Republicans, can you explain this to me?

[Brian37]

Sadly, I concur that the differences between the two parties are more superficial than folks like to admit.

The split between the parties in the U.S. is so wide, they can't even agree on the facts anymore.

I for one will never vote for a Republican as long as they generally deny climate change.  That one difference between the parties is more than enough for me.

Um no, only one party is the bigger liar, and not simply white lies, but dangerous lies. Especially global warming denial like you said. But also the GOP lies about where the most undocumented workers stem from, which is people overstaying legal visas. They also lie about where drugs are coming in from, which are the vast majority at legal ports of entry. The GOP lies about our opiate epidemic which is a direct result of drug companies over prescribing them to the point users, when they run out, turn to street opiates. 

The GOP lies about our economy booming, which ignores the fact that all billionaires do with their tax breaks is pad the pockets of CEOs and shareholders through a "buyback" scam, and still use overseas tax shelters on top of entire corporations paying no tax at all as well as still shipping jobs overseas despite getting tax breaks and or paying no tax. The GOP lies about tax breaks benefiting workers when the reality is billionaire tax breaks add up over a decade and eventually the bill comes due and tax payers end up having to bail them out.

Dems as voters gave up when Reagan successfully deregulated and busted unions. Our voter apathy in local and state elections and midterms in that 40 years has allowed the GOP to gerrymander and make it almost impossible to win in districts that swing voters and liberals should dominate in. That in turn forces our politicians to play their game. 

Now again, if dems would stop infighting, and stop sticking to our old haunts, and expand our map, and focus every day, every election and think long term, we can win.