Democrats vs. Republicans

It is very clear that elections dominate the local media, and the everlasting race to perfect and improve the United States will continue to force through for all of time I believe. In an election usually two parties with the same goals of improving the United States and create a better quality of life are represented with the occasional third party. However the ways they go about this are what define them. Today a third party called Libertarians share some with both the Democratic and the Republican parties. I believe that Libertarians can side with both in several ways. Libertarians in short strive for little to no government action in social, personal, religious, and economic views. Therefore they would side with Republicans in that they government should cut spending, that people should be accountable and that the government should butt out. They believe in freedom of religion and the ability to express oneself religiously and that is not for the government to decide. However in many social and personal issues they would side more with the Democrats. They believe that issues like gay marriage, abortion, and unmarried sex which are generally very much frowned upon and advocated against in the Republican party are also dismissed by the Libertarians. In general they believe the government should stay out of those issues too, that you should be able to decide and do what you want without the government constantly dictating your life. In short, Democrats generally favor with governmental actions regarding economic issues, however frown on social and moral issues, where the Republicans want the government against social and moral issues however desire the government out of economic actions. Libertarians can easily side with both because they strive for government to cease in all areas, therefore easily the third parties that run today can sway the election results because they take some ideas from one party and some from the other.