Republicans Vs Democrats: Who is more likely to embrace bitcoin more?

[cuddaloreappu]

Republicans Vs Democrats: Who is more likely to embrace bitcoin more?

in terms of regulations, campaign donations, etc.

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[BitCoinNutJob]

The illusion of choice is strong in this decision. 

I would assume its marginal either way.

[will_see]

it depends on people but not on political views imho
But if we talk directly about republicans and democrats: democrats should be more loyal (only if we remember the origin meaning of democrats(!))

[Bogleg]

Don't think either party will embrace bitcoin.

[iluvpie60]

Republicans Vs Democrats: Who is more likely to embrace bitcoin more?

in terms of regulations, campaign donations, etc.

Well when you limit it to only republicans vs democrats you are kinda missing the whole libertarian and tea party line. people say those two groups are the most friendly towards them. i have to say they are right, i have seen libertarians who accept bitcoinf or their donations.

democrats will demonize it and say it is only for rich people and blah. if you look at older news stories every left wing media propaganda machine like ABC/MSNBC/NBC/whatever was all against bitcoin and said how its drugs drugs drugs sex prostituion hit men drugs drugs drugs omg were all gonna die!

[cuddaloreappu]

Republicans Vs Democrats: Who is more likely to embrace bitcoin more?

in terms of regulations, campaign donations, etc.

Well when you limit it to only republicans vs democrats you are kinda missing the whole libertarian and tea party line. people say those two groups are the most friendly towards them. i have to say they are right, i have seen libertarians who accept bitcoinf or their donations.

democrats will demonize it and say it is only for rich people and blah. if you look at older news stories every left wing media propaganda machine like ABC/MSNBC/NBC/whatever was all against bitcoin and said how its drugs drugs drugs sex prostituion hit men drugs drugs drugs omg were all gonna die!

How the hell could bitcoin be for rich when anybody could take part in it and it is not like some exchange traded fund where only the rich can participate

[shogdite]

Bitcoin would be excellent for Republican campaign donations, the Koch brothers would be able to donate $millions directly rather than using their 'non-profit' organizations.

[ChuckBuck]

None of the above, go against the US Dollar, why would they commit political suicide!   

If any political party is to embrace Bitcoin, it'd be the Libertarian Party:

http://www.lp.org/make-a-bitcoin-contribution

[iluvpie60]

Republicans Vs Democrats: Who is more likely to embrace bitcoin more?

in terms of regulations, campaign donations, etc.

Well when you limit it to only republicans vs democrats you are kinda missing the whole libertarian and tea party line. people say those two groups are the most friendly towards them. i have to say they are right, i have seen libertarians who accept bitcoinf or their donations.

democrats will demonize it and say it is only for rich people and blah. if you look at older news stories every left wing media propaganda machine like ABC/MSNBC/NBC/whatever was all against bitcoin and said how its drugs drugs drugs sex prostituion hit men drugs drugs drugs omg were all gonna die!

How the hell could bitcoin be for rich when anybody could take part in it and it is not like some exchange traded fund where only the rich can participate

there are multiple multiple articles that talk about white privelege and how rich white people are the majority of bitcoin users. the liberal media lies all the time about stuff like this man. go search it up. stupid articles like thatmake people not want to buy bitcoin, the right wing doesnt really say anything about bitcoin.

[Daniel91]

Both, Republicans and Democrats represent USA and their politic and economic, monetary system including US dollar.
So, officially, I really doubt that they can easily accept bitcoin.

[hellscabane]

Let's see, breaking it down by the two main party policy arenas:

Fiscally: Republicans would be more likely to support (because of tenets of fiscal individualism/responsibility and lessened regulation).
Socially: Democrats would be more likely to support (because of accessibility, and as a nascent tool to dwindle parity).

Getting to the heart of your question, I'd have to say Republicans would be more likely to embrace bitcoin if it regulatory laws surrounding bitcoin made it become significantly more viable. Until then though, I'd assume democrats would give more support to bitcoin as a social parity tool.

In either case though, the support given by either party will be significantly marginal.

