Democratic Party

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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, traditionally associated with liberal and progressive policies on social and economic issues.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf major political party in the United States
political party
alsoKnownAs Democratic Party of the United States
Democrats
U.S. Democratic Party
color blue
colorSymbolism blue states
country United States
currentStronghold Northeastern United States
West Coast of the United States
large metropolitan areas
foundingDate 1828
historicalStronghold American South (19th and early 20th centuries)
ideology liberalism
modern liberalism in the United States
progressivism
social liberalism
nationalCommittee Democratic National Committee
notablePresident Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joe Biden
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
opposesPolicy large-scale deregulation of business
reductions in social safety net programs
politicalPosition center-left
predecessor Democratic-Republican Party
shortName Democratic Party (United States)
supportsPolicy LGBTQ+ rights
abortion rights
civil rights protections
climate change mitigation
environmental regulation
expanded social welfare programs
gun control measures
minimum wage increases
progressive taxation
universal health care expansion
symbol blue color
donkey
traditionalSupportBase LGBTQ+ voters
college-educated voters
labor unions
racial and ethnic minorities
urban voters
younger voters
twoPartySystemPartner Republican Party
womenWing National Federation of Democratic Women
youthWing Young Democrats of America

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Adam Walinsky
Adlai E. Stevenson I
Adlai Stevenson II ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Adlai Stevenson III
Al Smith
Alan S. Boyd ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Alben W. Barkley ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Alben W. Barkley ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Albert Gore Sr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Alexander H. Stephens
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Alfred Emanuel Smith
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Young ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Asbury Francis Lever ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Augustus Hill Garland ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Barack Obama
Barney Frank
Beau Biden
Ben Nelson
Benjamin A. Smith II
Bess Truman ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Bill Clinton
Bill Richardson ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Birch Bayh
Bob Kerrey
Brien McMahon
Bull Connor
Carl Hayden ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Carter Glass ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Cavalier Johnson
Charles Schumer
Chester Bowles ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Christopher Dodd ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Claude R. Wickard
Cordell Hull ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Cordell Hull ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Cruz Bustamante
Culbert Olson
Cynthia McKinney ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Daniel Inouye ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
David Key
David Paterson
David Simas ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Dean Acheson ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Denis McDonough ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Deval Patrick ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Deval Patrick
Don Fuqua
Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Earle Cabell
Ed Murray ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund Muskie ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Edward M. Kennedy ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Edwin Thomas Meredith ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Eleanor Roosevelt ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Eleni Kounalakis ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Eric Holder
Erskine Bowles ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Eugene McCarthy
Frances Perkins ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Frank Church
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Gavin Newsom
George B. McClellan
George B. McClellan Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
George Bancroft ("Democratic Party (United States)")
George Gray ("Democratic Party (United States)")
George M. Dallas
George Wallace
Gerald Jerry Brown ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Gerry Connolly
Gray Davis ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Grover Cleveland
Guy T. Helvering
Hannibal Hamlin ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Happy Chandler
Harold Brown ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Harold L. Ickes ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Harry F. Byrd Sr.
Harry Hopkins ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Henry Morgenthau Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Henry T. Rainey
Herman Talmadge
Hillary Clinton
Homer Cummings ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Howard Dean ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Hubert H. Humphrey ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Hugo L. Black ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Hunter Biden ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jack Lew
James Buchanan
James E. Webb ("Democratic Party (United States)")
James Eastland
James F. Byrnes ("Democratic Party (United States)")
James Roosevelt II
James V. Forrestal ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Janet Napolitano ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Janno Lieber
Jeff Zients ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jeremiah Sullivan Black
Jerry Brown ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jesse H. Jones ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jim Wright ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jimmy Carter ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jimmy Carter ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Joe Lieberman ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John C. Breckinridge
John C. Calhoun
John C. Stennis
John Connally
John Edward Fogarty
John Edwards
John Fetterman
John Garamendi ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John Glenn ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John J. Raskob ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John Nance Garner ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John Peter Altgeld
John Podesta ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John W. Marshall
John Y. Brown Jr.
Joseph Gargan ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Joseph Graham Davis Jr.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Joseph T. Robinson
Josephus Daniels ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Kamala Harris
Kathleen Courtney ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathy Hochul
Kenneth C. Royall ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Kim Driscoll
Kwame Kilpatrick ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Kweisi Mfume ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Lee H. Hamilton
Leo T. McCarthy ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Letitia James
Levi Woodbury
London Breed
Lou Leon Guerrero ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Lurleen Wallace
Lyndon B. Johnson ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Madeleine Albright ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Mario Cuomo
Martin Van Buren ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Mary Jo Kopechne ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Maura Healey
Michael S. Regan ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
Mike Spano
Mirabeau B. Lamar ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Ned Lamont ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Newton Baker
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Norman Mineta ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Orval Faubus
Pat Brown
Patrick J. Kennedy ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Paul A. Volcker ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Paul G. Kirk ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Paul Nitze ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Paul Sarbanes
Pete Rouse ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Philip M. Kaiser ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Prentiss M. Brown
Rahm Emanuel ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Rahm Emanuel ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Randall Woodfin ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Richard Olney
Richard Russell Jr.
