| senateleader = [[Mitch McConnell]]
| foundation = March 20, 1854
| ideology = [[Conservative|Conservatism]]<br>[[Classical Liberalism]]<br>[[NeoconservatismLibertarianism]]<br>[[Liberal conservatismRight-wing populism]]<br>[[LibertarianismPaleoconservative|Paleoconservativism]]<br>[[Right-wing populismAbolitionism]]/[[Emancipation]]<br>[[Paleoconservative|PaleoconservativismConstitutionalism]]<br>[[Patriotism]]<br>[[Nationalism]]<br>[[Neoconservatism]] ([[RINO]] minority) | fiscalpolicy = [[Right-wing]], [[Free Market]] | socialpolicy = Centre-Right to Right-wing, [[Conservative]], [[Conservative Libertarianism|Libertarian]], [[Patriotic]]
| international = [[International Democrat Union]]<br/>[[Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe]] (regional partner)
| colors = [[Red states and blue states|Red]] (unofficial)
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]]).
[[image:The_off_year_nast_1877.jpg|right|thumb|1877 Thomas Nast drawing of the Republican elephant.]]
In [[Kentucky]], voters overwhelmingly rejected the Democrats' racist agenda, electing the state's first black [[Attorney General]] and first Republican in 70 years, [[Daniel Cameron]]. Four years earlier, Kentucky voters elected conservative Republican Jenean Hampton as the state's first black statewide elected official, and the Republican governor they elected, [[Matt Bevin]], had adopted four children from Ethiopia.
===Latinos===
Democrats lost ground with Latino voters in 2020. Republicans are slowly winning over Latino voters.<ref>[https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23327900/latino-hispanic-voters-republican-2020 Democrats lost ground with Latino voters in 2020. Will the midterms be worse?], ''Vox'', Sep 20, 2022.</ref>
== Contemporary Party ==