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The Democratic Party, founded in 1792, is the second-oldest political party in the world (after the Tories of the United Kingdom). Along with the Republican Party, it is one of two major parties in the United States. The party is currently the minority party in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. In state legislatures, the Democrats control 19 legislatures while the Republicans control 21. Ten states have different parties in control of the upper and lower chambers. Of the two major U.S. parties, the Democratic Party is to the left of the Republican Party, though its politics are not as consistently leftist as the traditional social democratic and labor parties in much of the world. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he serves as Senate Minority Leader. ... Jump to: navigation, search Representative Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is the highest-ranking Democrat in the United States House of Representatives. ... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... // Usage of the word Liberal In the United States, the common meaning of liberal has changed over time. ... The Third Way is a centrist philosophy of governance that, at least from a traditional social democratic perspective, usually stands for deregulation, decentralisation and lower taxes. ... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation) Blue is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength range (about 420-490 nanometres) of the three primary colors. ... The Liberal International is an international organization for liberal parties. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The term Tory derives from the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... Jump to: navigation, search A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... The Minority Party (Minoritetspartiet) is a political party in Denmark without parliamentary representation. ... Jump to: navigation, search A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. ... State legislatures are the lawmaking bodies of the 50 states in the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Left wing is also a term used in several sports; see winger (sport). ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...

It started out as a conservative party in the middle 19th century, later moving to the left throughout the 20th century. The Republican Party had experienced a similar transition, from a progressive party to conservative party. Thus, the parties are said to have "switched sides" with each other on the political spectrum. Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Progressivism or political progressivism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ...

The Democratic Party is more notably factional than many major parties in the industrialized world, partially because American political parties in general do not have as much official power to control members as political parties in many other countries.

Factions

This Party is a bunch of greedy pigs. They want to steal your money and taxes. The Party comprises several factions which often disagree with each other in a number of ways. A faction is a group of people connected by a shared belief or opinion within a larger group. ...

Centrists

Emphasizing the importance of a broad coalition of support, centrist Democrats explicitly identify with and promote moderation and compromise in order to accomplish the proposals and solutions that will hopefully appeal to the most people. Centrists have generally considered the best agenda the party is to improve the economy while progressing on social issues as opportunities allow. Though centrist Democrats differ on a variety of issues, they typically foster a mix or moderation of political views and ideas. Most Democrats who identify themselves as "centrist" or "Third Way" are generally fiscally conservative, socially liberal and internationally interventionist. They've made efforts for balanced budgets and free trade; and compared to other Democratic factions, they're mostly are more supportive of use of military force, and are occasionally more willing to end or reduce governmental initiatives, as indicated by their support for welfare reform. A coalition is an alliance between entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... Promotion may mean: Promotion (chess), a term used in the game of chess Promotion (marketing), a marketing term Promotion (rank), an increase in position in a hierarchy Promotion (academic), German academic degree that is roughly equivalent to the Ph. ... Moderation is the process of eliminating or lessening extremes. ... A compromise is an agreement (or proposed agreement) to accept a situation in which the parties get variations from what they originally sought, to achieve a compatible outcome. ... A balanced budget embodies maintaining a net government surplus, meaning the government takes in more in taxes than in spends. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ... Welfare reform is the name for a political movement in countries with a state-administered social welfare system to institute changes in that system, generally in a more conservative direction. ...

Prominent centrist Democrats in the 1990s and 2000s have included Fmr. U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton (Arkansas), Fmr. First Lady/U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (New York, fmr. Arkansas), Fmr. U.S. Vice Pres. Al Gore (Tennessee), Gov. Tom Vilsack (Iowa), Gov. Mark Warner (Virginia), U.S. Sens. Joe Biden (Delaware), Joe Lieberman (Connecticutt), and Harry Reid (Nevada). U.S. Sen. John Kerry (Massachusetts) and Fmr. U.S. Sen. John Edwards (North Carolina) have been members of centrist organizations and alliances, but have since allied themselves more with the traditional liberal wing of the party. Similarly, Democratic Chairman Howard Dean has displayed issue positions similar to those of this faction, but has been critical of the Democratic centrist establishment and aligned himself more with the progressive and liberal wings of the party. Jump to: navigation, search William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ... Jump to: navigation, search Albert Arnold Gore Jr. ... Thomas James Vilsack (born December 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was elected 40th Governor of the state of Iowa in 1998. ... Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician and the current Democratic governor of Virginia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Joseph Robinette Joe Biden, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Joseph Isadore Lieberman, (born February 24, 1942) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he serves as Senate Minority Leader. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... This article is about the American politician, former Senator, and 2004 Vice Presidential candidate. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ...

Progressives

In recent years many members of the Democratic Party have identified themselves as "progressive" rather than explicitly "liberal". Many progressives are descendents of the New Left of U.S. Presidential candidate/U.S. Sen. George McGovern (South Dakota); others were made active by the presidential candidacies of Howard Dean and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio). Progressive Democratic candidates for public office have had popular support as candidates in metropolitan areas and among African-Americans, though this is not to read that they haven't had support from or attempted to appeal to other groups. Progressive Democrats all have championed ideology similar to the economic and reformist ideology of the populist movement of the late 1800s. Unifying issues among progressive Democrats have been opposition to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, opposition to economic conservatism, universal healthcare and steering the Democratic Party in the direction of being a more forceful opposition party. Compared to other factions of the party, they've been most critical of the Republican Party, and most supportive of privacy rights and social liberalism and libertarianism. The New Left is a term used in political discourse to refer to radical left-wing movements from the 1960s onwards. ... Jump to: navigation, search George McGovern. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, for the 10th District of Ohio (map). ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article covers invasion specifics. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about libertarianism, a liberal individualist philosophy favoring private property (the most common meaning of the term today in most English-speaking countries). ...

Progressive Democrats have included Kucinich, Congressman John Conyers (Michigan), Congressman/civil rights activist John Lewis (Georgia), and late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone (Minnesota). John Conyers John Conyers, Jr. ... John Lewis is the name of: an American labor leader: see John L. Lewis a philosopher: see John Lewis (philosopher) a jazz pianist: see John Lewis (pianist) an American civil rights activist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives: see John Lewis (politician) a British Singer who released... Jump to: navigation, search Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 â€“ October 25, 2002) was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. ...

Democrats from other factions, notably Dean and Edwards, have increasingly expressed viewpoints with populist elements, which has lead some to say that the party's general rhetoric is drifting in a more progressive direction.

Labor

One of the most important parts of the Democratic Party coalition is the union vote. They supply a great deal of the money, grass roots political organization and base of support for the party at the polls. While Union membership has fallen over the last four decades, the union component of the party is still very important. The Union vote tends to be more protectionist than the centrists, but is not as willing to press social issues. The union vote is concerned with employment issues such as the minimum wage, as well as protection of pensions, collective bargaining and access to health insurance. Prominent members of this wing include Andy Stern of the SEIU. Other important unions in the Democratic coalition include AFSCME, UAW, WWP, and the AFL-CIO. Andrew Andy L. Stern (born 1950) is the president of the Service Employees International Union, the largest and fastest-growing union in the United States and Canada. ... Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest and fastest growing labor union in the United States and Canada, representing 1. ... The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the second- or third-largest labor union in the United States and one of the fastest-growing, representing over 1. ... The United Auto Workers (UAW), officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, with more than 700,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico organized into approximately 950 union locals. ... Workers World Party (WWP) is a communist or socialist party in the United States founded in 1959 by Sam Marcy. ... The AFL-CIO is the largest labor union federation in the United States. ...

Liberals

Liberal Democrats are to the left of centrist Democrats, and can be described as traditional Democrats. The liberal faction was dominant in the party for years, until centrist forces asserted primary control. Compared to conservatives and moderates, liberal Democrats generally have advocated fair trade and other less conservative economic policies, and a less militaristic foreign policy, and have a reputation of being more forceful in pushing for civil liberties. Liberals are increasingly identified as being part of the larger progressive wing of the party. Jump to: navigation, search Fair trade products shown at XI Unctad. ... Civil liberties are protections from the power of governments. ...

Prominent liberal Democrats include U.S. Sens. Russ Feingold (Wisconsin), Ted Kennedy (Massachusetts) and Tom Harkin (Iowa). Though members of centrist networks, Kerry, Edwards and Hillary Clinton have become more aligned with this faction than previously. Jump to: navigation, search Russell Dana Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... Jump to: navigation, search Edward Moore Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, having served since 1963. ... Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is the junior United States Senator from Iowa. ...

