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The left wing in America is called the Democratic Party, but they are extremely divided in terms of how far left they swing.

The democrats varies greatly in terms of what they believe, and there are no two people who have these different beliefs then Marc and Sarah.

Both are blue and proud of it, both are democrats and both are idealists, although Marc is more of a realist then she is.

They both believe that the role of the government is to take care of its citizens, and that the government has to intervene often because it is supposed to represent the people. This is about all that they can agree on.

Marc believes that politics is a dirty game and the only way to win is to follow to rules of the game, no matter how corrupt they may be. He believes that you have to play within the boundaries and that means that the politicians have to sometimes make promises they can't keep, in order to hopefully get something better later on. He believes that sometimes you can't come out and say we will raise taxes even if that is what needs to be done. He is a strong believer in the ends justifying the means. He is okay with a politician lying if it means that the end goal is reached.

Sarah thinks Marc could not be more wrong. She believes that if the system is corrupt it is the politicians duty, and the duty of the citizens to change the system. She believes that if you do not keep your promises to the citizens that you do not deserve to continue representing the people. She believes if you lie you should be fired. Now she may be an idealist but she is not stupid. She realizes that no system is perfect and she understands politicians will lie. But if the citizens are not willing to stand up and say it is not okay, then what exactly do people expect to change? People should not whine and moan about how terrible the system is, unless they are willing to do something to fix it.

The political spectrum is large and varied just like the people who fall within it, and no two people can be on the same side of the spectrum and have such different beliefs and these two friends.

The democrats are so varied but Marc knows that Sarah will always have his back, even if she will chew him out after for being immoral. And Sarah knows that Marc will help her whenever she needs it, even if he will make fun of her for being so naive.

The democratic party is extremely divided and this leads to some very interesting conventions,but also a lot of danger in terms of getting the votes needed to getting things passed.

Finding common ground with the democratic party is more difficult than it should be at times.