Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the three main contemporary political parties in the United States alongside the Progressive Party and the America First Party. Modern American liberalism — a variant of social liberalism — is the party's majority ideology. The party also has notable centrist, social conservative, and both right-libertarian and left-libertarian factions.
Republican Party | |
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Founders | Abraham Lincoln Alvan E. Bovay Horace Greeley Edwin D. Morgan Amos Tuck |
Founded | 1854 (166 years ago) |
Split from | Whig Party |
Headquarters | Washington D.C., U.S. |
Student wing | College Republicans |
Youth wing |
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Women's wing | Republican Women |
LGBT wing | Log Cabin Republicans |
Overseas wing | Republicans Overseas |
Membership (2020) | ▲ 51,094,285 |
Ideology | Social liberalism Fiscal conservatism Establishmentism |
Political position | Centrist |
Colors | Red |