No - of course not. First you need to acknowledge there is a difference between an organization’s “official” policy and the views of its members. So saying the Republican party is XYZ, is different from saying Republicans are XYZ. That might be splitting hairs to some, but I think it’s an important difference.
The larger an organization, the more variety you will find in the views of its members. Rarely do they line up 100% down the line. People usually chose affiliation due to having enough in common with the organization, or they disagree so much with the other side, they support that organization to go against what they disagree with.
One example is gay rights. The party has clearly made anti-gay marriage statements, but as you can read in the liberal survey BB linked to, moderate and libertarian leaning Republicans were less likely to be against it. It is a case of a loud, powerful voice in the party making policy (evangelicals) that don’t necessarily match with a large portion of their membership. I’ve seen several articles of Republicans being frustrated at the direction of the party on some of the issues and how the party alienates their more moderate members (and the right leaning independents). And as per my previous example - there is an official gay arm of the Republican party (as well as a black one, for an organization that is supposedly racist).
I am sure the Democrats aren’t all happy at several of Obama’s policies. I wouldn’t stereotype Democrats as pro-domestic spying or drone attacks.
