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Historically, Republicans have portrayed themselves to be pro-business and for more limited government; Democrats have tended to campaign on more liberal social policies and an expanded role of government social services and regulations. Some commentators, such as right-wing radio talk-show host " Michael Savage" (Michael Alan Weiner), who apparently coined the term, or left-wing Ralph Nader, who has adopted it, have both opined on how it is often hard to tell the parties apart, leading to the term's coinage. This was a view shared on the left by the Green Party during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, whose bumper stickers read, " Bush and Gore make me wanna Ralph".

The term is also used in a pejorative sense by members of one party to attack centrist members of their party. The term Republicrat is more commonly used by liberal Democrats to attack conservative and centrist members of the party, such as Senator Joe Lieberman. The usual pejorative term used for centrist Republicans is "RINO," short for Republican In Name OnlyA request has been made on Wikipedia for this article to be deleted. This request is being discussed to form a consensus whether the article meets Wikipedia standards. Please see this page's entry on the votes for deletion page for details. Also see possi.

See also Duverger's lawElections Duverger's Law is a principle which asserts that a first-past-the-post election system naturally leads to a two-party system. The discovery of this principle is attributed to Maurice Duverger, a French sociologist who observed the effect and rec; two-party systemA two-party system is a type of party system where only two political parties have a realistic chance of winning an election. Usually this means that all, or nearly all, elected offices are held only by the candidates of the two parties that get the most.