Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the three major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the mid-1850s, it has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party. Currently, it is a big-tent coalition that encompasses a wide variety of ideological factions including, but not limited to, conservatives, libertarians, and right-leaning centrists. A majority of its membership tends to support policies that favor small government, free market economics, social conservatism, isolationism, and originalism in constitutional jurisprudence.