Intense supporters of 2004 Democratic candidate, Howard Dean. Dean's appeal to young voters as well as his intense enthusiasm for the future of the party led many young democrats to love him. However, the media portrayed him as overly zealous and (some say) destroyed his chances to win the Democratic Primaries.
Some believe corporate payoffs from his opponents insured his early media crusifixion in order to silence the democratic party's best hope of winning the '04 election, none of this, however, is at all proven.
Now the self-described Deaniacs are in the somewhat uncomfortable position of witnessing the nomination of John F. Kerry, a man they once derided as a tool of special-interest groups.
Other Deaniacs said they have accepted the reality that with Dean out of the race, they have to help Kerry.
Deaniacs remain a cohesive political force, according to a study.
Most of the former presidential candidate's followers who participated in the survey said they wished there were a viable third party, but only one in 10 said they hoped the Democratic Party would "die off and be replaced" with a new one.
But Pew discovered potential bad news for Dean: Not only are the self-described "Deaniacs" out of step with other Americans on contentious issues such as gay marriage, they also differ with fellow Democrats on many positions.
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