Richard Russell Sr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Robert Armstrong (Texas politician) ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Robert Byrd
Robert F. Kennedy ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Robert F. Wagner
Robert Lansing ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Robert McNamara ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Robert P. Casey
Ron Kirk
Ron Klain ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Ron Klain
Russell B. Long ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Salmon P. Chase
Sam Ervin
Sam Rayburn
Sam W. Hunt
Samantha Power ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Samuel J. Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Simon Bolivar Buckner ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
Stacey Abrams ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Stephen T. Early ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Stuart Symington
Sumner Welles
Sylvia M. Burwell ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Sylvia Mathews Burwell ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Tammy Baldwin ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Ted Kennedy ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Ted Kulongoski
Ted Wheeler
Ted Wheeler ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Thomas A. Hendricks
Thomas R. Marshall ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Tilghman Ashurst Howard
Tipper Gore ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Tobias Read
Tom C. Clark
Tony Evers
Tony West
Valerie Jarrett ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Victoria Reggie Kennedy ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Walter Mondale
William B. Bankhead
William C. Redfield
William Flynt Nichols
William Jefferson Clinton
Winfield Scott Hancock
Woodrow Wilson
memberOfPoliticalParty
Alan Davidson ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Archibald Cox ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Arthur J. Goldberg ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Barney Frank ("United States Democratic Party")
Bernard M. Baruch ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Bud Selig ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Clarence Darrow ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Colleen Bell ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Cordell Hull ("Democratic Party (United States)")
David Boren ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Edward Moore Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Elizabeth Warren
Frank Mankiewicz ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gaylord Nelson ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Harry Dexter White ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Henry Wade
Hugh S. Johnson ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Janet Yellen ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jeane Kirkpatrick ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jeffry M. Picower ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Jessica Rosenworcel
Joe Biden ("Democratic Party of the United States")
John Kenneth Galbraith ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John Seigenthaler ("Democratic Party (United States)")
John W. McCormack
Joseph Montoya
Joseph S. Nye Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Joseph T. Robinson ("Democratic Party in the United States Senate")
Justin Bibb ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Kathy Hochul
Kenneth C. Royall ("United States Democratic Party")
Lawrence Lessig ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Lee H. Hamilton
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Louis D. Brandeis ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Luci Baines Johnson ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Lyman Trumbull ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Marc H. Morial
Martin Luther King III ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Merrick Garland
Michael Bloomberg ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Philip Barton Key II ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Richard Ben-Veniste ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Rosalynn Carter
Samuel Nelson ("Democratic Party (historical U.S.)")
Sarah Silverman ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Stephen G. Breyer ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Thurgood Marshall ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Thurgood Marshall Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Tim Kaine ("United States Democratic Party")
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Walter H. Shorenstein ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Wilbur J. Cohen ("Democratic Party (United States)")
William Gaud ("Democratic Party (United States)")
William J. Brennan Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
William O. Douglas ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Zbigniew Brzezinski ("Democratic Party (United States)")
memberOf
California's 2nd congressional district ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Illinois's 5th congressional district
Maine's 1st congressional district ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district ("Democratic Party (United States)")
New Jersey's 12th congressional district
New York's 25th congressional district
Oregon's 4th congressional district
Texas's 16th congressional district
Texas's 18th congressional district
Texas's 20th congressional district
Texas's 29th congressional district
Texas's 30th congressional district
Texas's 33rd congressional district
Texas's 7th congressional district
Texas's 9th congressional district
Virginia's 11th congressional district
Virginia's 8th congressional district ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Washington's 3rd congressional district
currentRepresentativeParty
100th United States Congress
101st United States Congress
103rd United States Congress
111th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
116th United States Congress
72nd United States Congress
74th United States Congress
76th United States Congress
77th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
79th United States Congress
82nd United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
91st United States Congress
92nd United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
94th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
95th United States Congress
96th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
98th United States Congress
houseMajorityParty
Andrew Young ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Angelo Tsakopoulos ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Chappaquiddick incident ("Democratic Party (United States)")
House Minority Leader ("United States Democratic Party")
Howard Schultz ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Naomi Biden ("Democratic Party (through family)")
Revenue Act of 1934 ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Yes We Can ("Democratic Party (United States)")
associatedWith
California Democratic Party ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Democratic National Committee ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Democratic National Committee headquarters ("Democratic Party (United States)")
National Federation of Democratic Women ("Democratic Party (United States)")
New Democrat ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Newton Baker ("Democratic Party in Ohio")
Southern Democrats
partOf
1888 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
1948 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
1968 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
1996 United States presidential election
United States presidential election of 1832
United States presidential election, 1964 ("Democratic Party (United States)")
incumbentParty
1864 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
1928 United States presidential election
1988 United States presidential election
2004 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
2016 United States presidential election
losingParty
110th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
86th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