Conservatives

Although the Democratic Party has long been more liberal/leftist rather than conservative, it once had a strong and influential wing of conservatives, mostly in the South. Many were referred to by slang terms such as "yellow-dog Democrats", for conservatives who consistently voted Democratic because of their dislike for the Republican Party; "boll weevils", for socially conservative Southerners who favored Roosevelt's New Deal and U.S. Pres. Harry Truman's Fair Deal; "Dixiecrats", for white southern segregationists who favored governmental action by States rather than at the national level; and "Reagan Democrats", who endorsed Republican presidential candidate and favored many of his proposals. Casey Democrats, after Pennsylvania Governor Robert Casey, was the tagline for many anti-abortion members of the party. So-called Dixiecrats were known to make candidacies in protest of Democrats who desired ethnic integration; some went as far as to establish third parties in order to run against other Democrats in general elections. Eventually, many conservative Democrats switched to the Republican Party as it became more conservative in the 1980s and 1990s. DIXIES LAND, 1904 postcard Dixie is a nickname for the Southern United States. ... Boll weevils was a American political term used in the mid-20th century to describe conservative Southern Democrats. ... Jump to: navigation, search The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for prolonging the Great Depression. ... For the victim of Mt. ... In United States history, the Fair Deal was the policy of social improvement of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, outlined in his 1949 State of the Union Address to Congress on January 5, 1949. ... The States Rights Democratic Party, usually known as the Dixiecrat Party, was a short-lived splinter group that broke from the Democratic Party in 1948. ... Jump to: navigation, search Segregation means separation. ... President Ronald Reagan. ... Demonstrators march through the intersection of 18th and M Streets NW in Washington DC at the A16 demonstration against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ...

There remains, however, a viable conservative wing of the Democratic Party, one which was mostly rural and mostly southern. These Democrats have consisted typically of moderate conservatives who feel the Republican Party does not share the values they hold most important; these mostly include conservatives who disagree with the Republican Party's conservative views on trade, taxes and civil rights, who are critical of the policies and actions of the administration of U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, and who identify with the populism of past Democratic icons. The conservative wing is viable enough that U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (Nebraska), the most visible member of this faction, has been speculated as a possible future presidential candidate, although he has since mostly moved from Democratic issue positions to ones held by the Republican Party. International trade is the exchange of goods and services across international boundaries. ... A tax is an involuntary fee paid by individuals or businesses to a government. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former Governor of the State of Texas. ... Earl Benjamin Nelson (born May 17, 1941 in McCook, Nebraska) is an American politician from Nebraska, where he was born and has lived for most of his life. ...

(Similarly, Zell Miller (Georgia) was known for a mix of liberal and conservative views while Governor, but as a U.S. Senator became a neoconservative and Religious Rightist, switched from the Democratic quorum in the Senate to the Republican one, and endorsed Bush for President.) Jump to: navigation, search Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ... Sensei-98 states: The term Religious Right, is a very broad label applied to a number of political and religious movements and groups. ...

Other prominent conservative Democrats of the 1990s and 2000s have included U.S. Sens. John Breaux and Mary Landrieu (Louisiana) and Congressmen Ike Skelton (Missouri), Gene Taylor (Mississippi) and Jim Traficant (Ohio) (who has remained active in electoral politics while incarcerated). Lieberman is a centrist who is often considered a conservative Democrat. Jump to: navigation, search John Berlinger Breaux (last name pronounced Bro) (born March 1, 1944) was a United States Senator from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is a Democratic United States Senator for the state of Louisiana. ... Isaac Newton Skelton IV (born December 20, 1931), an American politician, has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1977. ... Rep. ... James Traficant James A. Traficant Jr. ...

Notable groups

There are several ideological groups within the modern-day Democratic Party. As the party is made up of several groups with different ideologies, several sub-groups within the party have been set up to promote the ideologies each respective group holds. Although some of these factions do not have official organizations representing them, they are often well-represented within the party.

The Progressive Democrats of America lends itself to the progressive ideology within the party. Founded by members of Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, it does not hold much sway in the Democratic Party, being considered more radically liberal than other factions. Jump to: navigation, search The Progressive Democrats of America is a progressive organization that formed out of the members of Dennis Kucinichs Presidential Campaign as well as Democracy for America, an organization that itself grew out of the Howard Dean Presidential Campaign. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, for the 10th District of Ohio (map). ...

The African Americans have voted consistently for Democratic Party candidates in the 85 to 90% range, and as such can be considered a faction in the party. Democratic African American leadership coalesces around the Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights activists and is generally considered liberal in outlook. Senator Barack Obama, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Congressman John Conyers are prominent leaders of this faction. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... The Congressional Black Caucus is an organization representing African American members of the Congress of the United States. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Jump to: navigation, search Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. ... Jesse Jackson The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. ... John Conyers John Conyers, Jr. ...

The Democracy for America (DFA) political action committee generally supports fiscally responsible and socially progressive candidates at all levels of government. It was founded by ex-Vermont Governor and current Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean during his presidential campaign; its current Chairman is James H. Dean, Howard Dean's brother. The DFA fights against the influence of the far-right on American politics and works to rebuild the Democratic Party "from the bottom up". Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. ... Progressivism or political progressivism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ...

One of the most influential factions is the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), An influential non-profit organization that advocates centrist positions for the party. Members often self-identify under the word "New Democrat". Centrist party leaders founded the DLC in response to the landslide victory of Republican candidate Ronald Reagan over Democratic candidate Walter Mondale during the 1984 presidential election, believing the Democratic Party needed to reform their political philosophy if they were to ever retake the White House, a goal which had eluded them since the 1976 election of Jimmy Carter. Jump to: navigation, search The Democratic Leadership Council is an influential non-profit corporation that advocates centrist and neoliberal positions for the United States Democratic Party. ... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... For the Canadian New Democratic Party, see New Democratic Party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ronald Wilson Reagan, GCB, (February 6, 1911 â€“ June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981â€“1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967â€“1975). ... Jump to: navigation, search Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. ... United States presidential elections determine who serves as President and Vice President of the United States for four-year periods, starting on January 20 of the year after the election. ... Jump to: navigation, search The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ...

The DLC hails President Bill Clinton as proof of the viability of third way politicians and a DLC success story. However, critics contend that the DLC is effectively a powerful, corporate-financed mouthpiece within the Democratic Party that acts to keep Democratic Party candidates and platforms sympathetic to corporate interests and the interests of the wealthy. The group was founded and continues to be led by Al From. Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa is the current chairman. Jump to: navigation, search William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... The Third Way is a centrist philosophy of governance that, at least from a traditional social democratic perspective, usually stands for deregulation, decentralisation and lower taxes. ... Al From is the primary founder and current CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council. ... Thomas James Vilsack (born December 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was elected 40th Governor of the state of Iowa in 1998. ... State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Senators Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 kmÂ² (26th) - Land 144,701 kmÂ² - Water 1,042 kmÂ² (0. ...

The 21st Century Democrats is a political organization active since 2000 in assisting candidates it describes as "progressive" or "populist" in winning elections. Its strategy puts emphasis on training large numbers of organizers to work at the grassroots level and targeting specific campaigns it sees as important. It has strong ties to veterans of campaigns for the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone. Jump to: navigation, search 21st Century Democrats is a political organization founded by Senator Tom Harkin, commentator Jim Hightower and Congressman Lane Evans to help elect progressive or populist candidates in winning elections. ... Progressivism or political progressivism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Jump to: navigation, search Populism is a political philosophy or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, and that the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and used for the benefit and advancement of the... Jump to: navigation, search Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 â€“ October 25, 2002) was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. ...

The Congressional Progressive Caucus or CPC is a caucus of progressive Democrats, along with one independent, in the U.S. Congress. It is the single largest Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives, although it currently has no members from the Senate. Well-known members include Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-TX), and Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). The CPC advocates universal health care, fair trade agreements, living wage laws, the right of all workers to organize into trade unions and engage in strike actions and collective bargaining, the abolition of significant portions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the formation of a Department of Peace, the legalization of gay marriage, strict campaign finance reform laws, a complete pullout from the war in Iraq, a crackdown on corporate crime and what they see as corporate welfare, an increase in income tax on the wealthy, tax cuts for the poor, and an increase in welfare spending by the federal government. [1] [2] The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a group consisting of members of the United States House of Representatives that work together to advance progressive issues and causes. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, for the 10th District of Ohio (map). ... John Lewis John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement as president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ... Barbara Lee Barbara Lee (born July 16, 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing the 9th District of California (map). ... Jump to: navigation, search Bernie Sanders at a press conference on the cost of fuel. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Fair trade products shown at XI Unctad. ... Living wage refers to the hourly wage that one deems necessary for a person to achieve a basic standard of living. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Striking Teamsters defend themselves with pipes against armed police in the streets of Minneapolis, 1934. ... Collective bargaining is the process of negotiation between trade unions (or labor unions, as they are called in the USA) and employers (represented by management) in respect of the terms and conditions of employment of employees, such as wages, hours, working conditions and grievance procedures, and about the rights and... Jump to: navigation, search President Bush signs USA PATRIOT Act, October 26, 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001) (U.S. H.R. 3162, S. 1510, Public Law 107-56) is an Act of federal... The United States Department of Peace is a proposed cabinet level department of the executive branch of the U.S. government. ... Jump to: navigation, search Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. ... Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article covers invasion specifics. ... Corporate crime refers to criminal practices by individuals that have the legal authority to speak for a corporation or company. ... Corporate welfare is a pejorative term first coined by Ralph Nader in 1956 to describe a governments bestowal of grants and/or tax breaks on one or more corporations or other special favorable treatment from the government. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A tax cut is a reduction in the rate of tax charged by a government, for example on personal or corporate income. ... Social welfare can mean: the welfare or well-being of a society. ...

