Family? Race? Religion? I remember TIME magazine calling Democrats "liberal" and Repubs "Conservative", what does it really mean in terms of classifying the two political sides? And do the Americans just blindly say they are "lifelong democrats/repubs" just because its that way with their parents and they just follow, do they even understand these two factions themselves? And what causes the small average citizens to change political beliefs? Like because they see Obama, they join Democrats?
Yeah yeah, long and stupid question.