[Ron~Popeil]

Neither. They can't control it or inflate it to hell so they can fund wars with it. We can get individual politicians through donations, but both parties are establishment big spenders that need a currency they can manipulate.

[Razick]

Generally Republicans seem to be embracing it more, but mostly the tea party variety. But Greg Abbot, the Republican gubernatorial nominee (who is very likely to win) is accepting Bitcoin donations, and he's not exactly tea party, he's sort of establishment-trying-to-appeal-to-tea-party-voters-but-doing-it-wrong.

[waldox]

demos and repubs are the same side of the coin...both funded and controlled by bankers to get into office
why do you think the president spend several millions to get into office to make several hundred thousand...

[timewave0]

Libertarian-leaning Republicans. Democrats are afraid of it because it's unregulated.

Mainstream candidates from either party have little reason to "embrace" bitcoin. Their constituents won't change the way they vote based on a candidate's bitcoin position, and they get a lot of "campaign contributions" from the banking cartel.

[jjc326]

Libertarian-leaning Republicans. Democrats are afraid of it because it's unregulated.

This.

Agree there.  I think deomcrats COULD possibly support it, if it became more regulated.  They love to be seen as "cooler" than Repubs, and Bitcoin is more of a cool and younger thing right now.

[Elwar]

Republicrat vs Republicrat...so many choices.

[joyteq]

Libertarian-leaning Republicans. Democrats are afraid of it because it's unregulated.

Mainstream candidates from either party have little reason to "embrace" bitcoin. Their constituents won't change the way they vote based on a candidate's bitcoin position, and they get a lot of "campaign contributions" from the banking cartel.

I consider myself a Libertarian-leaning Republican, and I've been taking Bitcoin donations since I filed to run for Congress back in May.  I also attended the Bitcoins in the Beltway conference back in June as was in one of the panel discussions, and have issued Bitcoin related press releases, some of which have been picked up by Forbes (Boring Bitcoin Report), The Crypto Crimson, MadBitcoins, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, etc.

I've also a miner, and am currently using mining equipment from KnCMiner and Spondoolies-Tech.

In the recent Primary, I was able to knock out the Independent challenger, so I will be up against the Democratic incumbent in the November election.

Saturday is my 40th Birthday, so if you can, throw me a bone in my "Over The Hill" for "Capitol Hill" donation drive.  (You must live in the US, and must provide name, address, etc. to donate.  I know a lot of Bitcoin folks don't like that, but its the current FEC rules.  Bitcoin donations are currently capped at $100 maximum due to ambiguous FEC guidelines.)

Press Release and News Page: http://www.vote4bj.com/press.html

40th Birthday Donation Drive Page: http://www.vote4bj.com/40th.html

Issues Page (Technical-related issues like Bitcoin at the bottom of the page): http://www.vote4bj.com/issues.html

Regards,
B.J. Guillot
Republican Candidate for US Congress
Washington State 2nd Congressional District
425-322-4610
Website: http://www.vote4bj.com
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[GrandMasterB]

Might as well flip a coin.

There is an easy counter to a proactive stance of anything driven by humans. Look at Global Warming. There's science saying it is irrefutable. There's science saying it isn't irrefutable. Now politicians have settled on "rapid climate change". Usually it just boils down to fear tactics and generalities. The more ambiguity, the more likely a politcian is able to embrace a side.

The problem from a political point of view is that BTC itself is not very ambiguous. Therefore it will not be embraced.

Another problem is that many crpyocurrencies protect anonimity more than BTC does. BTC will be associated with them. We'll all be projected as murderers, rapists, thugs, terrorists or whatever fear based tactic a policitian can come up with to whip their constituents into a fervor about.

Adoption will depend on the private sector and who the private sector funds politically (through fiat). That's a 50/50 shot because like others mentioned, both parties receive considerable donations from all the same mega corporations.

[BitDreams]

It would be neat to see a candidate to implement his entire campaign through the block chain. They wouldn't have to hold coins, but they could simply process every transaction transparently and put it in the face of the other 534 representatives. I bet someone like Coinbase would wave transaction fees for the publicity.