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Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (8888 words) |
 | Democrats are opposed to use of torture against individuals apprehended and held prisoner by the military of the United States, and deny that categorizing military prisoners as unlawful combatants excludes them from the rights granted under the Geneva Conventions. |
 | The Democratic Party is divided on the subject of same-sex marriage. |
 | The Democratic Party, in its platform in 2000 and 2004, called for abortion to be "safe, legal and rare"—namely, keeping it legal by rejecting laws that allow governmental interference in abortion decisions, and reducing the number of abortions by promoting both knowledge of reproduction and contraception, and incentives for adoption. |
| Political party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1750 words) |
 | In presidential systems, the President may be elected as a representative of his party; however, in many nations he is forced to relinquish his connections with his party upon the assumption of office as head of state. |
 | One right wing coalition party and one left wing coalition party is the most common ideological breakdown in such a system but in two-party states political parties are traditionally catch all parties which are ideologically broad and inclusive. |
 | The emblem of socialist parties is often a red rose held in a fist. |