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20 of the 30 US Presidents since 1861 have been Republicans and since that same year, a Republican has won 24 of the last 38 presidential elections. The party's most recent candidates [[Free Soil]] Republicans [[Donald Trump]] of [[New York]], along with his running mate, [[Indiana]] Governor [[Mike Pence]], won the [[2016 presidential election]] against Southern Democrat challengers [[Hillary Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]] and her running mate [[Tim Kaine]] of [[Virginia]].

20 of the 30 US Presidents since 1861 have been Republicans and since that same year, a Republican has won 24 of the last 38 presidential elections. The party's most recent candidates [[Free Soil]] Republicans [[Donald Trump]] of [[New York]], along with his running mate, [[Indiana]] Governor [[Mike Pence]], won the [[2016 presidential election]] against Southern Democrat challengers [[Hillary Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]] and her running mate [[Tim Kaine]] of [[Virginia]].

It is important to vote for someone who's more [[conservative]] on the issues rather than for someone who represents their party only by name due to the fact some Republicans are less conservative and more liberal progressive than typical Republicans (see: [[RINO]]).  

It is important to vote for someone who's more [[conservative]] on the issues rather than for someone who represents their party only by name due to the fact some Republicans are less conservative and more [[liberal]]/[[Progressivism|progressive]] than typical Republicans (see: [[RINO]]).  

[[image:The_off_year_nast_1877.jpg|right|thumb|1877 Thomas Nast drawing of the Republican elephant.]]

[[image:The_off_year_nast_1877.jpg|right|thumb|1877 Thomas Nast drawing of the Republican elephant.]]