As a key source of political contributions, volunteers, and field organizing expertise, Organized Labor holds significant sway in the Democratic Party. Former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt was a leading supporter of labor in Congress. Trade unions have often been a considerable source of support for the party, and several elections were lost when the Democratic candidates were viewed as less than sufficiently supportive of their interests. A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005. ...

Civil libertarians also often support the Democratic Party because its positions on such issues as civil rights and separation of church and state are more closely aligned to their own than the positions of the Republican Party, and because the Democrats' economic agenda may be more appealing to them than that of the Libertarian Party. They oppose the "War on Drugs," protectionism, corporate welfare, immigration restrictions, governmental borrowing, and an interventionist foreign policy. The Democratic Freedom Caucus is an organised group of this faction. A civil libertarian is one who is actively concerned with the protection of individual civil liberties and civil rights. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Jump to: navigation, search The separation of church and state is a concept and philosophy in modern thought and practice, whereby the structures of state or national government are proposed as needing to be separate from those of religious institutions. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. ... The prohibition of drugs through legislation or religious law is a common means of controlling the perceived negative consequences of recreational drug use at a society- or world-wide level. ... Jump to: navigation, search Protectionism is the economic policy of protecting a nations manufacturing base from the effects of foreign competition by means of very high tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, or other means of reducing importation. ... Corporate welfare is a pejorative term first coined by Ralph Nader in 1956 to describe a governments bestowal of grants and/or tax breaks on one or more corporations or other special favorable treatment from the government. ... In politics, interventionism is a term for significant activity undertaken by a state to influence something not directly under its control. ... A foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how a particular country will interact with the other countries of the world. ... The Democratic Freedom Caucus (DFC) is a small caucus within the United States Democratic Party which seeks to help the Democratic Party rediscover its Jeffersonian roots, of individual liberty, constitutional democracy, civil liberties, and opposition to corporate welfare and special interests. ...

The Blue Dog Democrats are a congressional caucus of fiscal and social conservatives and moderates, primarily southerners, willing to broker compromises with the Republican leadership. They have acted as a unified voting bloc in the past, giving its thirty members some ability to change legislation. The name appears to be both a reference to several well-known Louisiana paintings featuring blue dogs, as well as a reference to the old "yellow dog" Democrats having been "choked blue." Traditionally, the color blue has been associated with conservative ideals, contributing to the caucus' name. Blue Dog Democrats are social and economic conservatives and moderates in the United States Democratic Party. ... Yellow Dog Democrats are voters in the southern region of the United States who consistently vote for Democratic candidates in the late 19th and early 21st centuries because of lingering resentment against the Republicans dating back to the Civil War and Reconstruction period. ...

Issues

The principles and values of any political party are difficult to define and apply generally to all members of the party. Some members may disagree with one or more plank of their party's platform.

Budget

On the budget, the Democrats in the 2004 platform swore to halve the yearly federal budget deficit by 2009. They stated that they seek "a Constitutional version of the line-item veto to make it easier to root out pork-barrel spending." Jump to: navigation, search Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. ... A budget deficit occurs when an entity (often a government) spends more money than it takes in. ...

Civil Liberties

On a major issue affecting civil liberties, the USA PATRIOT Act, the Democratic agenda is to "change the portions of the Patriot Act that threaten individual rights, such as the library provisions." They further explained in their platform, "Our government should never round up innocent people only because of their religion or ethnicity, and we should never stifle free expression." The party is against racial profiling in the war against terror. Jump to: navigation, search Civil liberties are protections from the power of governments. ... Jump to: navigation, search President Bush signs USA PATRIOT Act, October 26, 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001) (U.S. H.R. 3162, S. 1510, Public Law 107-56) is an Act of federal...

Crime

On crime, Democrats place more focus on methods of prevention of crime rather than on what penalties are applied to crimes. They emphasize improved community policing and more on-duty police officers in order to help accomplish that. Their platforms for 2000 and 2004 also cite crackdowns on gangs and drug trafficking as preventive methods. The 2004 platform also calls for rehabilitation for prisoners, in order to "reintegrate former prisoners into our communities as productive citizens." Their platforms have also particularly addressed the issue of domestic violence, calling for strict penalties for offenders and protections for victims. A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events...

Equality

On equality and nondiscrimination, citing that "a day's work is worth a day's pay," and that on average a woman continues to earn 77% of what a man does, the Democrats call for laws for equal pay. The Democrats wish to uphold the Americans with Disabilities Act to prohibit discrimination against people on the basis of physical or mental disability. The Democrats cite affirmative action as a method with which to redress past discrimination and to ensure equitable employment regardless of ethnicity or gender. EQUAL is a popular artificial sweetener Equal (sweetener) Equality can mean several things: Mathematical equality Social equality Racial equality Sexual equality Equality of outcome Equality, a town in Illinois See also Equity Egalitarianism Equals sign This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is the short title of United States Public Law 101-336, signed into law on July 26, 1990 by George H. W. Bush. ... Jump to: navigation, search Affirmative action (U.S. English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program providing access to systems for people of a minority group against whom have traditionally been discriminated, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society. ...

On gay marriage, many Democrats have publicly supported civil unions or same sex marriage, but it is not yet an official position of the party as a whole, or any of the members of the party leadership in Congress. The legal standing of gay marriage is a subject of debate within the Democratic Party. In the campaigns for the Party candidacy for the 2004 presidential election, candidates were divided, with John Kerry supporting civil unions while Howard Dean supported same-sex marriage. Most Democrats support the continued legalization of same-sex marriage and/or unions and progress in their nationwide acceptance. Many Democrats consider gay marriage to be a civil right of Americans. Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. ... A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing homosexual couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married heterosexuals (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by couples of differing sexes who do not... Jump to: navigation, search Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing homosexual couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married heterosexuals (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by couples of differing sexes who do not... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ... Jump to: navigation, search Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. ...

Health Care

On health care, Democrats typically call for "affordable health care," and many advocate an expansion of government funding in this area. In their 2004 platform, the Democrats affirmed the pursuit of federally funded zygotic stem-cell "research under the strictest ethical guidelines, but we will not walk away from the chance to save lives and reduce human suffering." Jump to: navigation, search Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions [1]. The healthcare industry is one of the worlds largest and fastest-growing... Embryogenesis is the process of cell division and cellular differentiation which leads to the development of an embryo. ...

Abortion

On choice/abortion, the Democrats believe that privacy is a constitutional right under the 14th Amendment. Thus as a matter of privacy and gender equality, women should be allowed to control their fertility and child bearing, including access to termination of pregnancy, legalized under Roe v. Wade. Many Democratic politicians include in this right practical access to abortion through government subsidies. The Fourteenth Amendment may refer to the: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - contains the due process and equal protection clauses. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Jump to: navigation, search ...

In September 1993 Congress rewrote the Hyde Amendment to allow for federal funding of abortions. (NAF Abortion Facts) Their proposal (in 2000 and 2004) for public policy on termination of pregnancy is for abortion to be "safe, legal and rare" - namely, keeping it legal by rejecting laws that include governmental interference in any individual matter, and reducing the number performed by promoting both knowledge of reproduction and incentives for adoption.

However, in the platform adopted in 2000, the Democrats stated an inclusiveness of Democrats who feel differently about the issue. (See Democrats for Life.) It should be noted that not all Democratic Party members are pro-choice; Democratic Senate minority leader Harry Reid, the party's ranking Congressional leader, is anti-abortion. A stand on abortion rights is sometimes more influenced by religious or personal beliefs than by political party preference. Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) is an advocacy group in the United States attempting to reshape the political left, primarily the Democratic Party, into taking a pro-life position opposing the unrestricted legality of abortion and, to a lesser exent, capital punishment and euthanasia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he serves as Senate Minority Leader. ...

Guns

On gun control, the Democratic Party has introduced various gun control measures over the last 100 years. Most notable of these is the National Firearms Act of 1934 (signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt), the 1939 Gun Control Act (also signed into law by FDR), the 1968 Gun Control Act (introduced by Senator Dodd and heavily endorsed by Senator Edward Kennedy), the Brady law of 1993 (signed by President Bill Clinton), and the Crime Control Act of 1994 (also signed by Bill Clinton). However, many Democrats, particularly rural Democrats and especially southern and western Democrats, have dissented and favored more freedom to possess firearms. In the national platform for 2004, the only statement explicitly favoring gun control was a plank calling for renewal of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Act. The phrase Gun politics refers to the views of different people within a particular country as to what degree of control (increased gun rights vs. ... Edward Kennedy Edward Moore Ted Kennedy, (born February 22, 1932, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts. ... Jump to: navigation, search William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ...

