The Republicans and Democrats are depressingly similar on some vital issues, such as federal spending, leading some to say that it doesn’t matter which party wins since we’re governed by a “uniparty.”
Pushing back against that idea, Dan Klein and Zachary Yost present evidence here that the differences between Republicans and Democrats are deep.
They write, “Here we lay out demonstrative empirical evidence that the walks walked by the two parties differ greatly. An establishment of entrenched interests exists; a uniparty does not.”
After surveying a lot of issues, Klein and Yost conclude, “Democrat elites are now systematically betraying the classical liberal arc of the past 500 years. A centerpiece of that arc is the American political system established in the late 18th century. Civic virtue stands with that arc and with that centerpiece. Civic virtue stands against systematic betrayers. Thus, today, Republicans are the lesser evil.”