Republican Parties in the Seventh Party System

In the past, the Republican party was divided into a large multitude of factions, however in the Seventh Party System is this divide has coalesced into a mere two sided battle between the Buckley Republicans and the Dewey Republicans. Representing social conservatism and social liberalism respectively, both sides are backed by massive corporations which use their dollars to ensure that ideological dissents are crushed in the primaries. For most of the past forty or so years the Dewey Republicans have remained dominant as many Republicans still fear the social conservative George Wallace and his coup which split the Conservative party. This dominance was especially pronounced during the era of "Liberal Johns" wherein President John Bayard Anderson served from 1980 to 1986 and President John Lester Chafee served from 1986 to 1992. However, as more and more time has passed since that date the conservative faction has grown steadily in strength. By the dawn of the 21st century, this split was close to half and half, resulting in the election of President Nathan Hostettler as a compromise candidate with the Republican's coalition partners, the Democratic party. This short moment of Buckley dominance ended when the Republican party recaptured an absolute majority in 2008, allowing the Dewey Republicans to get their way and have him replaced with William Weld. The crisis of the Second Great Depression caused a period of mass confusion among the Republican party, with a flurry of party leaders being elected and dismissed between 2010 and 2014, eventually leading to another Dewey Republican, Philip Scott, becoming the party's rallying point. Yet in 2018 with a majority of the party following the Buckley line an uncertainty has loomed over the party which is on the verge of civil war over whether the answers to society's problems lie in the past or in the future.

Buckley Republicans - Currently the dominant faction of the Republican party they were founded 1955 by Francis Buckley Senior, a man who viewed that a combination of social conservatism and economic conservatism would be the winning formula in the fight against the National Union party. While the National Union party would not be defeated until 20 years later in 1972 the influence of Buckley was not forgotten, and they would be one of three factions to survive the great purge of Wallace's Democratic Coup. Economically, their policies are to the right of their Dewey rivals, with some Buckley Republicans in states such as Wisconsin or Nebraska preferring to ally with Libertarians. Socially, they are also much to the Dewey's right, advocating for more restrictions on abortion rights and harsher crackdowns on illegal drugs. However, they still remain to the left of the Democrats and Constitution, upholding the value of civil unions for gay couples and separation of church and state. On foreign issues the Buckley Republicans hold a more militaristic stance, however they are not as hawkish as Labor thus occupying the same position as many Democrats. 

Dewey Republicans - Now the minority faction of the Republican party, their origins began in 1941 when Edmund Dewey sought to bring the Republicans back to their former glory through a social liberalism and moderate economic conservatism. Eventually defeating both the laissez-faire Harding Republicans and the imperialist McKinley Republicans, the Dewey Republicans soon became the dominant Republican faction, most notably giving birth to Conservative Richard Nixon. The party's policies have been one of social liberalism and moderate economic conservatism. Not wanting the complete destruction of welfare, they instead go down a middle road and try to appease people with basic healthcare systems and limited unemployment insurance. Nevertheless, their prime objective remains that of serving Big Business, as they often package together welfare for the poor with welfare for corporations. Socially they are to Labor's left, consistently supporting the rights of the LGBT community and fighting for the legalization of marijuana. And on the international stage they are by far the most outspoken pacifists, leading the charge against interventions overseas and advocating for a reduction in the nation's military budget. 

Lincoln Republicans - The smallest of the three Republican factions, their existence is a quirk of existing in the state of Lincoln, wherein the Black Baptist Bloc ensured that African Americans retained the right to vote, preventing the flight of black voters to Labor as seen in all other states. With 40% of the members being African-Americans the party is remains passionate in the fight against the Democrats, almost withdrawing from the national party during the Republican-Democratic coalition of 2004. Politically they also occupy the rare position of classical liberalism, rejecting both the corporate welfare of the Dewey Republicans and the social conservatism of the Buckley Republicans. Though the National Libertarian party has offered them affiliation in the past, each time the Lincoln Republicans rejecting such an offer, arguing that a strong federal government is needed to suppress intolerance and root out corruption.

Republican Affiliates - There are seven Republican affiliated parties in America, three of them being mergers with the Democrats, another two mergers with Hispanos Unidos, and the last two being mergers with Labor. In Hawaii there is the Christian Republican Union which is a center right socially conservative party. In Delaware there exists the Democratic Republicans, who form a broad center right alliance against the center left Whigs. In Alaska there are the Constitutional Democrats who form the sole conservative opposition party for this mainly socialist state. In Media California the Republican affiliate party is the Progressive Conservative party, which is a merger with Hispanos Unidos. The other merger with the HU is in Puerto Rico, with the Partido Renovacion being a center right party arguing for corporate welfare as a means of growing the economy. In Kansas the Non-Partisan League stands as a centrist, anti-fascist formed from a merger with Labor and the Populist party. Lastly in New York there exists the Federalist motion of Business, which currently shares the Federalist party with Labor's motions of African Americans United and Working Families.