Republican: I don't know the founding principles of the party, but I'm guessing socially-orthodox, economically-liberal are the right phrases. Traditionalists. Conservative: someone wanting to maintain or restore values from the past. Also, the name of the UK's biggest right-wing party. Liberal: someone wanting to increase social freedoms, especially on a personal level. Paradoxically, fiscally conservative, wanting to control the economy in service of as many people as possible. Democratic: something supporting democracy, i.e. the state controlled by its people.