Which of the following is generally considered not to be characteristic of the republican party? a. "big" government b. lower taxes c. less government involvement in people's lives d. family values

The answer is A), big government. Many beliefs of the Republican party are interrelated with the Conservative belief. The belief is that there should be smaller government that doesn't interfere with your daily lives. A government that is small and manageable and one that is rules by the people. Many of the beliefs are what many of the founding Fathers of the U.S believed in. It is written in the constitution of rights that citizens have. But right now, the U.S is down the Democratic party beliefs in which they want a large  government that takes care of the people by high taxes on the rich. But that causes many people to not want to work. I will stop here to prevent myself from being biased.

3or 4 because it can’t be 1 or 2 because citizens who followed the renaissance were challenged the idea of religion and government