Symbols

On January 19, 1870, a political cartoon by Thomas Nast appearing in Harper's Weekly titled "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" for the first time symbolized the Democratic Party as a donkey. Since then, the donkey has been widely used as a symbol of the Party, though unlike the Republican elephant, the donkey has never been officially adopted as the Party's logo. The DNC's official logo, pictured above, depicts a stylized kicking donkey. In the media, Democrats (and states which consistently vote Democratic) have relatively recently been depicted as blue, while Republicans, and the states in which they dominate, as red. Download high resolution version (694x750, 126 KB)nast sketch of demo donkey This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Download high resolution version (694x750, 126 KB)nast sketch of demo donkey This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This early political cartoon by Ben Franklin was originally written for the French and Indian War, but was later recycled during the Revolutionary War An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message. ... Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840â€“December 7, 1902) was a famous caricaturist and editorial cartoonist in the 19th century and is considered to be the father of American political cartooning. ... An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture, and the arts. ... Jump to: navigation, search Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki â€ Stegodon â€ Mammuthus â€ Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of animals, the only family in the order Proboscidea that still exists today. ...

In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle. This symbol still appears on Kentucky and Indiana ballots. For the majority of the 20th Century, Missouri Democrats used the Statue of Liberty as their ballot emblem. This meant that when Libertarian candidates received ballot access in Missouri in 1976, they could not use the Statue of Liberty, their national symbol, as the ballot emblem. Missouri Libertarians instead used the Liberty Bell until 1995, when the mule became Missouri's state animal. From 1995 to 2004, there was some confusion among voters, as the Democratic ticket was marked with the Statue of Liberty, and it seemed that the Libertarians were using a donkey. The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Hoosier State Other U.S. States Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Governor Mitch Daniels (R) Senators Richard Lugar (R) Evan Bayh (D) Official languages English Area 94,321 kmÂ² (38th) - Land 92,897 kmÂ² - Water 1,424 kmÂ² (1. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Senators Mitch McConnell (R) Jim Bunning (R) Official languages English Area 104,749 kmÂ² (37th) - Land 102,989 kmÂ² - Water 1,760 kmÂ² (1. ... Jump to: navigation, search Oklahoma is a South Central state of the United States (with strong Southern, Western, and Midwestern influences) and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George Voinovich (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 kmÂ² (34th) - Land 106,154 kmÂ² - Water 10,044 kmÂ² (8. ... This article concerns biological roosters. ... Jump to: navigation, search Genera Several, see below. ... A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Show Me State Other U.S. States Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Official languages English Area 69,709 miÂ²; 180,693 kmÂ² (21st) - Land... Jump to: navigation, search The Statue of Liberty (dedicated on October 28, 1886), in full Liberty Enlightening the World, is a National Memorial statue, given to the U.S. by France in the late 19th century, that stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as... An emblem consists of a pictorial image, abstract or representational, that epitomizes a concept - often a concept of a moral truth or an allegory. ... The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. ... Ballot access rules regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is entitled to appear on voters ballots. ... The Liberty Bell is an American bell of great historic significance, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other uses of the word mule, see mule (disambiguation). ...

The Democratic Party draws on its history of politicians (Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton), programs (Social Security, minimum wage, Medicare) and goals (expanded health insurance, greater incomes for average U.S. citizens, progressive taxation, and an internationalist foreign policy). Jump to: navigation, search Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 â€“ April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), the longest-serving holder of the office and the only person to be elected President more than twice (he was elected four times, and served just over 12 years... Jump to: navigation, search John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 â€“ November 22, 1963), often referred to as Jack Kennedy or JFK, was the 35th President of the United States (1961â€“1963). ... Jump to: navigation, search William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search Social Security in the United States is a social insurance program funded through a dedicated payroll tax. ... The minimum wage is the minimum rate a worker can legally be paid (usually per hour) as opposed to wages that are determined by the forces of supply and demand in a free market. ... Jump to: navigation, search Medicare is a health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the USA. It was first passed on July 30, 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation. ... Health insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. ... Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ... Jump to: navigation, search A progressive tax, or graduated tax, is a tax that is larger as a percentage of income for those with larger incomes. ... Jump to: navigation, search Internationalism is a political movement which advocates a greater economic and political cooperation between nations for the benefit of all. ... President of the United States, George W. Bush (right) at Camp David in March 2003, hosting the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ...

Organization

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the official organization of the Democratic Party. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Democratic platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategies. There are similar committees in every U.S. state and most U.S. counties (though in some states, Party organization lower than the state level is arranged by legislative districts). This structure can be considered the counterpart of the Republican National Committee and Republican state and local organizations. The current chair of the DNC is Howard Dean. Jump to: navigation, search Former Vermont Governor Dr. Howard Dean is the current Chairman of the DNC. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal campaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Campaign finance refers to the means by which money is raised for political election campaigns. ... Jump to: navigation, search A political campaign is an organized effort to influence the decision making process within a group. ... Jump to: navigation, search A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... United States of America, showing states, divided into counties. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bush/Cheney, 2004 Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman is the current Chairman of the RNC. The Republican National Committee (RNC) provides national leadership for the United States Republican Party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ...

The Democratic Party also has fundraising and strategy committees for U.S. House races (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee), U.S. Senate races (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee), gubernatorial races (Democratic Governors Association), and state legislative races (Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee). The Democratic Party has a Youth oriented organization called the Young Democrats Of America (YDA), which is the official youth 'arm' of the DNC Categories: Politics stubs ... DSCC can also refer to Defense Supply Center, Columbus. ...

History

Predecessors

The Democratic Party's origins lie in the original Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792. Today, that party is usually referred to as the "Democratic-Republican Party" to avoid confusion. After the disintegration of the Federalist Party, the Republicans were the only major party in American politics. For 20 years, the Era of Good Feelings marked one party rule in America, with different factions of the party contending for the presidency, whose candidates were nominated by congressional caucuses. In 1824, a particularly bitter election was thrown to the House of Representatives, and John Quincy Adams was elected after being supported by Henry Clay even though Andrew Jackson had won a plurality of electoral votes, and the plurality of popular votes in states where electors were chosen by direct election. Jackson and his supporters recoiled at both the "corrupt deal" and the choosing of electors by state legislature. Jackson gathered together prominent leaders, including Martin Van Buren of New York and even Vice President John C. Calhoun to support his next bid for the presidency, and organized around the country to change election laws to universal white male suffrage and choice of electors by popular ballot. Jump to: navigation, search Thomas Jefferson (April 13 (April 2 O.S.), 1743 â€“ July 4, 1826) was the third (1801â€“1809) President of the United States, second (1797â€“1801) Vice President, first (1789â€“1795) United States Secretary of State, and an American statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist... The Democratic-Republican party was a United States political party, which evolved early in the history of the United States. ... The label Federalist refers to two major groups in the history of the United States of America: (1. ... The Era of Good Feeling is a phrase first used in the Boston Columbian Centinel newspaper on July 12, 1817 following the good-will visit to Boston of the new President James Monroe, is generally applied to describe the national mood of the United States from about 1815 to 1825. ... Jump to: navigation, search [[image:ElectoralCollege1824- popopopopopopopopopop Large. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 â€“ February 23, 1848) was the sixth (1825-1829) President of the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search Henry Clay Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia â€“ June 29, 1852 in Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman and orator who served in both the House of Representatives and Senate. ... Jump to: navigation, search Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 â€“ June 8, 1845), one of the founders of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ... Jump to: navigation, search Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 â€“ July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 kmÂ² or 54,556 square miles (27th) - Land... Jump to: navigation, search John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 â€“ March 31, 1850), was a prominent United States politician of the first half of the 19th century. ...

Andrew Jackson File links The following pages link to this file: Andrew Jackson ... Andrew Jackson File links The following pages link to this file: Andrew Jackson ... Jump to: navigation, search Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 â€“ June 8, 1845), one of the founders of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The new Democratic Party

By the election of 1828, the unified party had broken into two. One became the National Republican Party, and backed the incumbent President, and the other, which became known as the Democratic Party, after their insistence that the President hold a national mandate from the people, backed Andrew Jackson. The National Republican faction became the Whig Party, after their opposition to "King Andrew", which would disintegrate in the 1850s when dissident Whigs and Northern Democrats formed the Republican Party. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... The National Republican Party was a United States political party that existed in the first half of the 19th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search Whig Party banner from 1848 with candidates Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ...

The next step in the establishment of parties as permanent entities came with the Whig Party holding a national convention to select its presidential candidate. Since the nomination of candidates by Congress, called "King Caucus", was one of the key means of keeping a one party system going, this effectively ended the possibility of a rapprochement between the factions, and established a second period of two party politics in the United States.

