One can go further: - The Democratic party is the one that wants to reduce the use of electoral politics (i.e. democracy) for policymaking - The Republican pa

One can go further: - The Democratic party is the one that wants to reduce the use of electoral politics (i.e. democracy) for policymaking - The Republican party is the one that wants to reduce the scope of the commonly-held institutions that execute policy (i.e. the republic)