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I would say this is very much NOT the case for the Democrats. The Democrats have at least two factions (Bernie/AOC/etc vs. the established Democrats) that really don't agree with each other on a number of issues.

The Republicans are far more unified. It is both their strength and their weakness.

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That really hasn't been the case for a while - Boehner couldn't get his party to come together for anything

>The Republicans are far more unified

Or not. What about the Trump faction vs. the RINO's.

I don't know of any RINOs in Congress. Locally the story might be different, but even so I stand by my assertion that Republicans are far more unified than the Democrats (as the Democrats are split federally as well as locally).

Romney, Collins, and Murkowski are RINOs. Previously, McCain and Flake were.

Republicans are split: libertarian, nationalist, religious

> What about the Trump faction vs. the RINO's.

There are factions in the Republican Party, but for various reasons they are much more prone to have the non-dominant faction submit meekly to the dominant faction in terms of most actions in government, and even most public statements outside of contested primary campaigns. And even there the actual policy disputes are often not front and center.

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