Antebellum

Initially the Democratic Party was a coalition between Western pioneers in the Ohio River valley and Illinois - the "North West" of America at that time - and Southern planters and agrarians from the Jeffersonian coalition. This coalition was very similar to the one that Jefferson and Madison had worked to create, and lead to the belief that Jackson, and not John Quincy Adams, represented a continuous "Jeffersonian" tradition. This was in opposition to the Federalist and Hamiltonian conception of government which Adams was said to represent. The key issues were election access and the Bank of the United States. The Jeffersonians had opposed the first bank, but had allowed it to continue for 20 years of their time in power. The issue of the Bank, and tariffs would be the central domestic policy issue from 1828 to 1850, even though it was increasingly overshadowed by expansion and nativism in the run up to the Civil War. In physics, Hamiltonian has distinct but closely related meanings. ... There were two organizations known as the Bank of the United States First Bank of the United States (1791-1811) Second Bank of the United States (1816-1841) Categories: Defunct banks ...

The Democratic Party would lose the presidency to William Henry Harrison, only to gain it back when his Vice President took office, and proceeded to enact many policies the party favored. James Polk would solidify the party's hold on power with a coalition that was increasingly based on holding a solid South and taking enough states in the North to win national power. The party also became increasingly associated with continuation of slavery, including pressing for more and more aggressive laws to enforce the recapture of enslaved individuals who had escaped, and for more of the Great Plains to be opened to slavery. This ran into the Missouri Compromise, which had set a free line, north of which slavery would be prohibited, in return for keeping a balance of power in the Senate. With the disintegration of the Whig Party in 1856 into two factions, the American Party of Millard Fillmore and the Republican Party whose first candidate was John Fremont, it seemed as if the Democratic Party would have a permanent dominance of political power. William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 â€“ April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ... James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795–June 15, 1849) was an American politician and the eleventh U.S. President, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. ... The phrase Solid South describes the reliable electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for almost a century after the Reconstruction era. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Missouri Compromise, also called the Compromise of 1820, was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. ... A political party by the name of the American Party has existed several times in the United States: The ante-bellum American Party grew out of the Know-Nothing movement and was based on Nativism. ... John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813-July 13, 1890), birth name John Charles Fremon [Harvey, p. ...

Civil War and Reconstruction

In the 1850s, following the disintegration of the Whig Party, the Democratic Party became increasingly divided, with its Southern wing staunchly advocating the expansion of slavery into new territories, in opposition to the newly founded Republican Party, which sought to prohibit such expansion. Democrats in the Northern states joined the Republicans in opposing the expansion of slavery, and at the 1860 nominating convention the Party split and nominated two candidates (see U.S. presidential election, 1860). As a result, the Democrats went down to defeat with the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln, a link in the chain of events leading up to the Civil War. During the war, Northern Democrats divided into two factions, War Democrats, who supported the military policies of President Abraham Lincoln, and Copperheads, who strongly opposed them. After 1864, the Democratic Party's main opposition has come from the modern Republican Party. Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the U.S. South. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... The 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the key events prior to the American Civil War. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 â€“ April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Jump to: navigation, search The American Civil War (1861â€“1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-three mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right... War Democrats were those who broke with the majority of the Democratic Party and supported the military policies of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. ... Jump to: navigation, search Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 â€“ April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... The Copperheads were a group of Northern Democrats who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

The Democrats were shattered by the war but nevertheless benefited from white Southerners' resentment of Reconstruction and consequent hostility to the Republican Party. Once Reconstruction ended, and the disenfranchisement of blacks was re-established, the region was known as the "Solid South" for nearly a century because it reliably voted Democratic and there was, in many places, effectively only one party, there being no significant Republican presence. Though Republicans continued to control the White House until 1885, the Democrats remained competitive, especially in the mid-Atlantic and lower Midwest, and controlled the House of Representatives for most of that period. In the election of 1884, Grover Cleveland, the reforming Democratic Governor of New York, won the Presidency, a feat he repeated in 1892, having lost (but won the popular vote) in the election of 1888 (as had Samuel J. Tilden in the election of 1876. In the history of the United States, Reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War when the southern states of the breakaway Confederacy were reintegrated into the United States of America. ... Suffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. ... The phrase Solid South describes the reliable electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for almost a century after the Reconstruction era. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 â€“ June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885â€“1889) and 24th (1893â€“1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 kmÂ² or 54,556 square miles (27th) - Land... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 - August 4, 1886) was the Democratic candidate for the US presidency in the disputed election of 1876, the most controversial American election of the 19th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

Populism and Republican dominance

In the presidential election of 1896, widely regarded as a political realignment, Democrats favoring Free Silver defeated their conservative counterparts and succeeded in nominating William Jennings Bryan for the presidency (as did the agrarian Populist Party). Bryan, perhaps best known for his "Cross of Gold" speech delivered at the 1896 convention, waged a vigorous campaign attacking Eastern monied interests, but lost to Republican William McKinley in an election which was to prove decisive: the Republicans controlled the presidency for 28 of the following 36 years. That reign was interrupted in the election of 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt's independent Bull Moose candidacy split the Republican vote, giving Woodrow Wilson a popular plurality and victory in the electoral college, but Republican Warren G. Harding assumed the presidency in the election of 1920. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Realigning election or critical election or realignment are terms from political history and political science. ... Free Silver was an important political issue in the late 19th century United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search William Jennings Bryan, 1907 William Jennings Bryan, (March 19, 1860 â€“ July 26, 1925) born in Salem, Illinois, was a gifted orator and three-time United States Democratic nominee for President. ... The word Presidency is often used to describe the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Populist Party was a short-lived political party in late 19th century in the United States. ... The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic National Convention on July 8, 1896 at the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois. ... Jump to: navigation, search The name Mckinley redirects here. ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 â€“ January 6, 1919) was the 26th (1901â€“09) President of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Progressive Party refers to three distinct political parties in 20th-century United States politics. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 â€“ February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913â€“1921). ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 â€“ August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

The New Deal

The stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression set the stage for a more progressive government and Franklin D. Roosevelt won a landslide victory in the election of 1932, campaigning on a platform of "Relief, Recovery, and Reform". This came to be termed "The New Deal" after a phrase in his acceptance speech. The Democrats also swept to large majorities in both houses of Congress, and among state Governors. Roosevelt altered the nature of the Party, away from laissez-faire capitalism, and towards an ideology of economic regulation and insurance against hardship. Description: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933. ... Description: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933. ... The 1929 stock market crash devastated economies worldwide The Wall Street Crash refers to the stock market crash that occurred on October 29, 1929, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, leading eventually to the Great Depression. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the worldwide economic crisis of the 1930s; for other uses of the term, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 â€“ April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), the longest-serving holder of the office and the only person to be elected President more than twice (he was elected four times, and served just over 12 years... In politics, a landslide victory (or just a landslide) is the victory of a candidate or political party by an overwhelming majority in an election. ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for prolonging the Great Depression. ...

After winning re-election in 1936, Roosevelt embarked on an ambitious legislative program that came to be called "The Second New Deal." He was stymied, however, by an alliance of Republicans and conservative Democrats, as well as by the Supreme Court. Frustrated by the conservative wing of his own party, Roosevelt made an attempt to rid himself of it; in 1938, he actively campaigned against five incumbent conservative Democratic senators, and to appoint more justices to the Court. However, Roosevelt's attempt to chastise the conservatives failed when all five senators won re-election despite Roosevelt's efforts, and his attempts to add justices to the Court became derisively known as "Court Packing". Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ...

Roosevelt's New Deal programs focused on job creation through public works projects as well as on social welfare programs such as Social Security. It also included sweeping reforms to the banking system, work regulation, transportation, communications, stock markets and attempts to regulate prices. His policies soon paid off by uniting a diverse coalition of Democratic voters called the New Deal Coalition, which included labor unions, minorities (most significantly, Catholics and Jews), and liberals. This united voter base allowed Democrats to be elected to Congress and the presidency for much of the next 30 years. Jump to: navigation, search The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for prolonging the Great Depression. ... The notion of internal improvements or public works is a concept in economics and politics. ... Jump to: navigation, search Social Security in the United States is a social insurance program funded through a dedicated payroll tax. ... The New Deal coalition was a diverse collection of groups of voters who supported the United States Democratic Party from 1932 until approximately 1964, and which made the Democratic Party the majority party during that time. ... Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. ...

Under FDR, the Democratic Party became identified more closely with modern liberalism, which included the promotion of social welfare, civil rights, and regulation of the economy.

Civil Rights Movement

In 1924 at the Democratic National Convention, a resolution denouncing the white-supremacist Ku Klux Klan was introduced. After much debate, the resolution failed by just a single vote. This resolution later passed during the 1948 Democratic National Convention as part of a larger resolution endorsing civil rights. Jump to: navigation, search The Civil Rights Movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to primarily African American citizens of United States. ... The 1924 Democratic National Convention, also called the Klanbake was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. ... White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia from July 12 to July 14, and resulted in the nomination of President Harry Truman for President and of Alben Barkley for Vice President. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...

