Republican Party (Arabi)

Republican Party
Chairperson	Jeff Harris (DR)
Secretary	Denise Richards (DE)
Senate Minority Leader	Spencer Pickering (DE
House Minority Leader	James Young (SE)
Founded	April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20)
Preceded by	Conservative Socialist Party
Membership (2020)	18,997,917
Ideology	Majority • Democratic conservatism • Progressive conservatism • Fiscal conservatism Factions • Democratic Capitalism • Nationalism
Political position	Centre to Centre-right
Colors	Gold
Seats in the Senate	17 / 32
Seats in the House	102 / 195
State Governorships	8 / 16
State Upper Chamber Seats	212 / 392
State Lower Chamber Seats	712 / 1,226
Total State Legislature Seats	924 / 1,618
Total Seats	1,051 / 1,861

The Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in Arabi, the other being the Democratic Party.

The Republican Party was founded in 2016 as a rival to the Conservative Socialist Party, which succeeded the Conservative Capitalist Party. The Conservative Socialist Party was considered by the founders of the Republican Party to be a major failure due to the lack of power held by the party. No member of the Conservative Socialist Party was ever elected to the presidency and barely held any power in Congress, unlike its predecessor which had significant power.

The ideology of the Republican Party is vastly different from the ideology of the Conservative Socialist Party, wherein conservative socialism is no longer the major faction. Many members of the Republican Party are in favor of reinstalling the private sector and deregulating the federal government. Republicans believe the government has too much power over businesses in Arabi, specifically profiting from major companies without adequate compensation to employees. Republicans are in favor of lowering income tax, free market capitalistm, gun rights, traditional values, and higher military spending.

As of 2021, no person from the party has been elected to the presidency. However recent polls show the popularity of the Republican Party is on the rise, leading to many pollsters believing the party will possibly win big in the 2022 elections.

Political positions

Economic policies

Republicans believe in free-market capitalism, lowering taxes, deregulation of the federal government, lowering spending.

Social policies

Gun rights

Republicans believe in the right to own guns and are against regulations on gun ownership. They oppose background checks, support stand your ground laws, and oppose a limit on how many firearms a person may own.

LGBT

Roughly half of Republicans support enacting laws to prevent discrimination against members of the LGBT community but oppose the 11th amendment which gives LGBT members the right to marry. The other half are in favor of laws discriminating against LGBT in most aspects of daily life. A small fraction of members believes in the death penalty for any person expressing their sexual orientation publicly. Many leaders in the party have stated they are against LGBT laws but will not take away any rights already allotted to LGBT people.