another reason(s)

[Yaatee]

Well, the Democratic Party used to be known as the was party.  No longer.  It's now the Republican Party.

[Socrates]

I don't regularly vote for Republicans or Democrats on a regular basis - one of the benefits of living in Washington State is that I don't have to register with either party to vote in primaries and whatnot. I generally like my Republican Representative, and lately think it's more important to vote for pro-life congressmen because those are the people who can have more of a direct impact on promoting life issues. So far I've never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, but I'm not totally against it depending on how much they support vs pay lip service to various important issues (especially life issues). I voted third party in the last presidential election. 

So mostly I asked the question because I'm genuinely curious about what really draws serious Catholics to Republicans beyond being pro-life. I know which candidate(s) I like right now, but that might change. 

Fair enough.  I wasn't sure exactly where you were coming from, hence my question.

I'm a registered Republican, though my primary loyalty is to conservative principles, rather than the Republican Party, much of which is no longer principled nor conservative.

There's definitely not a single Democrat at the national level I could support in good conscience, though.  They remain the greater evil.

[Peace]

Fair enough.  I wasn't sure exactly where you were coming from, hence my question.

I'm a registered Republican, though my primary loyalty is to conservative principles, rather than the Republican Party, much of which is no longer principled nor conservative.

There's definitely not a single Democrat at the national level I could support in good conscience, though.  They remain the greater evil.

That's cool. Why not make your primary loyalty to Catholic principles?

[Basilisa Marie]

That's cool. Why not make your primary loyalty to Catholic principles?

Because you can be a good Catholic and have conservative or liberal government principles? Or that Catholic prinicples are already a given. That is, on a fair amount of issues there's lots of room to craft an argument from Catholic principles on all sides. A cheap and hasty example might be trying to apply principles of subsidiarity and solidarity. Some might argue that subsidiarity means we should promote small, local government solutions for problems like poverty, while others might say that more taxes and bigger government are the best ways to promote a culture of solidarity. Both subsidiarity and solidarity are principles of catholic social teaching and neither should be ignored, but we can argue about what's the best way to live them out.