The New Deal Coalition began to fracture as more Democratic leaders voiced support for civil rights, upsetting the party's traditional base of conservative Southern Democrats. After Harry Truman's platform showed support for civil rights and anti-segregation laws during the 1948 Democratic National Convention, many Southern Democratic delegates decided to split from the Party and formed the "Dixiecrats", led by South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond (who, as a Senator, would later join the Republican Party). Over the next few years, many conservative Democrats in the "Solid South" drifted away from the party. On the other hand, African Americans, who had traditionally given strong support to the Republican Party since its inception as the "anti-slavery party", shifted to the Democratic Party due to its New Deal economic opportunities and support for civil rights. Download high resolution version (407x619, 70 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (407x619, 70 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... The phrase Solid South describes the reliable electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for almost a century after the Reconstruction era. ... Jump to: navigation, search President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the U.S. South. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that Apartheid outside South Africa be merged into this article or section. ... The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia from July 12 to July 14, and resulted in the nomination of President Harry Truman for President and of Alben Barkley for Vice President. ... The States Rights Democratic Party, usually known as the Dixiecrat Party, was a short-lived splinter group that broke from the Democratic Party in 1948. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Palmetto State Other U.S. States Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Governor Mark Sanford (R) Senators Lindsey Graham (R) Jim DeMint (R) Official languages English Area 82,965 kmÂ² (40th) - Land 78,051 kmÂ² - Water 4,915 kmÂ² (6%) Population (2000) - Population 4,012... James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 â€“ June 26, 2003) represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to April 1956 and November 1956 to 1964 as a Democrat and from 1964 to 2003 as a Republican. ... The phrase Solid South describes the reliable electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for almost a century after the Reconstruction era. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...

The party's dramatic reversal on civil rights issues culminated when Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Meanwhile, the Republicans were beginning their infamous Southern strategy, which aimed to solidify the Republican Party's electoral hold over conservative white Southerners. Southern Democrats took notice of the fact that 1964 Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater had voted against the Civil Rights Act, and in the presidential election of 1964, Goldwater's only electoral victories outside his home state of Arizona were in the states of the Deep South. Jump to: navigation, search Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 â€“ January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963â€“1969). ... Jump to: navigation, search President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the focus of the Republican party on winning U.S. Presidential elections by securing the electoral votes of the U.S. Southern states, originally through support for states rights. ... Jump to: navigation, search Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 â€“ May 29, 1998) was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movement in the USA. Goldwater personified the shift in balance in American culture from the Northeast to the West. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Senators John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 kmÂ² (6th) - Land 294,312 kmÂ² - Water 942 km... The Deep South Red states show the core of the Deep South. ...

The degree to which the Southern Democrats had abandoned the party became evident in the 1968 Presidential election when every former Confederate state except Texas voted for either Republican Richard Nixon or independent George Wallace, the latter a former Southern Democrat. Defeated Democrat Hubert Humphrey's electoral votes came mainly from the Northern states, marking a dramatic shift from the 1948 election 20 years earlier, when the losing Republican candidate's electoral votes were mainly concentrated in the Northern states. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861â€“May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861â€“April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3â€“April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4... ... Jump to: navigation, search Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 â€“ April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Corley Wallace (August 25, 1919 â€“ September 13, 1998) was an American politician who was elected Governor of Alabama (as a Democrat) four times (1962, 1970, 1974 and 1982) and ran for U.S. President (in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976). ... Hubert Horatio Humphrey II (May 27, 1911–January 13, 1978) was the 38th Vice President of the United States, twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota and was mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

In 1972, the Democrats nominated South Dakota Senator George McGovern as the Party's presidential candidate on a platform which advocated, among other things, U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans. McGovern was defeated in a landslide by incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon, the former winning only Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Other U.S. States Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Senators Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R) Official languages English Area 199,905 kmÂ² (17th) - Land 196,735 kmÂ² - Water 3,173 kmÂ² (1. ... Jump to: navigation, search George McGovern. ... Jump to: navigation, search Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 â€“ April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) Official languages English Area 27,360 kmÂ² (44th) - Land 20,317 kmÂ² - Water 7,043 kmÂ² (25. ... ...

By 1976, however, things had changed dramatically. Nixon, under criticism during the Watergate scandal, resigned from the presidency in 1974. Prior to that, his Vice President, Spiro Agnew had been forced out by a separate scandal. After Agnew resigned, Nixon appointed Gerald Ford, a Republican Representative from Michigan as Agnew's replacement. Thus, when Nixon resigned, Ford became the first President in the nation's history to have been neither elected President nor Vice President. Ford soon pardoned Nixon. Mistrust of the administration, complicated by a combination of economic recession and inflation, sometimes called "stagflation", led to Ford's defeat in 1976 to Jimmy Carter, a former Governor of Georgia. In 1980, Carter lost to Ronald Reagan after serving one term in office. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Watergate Complex as depicted in Government Exhibit 1. ... Jump to: navigation, search Spiro Theodore Agnew, born Spiros Anagnostopoulos (November 9, 1918 â€“ September 17, 1996) in Towson, Maryland, was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard M. Nixon. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Wolverine State, The Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Senators Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) Official languages English de-facto Area 250,941 kmÂ² (11th) - Land 147,255 kmÂ² - Water 103,687... Stagflation is a term in macroeconomics used to describe a period of characteristic high inflation combined with economic stagnation, unemployment, or economic recession. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

1980s

After the election of Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1980, Democrats who supported many conservative policies were called "Reagan Democrats". Many in the so-called "Reagan Democrats" faction of the party eventually joined the Republican Party. Jump to: navigation, search Ronald Wilson Reagan, GCB, (February 6, 1911 â€“ June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981â€“1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967â€“1975). ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

The 1980s are often seen as the era in which the old New Deal coalition finally collapsed as Reagan handily defeated former Vice President and Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale, a New Deal stalwart, in 1984. Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis also lost in 1988 to former Vice President under Reagan George H. W. Bush. Jump to: navigation, search The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for prolonging the Great Depression. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) Senators Mark Dayton (D) Norm Coleman (R) Official languages None Area 225,365 kmÂ² (12th) - Land 206,375 kmÂ² - Water 18,990 kmÂ² (8. ... Jump to: navigation, search Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) Official languages English Area 27,360 kmÂ² (44th) - Land 20,317 kmÂ² - Water 7,043 kmÂ² (25. ... Jump to: navigation, search Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former presidential candidate, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Greek-immigrant parents. ... The election was held on November 8, 1988. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989â€“1993). ...

In response to these electoral defeats, the Democratic Leadership Council was created. It worked to move the Party rightwards to the ideological center. With the Party retaining left-of-center supporters as well as supporters holding moderate or conservative views on some issues, the Democrats became generally a catch all party with widespread appeal to most opponents of the Republicans. Jump to: navigation, search The Democratic Leadership Council is an influential non-profit corporation that advocates centrist and neoliberal positions for the United States Democratic Party. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catch-all party. ...

1990s

In the 1990s the Democratic Party revived itself, in part by moving to the right on economic and social policy. President Bill Clinton, who defeated the incumbent George H. W. Bush in U.S. presidential election, 1992, implemented a balanced federal budget and welfare reform, traditionally conservative causes. Labor unions, which had been steadily losing membership since the 1960s, found they had also lost political clout inside the Democratic Party: Clinton enacted the NAFTA free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico over the strong objection of these labor unions, much to the disappointment of those on the left of the Party. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the Right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of conservatism or Christian democracy. ... Jump to: navigation, search William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989â€“1993). ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. ... Welfare reform is the name for a political movement in countries with a state-administered social welfare system to institute changes in that system, generally in a more conservative direction. ... The North American Free Trade Agreement, known usually as NAFTA, is a comprehensive trade agreement linking Canada, the United States, and Mexico in a free trade sphere. ...

When the DLC attempted to move the Democratic agenda in favor of more centrist positions, prominent Democrats from both the centrist and conservative factions (such as Terry McAuliffe) assumed leadership of the party and its direction. Some liberals and progressives felt alienated by the Democratic Party, which they felt had become unconcerned with the interests of the common people and left-wing issues in general. Some Democrats challenged the validity of such critiques, citing the Democratic role in pushing for progressive reforms. DLC is a TLA that may stand for: Dalian Airport (China) Data Language Corporation Data link connector Data Link Control (networking) delay line canceller Democratic Leadership Council Department of Liquor Control (Vermont) Desktop Linux Consortium Development life cycle Diamond-like carbon Digital Library of the Commons (Indiana University) Digital line... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... Terry McAuliffe opening the 2004 Democratic National Convention Terrence R. Terry McAuliffe (born 1957) is an American political leader from the Democratic Party; he served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from February 2001 to February 2005. ...

