What's the Difference?

Based on how politicians make their pitches for votes, I would come to the following conclusions: 1. Republicans must be people who like to work extra hard to make a good income which they would like to keep for themselves by keeping the government out of their lives. 2. Democrats must be people who work (or not), yet would like to have access to other people's money by utilizing the government. I do not think either of these portrayals are entirely correct, but they do come reasonably close. These are also generalizations only. Certainly not every American can be pigeon-holed into one or the other. For me, the important question is this: Which party is more closely in line with operating a government as outlined by the U.S. Constitution?