Is the Republican Party a party of the rich?

While most seem to think that the Republican party is the party of the rich, the opposite seems actually to be true. read more

The Republican Party, by and large, is a party dedicated to promoting the interests of the wealthy at the expense of everybody else. It was not always this way, but the past fifty years have changed the party from the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Individual Greed. read more

The Party of the Rich, in essence, was offering up a twisted version of New Deal policies that laissez-faire Republicans like Reagan had long opposed. Spinning the tax giveaways as a stimulus plan did serve one useful function: It helped obscure the true purpose of the Bush tax plan. read more

A large majority of Americans (62 percent) say the Republican Party favors the rich, while barely more than one in four (26 percent) say the GOP favors the middle class. Those numbers are just as bad or worse among groups that some GOP strategists think the party needs to improve among, such as Hispanics (62-24), women (62-25), and younger voters (67-24). read more