21st century

Election of 2000

During the 2000 Presidential election, the Democrats chose Vice President Al Gore to be the Party's candidate for the presidency. Although Gore and George W. Bush, the Republican candidate, clearly disagreed on issues such as abortion, gun control, environmentalism, foreign policy, public education, trade unionism, alternative fuel research, global warming, judicial appointments, and affirmative action, some critics -- Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader in particular -- asserted that Bush and Gore were too similar because they held the same views on free trade and reductions in government-funded social welfare. Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Albert Arnold Gore Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former Governor of the State of Texas. ... Jump to: navigation, search The phrase Gun politics refers to the views of different people within a particular country as to what degree of control (increased gun rights vs. ... Jump to: navigation, search Environmentalism is the support or involvement with the environmental movement by environmentalists. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... Jump to: navigation, search Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2004 Mean temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming describes an increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans. ... Jump to: navigation, search Affirmative action (U.S. English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program providing access to systems for people of a minority group against whom have traditionally been discriminated, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society. ... Jump to: navigation, search In United States politics, the Green Party has been active as a third party since the 1980s. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ralph Nader Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American activist lawyer who opposes the power of large corporations and has worked for decades on environmental, consumer rights, and pro-democracy issues. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ... Social welfare can mean: the welfare or well-being of a society. ...

On election day, Gore won the popular vote by just over 500,000 votes, but lost in the electoral college by four votes. Some election observers blamed Nader's third-party candidacy for Gore's defeat. They pointed to the states of New Hampshire (4 electoral votes) and Florida (25 electoral votes), where Nader's total votes exceeded Governor Bush's margin of victory. In Florida, Nader received 97,000 votes; Bush defeated Gore by a mere 1,000. Winning either Florida or New Hampshire would have given Gore enough electoral votes to win the presidency. Jump to: navigation, search The United States Electoral College is the electoral college which chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Granite State Other U.S. States Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Governor John Lynch (D) Senators Judd Gregg (R) John Sununu (R) Official languages English Area 24,239 kmÂ² (46th) - Land 23,249 kmÂ² - Water 814 kmÂ² (3. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 kmÂ² (22nd) - Land 137,374 kmÂ² - Water 30,486 kmÂ² (17. ...

Democratic Senators went from the majority in the 106th Congress to a split minority in the 107th Congress. However, that changed when Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vermont) changed party affiliation from Republican to Independent, which effectively returned majority party status back to the Democrats. Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota continued to lead Senate Democrats with an agenda of compromise. Al Gore government photo. ... Al Gore government photo. ... Jump to: navigation, search Albert Arnold Gore Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state. ... James Merrill Jim Jeffords (born May 11, 1934 in Rutland, Vermont) is currently the junior U.S. Senator from Vermont and the only Independent in the United States Senate. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Official languages None Area 24,923 kmÂ² (43th) - Land 23,974 kmÂ² - Water 949 kmÂ² (3. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947), known as Tom Daschle, was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota and the Senate Minority Leader. ... State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Other U.S. States Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Senators Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R) Official languages English Area 199,905 kmÂ² (17th) - Land 196,735 kmÂ² - Water 3,173 kmÂ² (1. ...

In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, the nation's focus was changed to issues of national security. All but one Democrat voted with their Republican counterparts to authorize President Bush's 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. Daschle pushed for his party to approve what are arguably two of the most controversial and inflammatory measures the Senate has ever approved: the USA PATRIOT Act and the invasion of Iraq. The Democrats were split over the 2003 invasion of Iraq and increasingly expressed concerns about both the justification and progress of the War on Terrorism and the domestic effects including threats to civil liberties and privacy from the USA PATRIOT Act. The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States invasion of Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) occurred in October 2001, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign. ... Jump to: navigation, search President Bush signs USA PATRIOT Act, October 26, 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001) (U.S. H.R. 3162, S. 1510, Public Law 107-56) is an Act of federal... Jump to: navigation, search This article covers invasion specifics. ... Jump to: navigation, search Osama bin Laden. ... Jump to: navigation, search Civil liberties are protections from the power of governments. ... Jump to: navigation, search Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to stop information about themselves from becoming known to people other than those they choose to give the information to. ... Jump to: navigation, search President Bush signs USA PATRIOT Act, October 26, 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001) (U.S. H.R. 3162, S. 1510, Public Law 107-56) is an Act of federal...

In the wake of the financial fraud scandal of Enron and other corporations, Congressional Democrats were integral in pushing for and developing a legal overhaul of business accounting with the intention of preventing further accounting fraud. With job losses and bankruptcies across regions and industries increasing in 2001 and 2002, the Democrats generally campaigned on the issue of economic recovery. The Democratic Party lost a few seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and three seats (Georgia as Max Cleland was unseated, Minnesota as Paul Wellstone died and his succeeding Democratic candidate lost the election, and Missouri as Jean Carnahan was unseated) in the Senate, failing to regain the majority in the House and losing their majority in the Senate. Also, while Democrats gained governorships in New Mexico (where Bill Richardson was elected), Arizona (Janet Napolitano) and Wyoming (Dave Freudenthal), other Democrats lost governorships in South Carolina (Jim Hodges), Alabama (Don Siegelman) and, for the first time in more than a century, Georgia (Roy Barnes). In considering that most Americans had become more concerned about corporate crime and other economic issues, the election was preceded with widespread debate over how and why the Democrats lost. [ref3] Enron Corporation Enron Corporation is an energy trading and communications company based in Houston, Texas that employed around 21,000 people in mid-2001 (before bankruptcy). ... Joseph Maxwell Cleland (born August 24, 1942) is an American politician of Georgia. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) Senators Mark Dayton (D) Norm Coleman (R) Official languages None Area 225,365 kmÂ² (12th) - Land 206,375 kmÂ² - Water 18,990 kmÂ² (8. ... Jump to: navigation, search Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Show Me State Other U.S. States Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Official languages English Area 69,709 miÂ²; 180,693 kmÂ² (21st) - Land... Senator Jean Carnahan, D-Missouri, who served in the Senate from 2001-2002 Jean Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) was a member of the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002. ... State nickname: Land of Enchantment Other U.S. States Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Governor Bill Richardson (D) Senators Pete Domenici (R) Jeff Bingaman (D) Official languages English and Spanish Area 315,194 kmÂ² (5th) - Land 314,590 kmÂ² - Water 607 kmÂ² (0. ... Bill Richardson is the name of at least two public figures: Bill Richardson, Canadian radio host for CBC Radio One Bill Richardson, US politician and current governor of New Mexico This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Senators John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 kmÂ² (6th) - Land 294,312 kmÂ² - Water 942 km... Jump to: navigation, search Janet Napolitano (born November 29, 1957) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, elected in 2002. ... State nickname: Equality State Other U.S. States Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Governor Dave Freudenthal (D) Senators Craig Thomas (R) Mike Enzi (R) Official languages English Area 253,554 kmÂ² (10th) - Land 251,706 kmÂ² - Water 1,851 kmÂ² (0. ... David D. Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950) is the governor of the U.S. state of Wyoming. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Palmetto State Other U.S. States Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Governor Mark Sanford (R) Senators Lindsey Graham (R) Jim DeMint (R) Official languages English Area 82,965 kmÂ² (40th) - Land 78,051 kmÂ² - Water 4,915 kmÂ² (6%) Population (2000) - Population 4,012... James Hovis Hodges (born November 19, 1956) is a United States Democratic Party politician from South Carolina. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of DixieÂ¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Senators Richard Shelby (R) Jeff Sessions (R) Official languages English Area 52,423 miÂ²/135,775 kmÂ² (30th) - Land 50,750 miÂ²/131... Don Siegelman (born February 24, 1946, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American Democratic politician. ... Image:Rbarnesport. ...

Election of 2004

The Democrats began fielding Presidential candidates as early as December 2002, when Gore announced he would not run again in 2004. Ex-Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, an opponent of the war and a critic of the Democratic establishment, was the frontrunner leading into the Democratic primaries. Dean had immense grassroots support, especially from the left wing of the Party. John Kerry received the nomination because he was widely seen as more "electable" than Dean. Jump to: navigation, search Presidential election results map. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ... A primary election is an election in which registered voters in a jurisdiction select a political partys candidate for a later election (nominating primary). ...

In the time from 2003 to 2004, layoffs of American workers occurring in various industries due to outsourcing, some Democrats (including John Kerry, ex-Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont and Senatorial candidate Erskine Bowles of North Carolina) began to refine their positions on free trade and some even questioned their past support for it. By 2004, the failure of George W. Bush's administration to find weapons of mass destruction, mounting combat casualties and fatalities in Iraq, and the lack of any end point for the War on Terror were frequent issues in the elections. That year, Democrats generally campaigned on surmounting the jobless recovery, exiting Iraq, and their own proposals for policies on counterterrorism. Jump to: navigation, search Outsourcing (or contracting out) is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations or jobs from internal production to an external entity (such as a subcontractor) that specializes in that operation. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Erskine Bowles Erskine B. Bowles (born 8 August 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Tar Heel State; Old North State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley (D) Senators Elizabeth Dole (R) Richard Burr (R) Official languages English Area 139,509 kmÂ² (28th) - Land 126,256 kmÂ² - Water 13,227 kmÂ² (9. ... Jump to: navigation, search Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) generally include nuclear, biological, chemical and, increasingly, radiological weapons. ... A jobless recovery is a phrase used by economists to describe the recovery from a recession which does not produce strong growth in employment. ...

Despite strong campaigning and the faltering image of George W. Bush and the Republican Party, the Democrats were not victorious nationally. Kerry narrowly lost both the popular and electoral vote. Republicans gained four seats in the Senate and three seats in the House of Representatives. Also, for the first time since Barry Goldwater of Arizona won his first election to the Senate, the Democratic leader of the Senate lost re-election. In the end there were 3,660 Democratic state legislators across the nation to the Republicans' 3,557, and Democrats had gained governorships in Louisiana, New Hampshire and Montana. However, the Democrats lost the governorship of Missouri and a legislative majority in Georgia - which had once been a Democratic stronghold since Reconstruction. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2065x3000, 312 KB) http://kerry. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2065x3000, 312 KB) http://kerry. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former Governor of the State of Texas. ... The United States Electoral College is the electoral college which chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ... Jump to: navigation, search Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 â€“ May 29, 1998) was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movement in the USA. Goldwater personified the shift in balance in American culture from the Northeast to the West. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Senators John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 kmÂ² (6th) - Land 294,312 kmÂ² - Water 942 km... Jump to: navigation, search State legislatures are the lawmaking bodies of the 50 states in the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Pelican State Other U.S. States Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) Senators Mary Landrieu (D) David Vitter (R) Official languages None; English and French de facto Area 134,382 kmÂ² (31st) - Land 112,927 kmÂ² - Water 21,455... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer (D) Senators Max Baucus (D) Conrad Burns (R) Official languages English Area 381,156 kmÂ² (4th) - Land 377,295 kmÂ² - Water 3,862 kmÂ² (1%) Population (2000) - Population 902,195... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Show Me State Other U.S. States Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Official languages English Area 69,709 miÂ²; 180,693 kmÂ² (21st) - Land... Jump to: navigation, search In the history of the United States, reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War when the states of the breakaway Confederacy were reintegrated into the United States of America. ...

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) had asserted that Kerry lost because he did not do enough to reach out to rural citizens. [ref6] Many Democrats believed that the Republicans ran in opposition to gay rights and used state ballot initiatives against same-sex marriage to attract more so-called "values voters" to the polls. [ref8] Some voters, especially in Ohio, have alleged that votes in Ohio and other states were illegally suppressed and miscalculated in favor of Bush, resulting in substantial uncertainty about the actual outcome. In Florida, Bev Harris discovered garbage bags full of ballots on which votes had been switched. (see 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities) These controversies led Sen. Barbara Boxer of California and several Democratic U.S. Representatives including John Conyers of Michigan to force a Congressional debate on the issue when the 109th Congress first convened and in such propose working together to fix problems within the election system. State nickname: Silver State, Battle Born State (official) Other U.S. States Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Governor Kenny Guinn (R) Senators Harry Reid (D) John Ensign (R) Official languages None Area 286,367 kmÂ² (7th) - Land 284,396 kmÂ² - Water 1,971 kmÂ² (0. ... Jump to: navigation, search Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George Voinovich (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 kmÂ² (34th) - Land 106,154 kmÂ² - Water 10,044 kmÂ² (8. ... Bev Harris is an activist and writer who has led the charge against Diebold electronic voting systems in the United States. ... After the 2004 U.S. Presidential election there were allegations of massive fraud, including but not limited to forging vote totals, miscounting votes for one candidate as votes for the other, widespread voter intimidation and irregularities with the distribution of voting machines. ... Jump to: navigation, search Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 kmÂ² (3rd) - Land 404,298 kmÂ² - Water 20,047 kmÂ² (4. ... John Conyers John Conyers, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Wolverine State, The Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Senators Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) Official languages English de-facto Area 250,941 kmÂ² (11th) - Land 147,255 kmÂ² - Water 103,687...

Since then, many Democrats have voiced serious concern about the future of their party. Prominent Democrats began to rethink the party's direction, and a variety of strategies for moving forward were voiced. Some have suggested moving towards the center to regain seats in the House and Senate and possibly win the presidency in 2008. One topic of discussion is the party's policies surrounding reproductive rights. Rethinking the party's position on gun control became a matter of discussion, brought up by Howard Dean, Bill Richardson, Brian Schweitzer and other Democrats who had won governorships in states where Second Amendment rights were important to many voters. [ref9] In What's the Matter with Kansas?, commentator Thomas Frank wrote the Democrats needed to return to campaigning on economic populism. Jump to: navigation, search Presidential electoral votes by state The U.S. presidential election of 2008 is scheduled to occur on November 4, 2008. ... Reproductive rights refer to rights in the areas of abortion, birth control, and family planning. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ... Bill Richardson is the name of at least two public figures: Bill Richardson, Canadian radio host for CBC Radio One Bill Richardson, US politician and current governor of New Mexico This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Gov. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Second Amendment may refer to the: Second Amendment to the United States Constitution - part of the Bill of Rights. ... Whats the Matter with Kansas? (2004) is a book written by American journalist and historian Thomas Frank, which explores the rise of conservative populism in the United States through the lens of his native state of Kansas, which was once a hotbed of the left-wing Populist movement of... Thomas Frank (born 1965) is an American author who writes about what he calls cultural politics. He is the founder and editor of The Baffler and the author of several books, most recently Whats the Matter with Kansas?. Other writings include essays for Harpers Magazine, Le Monde diplomatique...

These debates were reflected in the 2005 campaign for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, which Howard Dean won over the objections of many party insiders. Dean sought to move the Democratic strategy away from the establishment, and bolster support for the party's state and local chapters. Jump to: navigation, search Former Vermont Governor Dr. Howard Dean is the current Chairman of the DNC. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal campaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ...

When the 109th Congress convened, Democratic Senators chose Harry Reid of Nevada as their Minority Leader and Richard Durbin of Illinois to replace Reid as their Assistant Minority Leader. Reid convinced the Democratic Senators to vote more as a bloc on important issues, something which forced the Republican majority to abandon its push for privatization of Social Security and instatement of the "nuclear option" to end judicial filibuster. The Senate did not vote on either proposal. [ref5] The 109th United States Congress meets from January 4, 2005, to January 1, 2007. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he serves as Senate Minority Leader. ... State nickname: Silver State, Battle Born State (official) Other U.S. States Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Governor Kenny Guinn (R) Senators Harry Reid (D) John Ensign (R) Official languages None Area 286,367 kmÂ² (7th) - Land 284,396 kmÂ² - Water 1,971 kmÂ² (0. ... The Senate Minority Leader is a member of the United States Senate who is elected by his or her party conference to serve as the chief Senate spokesmen for his or her party and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. ... Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is a Democratic American politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official languages English Area 149,998 kmÂ² (25th) - Land 143,968 kmÂ² - Water 6,030 kmÂ² (4. ... Traditionally the second ranking position in the minority party in the United States Senate. ... The expression nuclear option, as used in American politics circa 2005, is a catchphrase referring to a political maneuver that would allow the US Senate majority (currently Republicans hold 55 of 100 seats) to prevent the minority party (currently Democrats) from filibustering judicial nominees, making it easier for the President...

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For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 â€“ April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... The United States Liberal Republican Party was a political party formed in 1872 to oppose the administration of the then-current President, Ulysses S. Grant. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 â€“ June 8, 1845), one of the founders of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ... John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782–March 31, 1850), was a prominent United States politician in the first half of the 19th century. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... 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A note on style

The usual adjective used in connection with the party is "Democratic" as in "Democratic Party", whereas members of the party are "Democrats". The abbreviation "Dems", as an abbreviation, is sometimes used to refer to members of the Party. When identifying an elected representative, the single letter "D" is used to denote a Democrat, followed by a hyphen and an abbreviation of the location he or she represents. For example, Barbara Boxer, a Democratic U.S. Senator from California may be referred to as "U.S. Sen. Barbara L. Boxer (D-CA)" or, in Associated Press style, "U.S. Sen. Barbara L. Boxer, D-Calif." Jump to: navigation, search Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. ... Associated Press logo This article concerns the news service. ...

In most states the Democratic Party is simply known as the "Democratic Party". However, two of its state Party organizations have different names due to historical mergers and state politics, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is a political party in the US state of Minnesota. ... The Democratic-Nonpartisan League (abbreviated Democratic-NPL or Dem-NPL) is a North Dakota political party affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. ...

Deliberate misreference to the "Democrat Party" is a partisan dig that goes at least as far back as 1923. [3]

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