87th United States Congress
99th United States Congress
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112th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
113th United States Congress
115th United States Congress
80th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
houseMinorityParty
Democratic National Committee ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Walter Reuther
Young Democrats of America ("Democratic Party (United States)")
affiliation
Democratic Party ("Democratic Party of the United States")
Democratic Party ("U.S. Democratic Party")
Democratic Party ("Democrats")
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DNC Chair ("Democratic Party (United States)")
DNC Executive Committee ("Democratic Party (United States)")
DNC Vice Chairs ("Democratic Party (United States)")
appliesToPoliticalParty
I'm With Her ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Obama family
Roosevelt family
associatedWithPoliticalParty
Church Committee
Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Democratic Party (United States)")
United States Senate Watergate Committee ("Democratic Party (United States)")
chairpersonParty
110th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
86th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
87th United States Congress
controlledByInSenate
Government of California ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Government of the State of New Jersey
Wisconsin
governorParty
Georgia's 3rd congressional district
Sixth Party System in United States politics ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Texas's 4th congressional district
hasMajorParty
Henry B. Steagall
Joseph W. Byrns
Ronald Mariano
member of political party
Adlai Stevenson II ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Albert Gore Jr. ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Hillary Clinton
nominatedBy
McKinley Tariff
Progressive Party (Bull Moose) of 1912 ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Republican Party
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103rd United States Congress
63rd United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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91st United States Congress
93rd United States Congress ("Democratic Party in the United States")
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Senate
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75th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
84th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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75th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
84th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
hasMajorityPartyInSenate
Georgia House of Representatives
Mississippi House of Representatives ("Democratic Party (as of 2024)")
hasMinorityParty
1848 United States presidential election
2000 United States presidential election
incumbentPresidentParty
1840 United States presidential election
United States presidential election, 1972 ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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1864 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
United States presidential election, 1972 ("Democratic Party (United States)")
mainOpponentParty
Between Hope and History ("Democratic Party (United States)")
Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible ("Democratic Party (United States)")
mainSubject
Massachusetts Senate
New York State Assembly
majorityParty
41st United States Congress
Fourth Party System
otherMajorParty
John R. Steelman
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Horace Greeley ("Democratic Party in 1872 presidential election")
alsoNominatedBy
Do-Nothing Congress
appliedBy
Credentials Committee (Democratic National Convention) ("Democratic Party delegates")
appliesTo
American liberalism
associatedParty
Shriver ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Cold War liberalism ("Democratic Party (United States)")
associatedWithParty
Second Gentleman of the United States
associatedWithPoliticalPartyOfCurrentHolder
First Partner of California
associatedWithPoliticalPartyOfSpouse
1964 California Democratic presidential primary ("Democratic Party candidates for President")
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United States Senator from New York
canBelongTo
Bernie Sanders ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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2004 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Reform Party of the United States of America ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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76th United States Congress
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74th United States Congress
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89th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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89th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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76th United States Congress
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Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats' Defense of the Indefensible ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
currentIncumbentPoliticalParty
Insurance Commissioner of California
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New York State Assembly
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United States debt ceiling ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Progressive Party (United States, 1912) ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
defeatedCandidateParty
2012 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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The West Wing ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Fifth Party System in United States politics ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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New York state politics
dominantPoliticalParties
Constitutional Convention of 1875 (Texas)
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1998 California gubernatorial election
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U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York
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Democratic National Committee ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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1998 California gubernatorial election
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Texas's 11th congressional district
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Know-Nothing movement
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118th United States Congress
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United States House of Representatives
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118th United States Congress
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108th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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108th United States Congress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846 ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Andrew Jackson presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Leo McGarry ("Democratic Party (fictional)")
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Democratic National Committee headquarters
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Hamburg massacre
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H. J. Heinz family members ("United States Democratic Party")
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Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Democratic National Convention ("Democratic Party donkey")
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1940 United States presidential election ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Texas's 18th congressional district
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93rd United States Congress ("Democratic Party in the United States")
HouseMajorityParty
2016 United States presidential election
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Samuel J. Tilden ("Democratic Party reform wing")
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Center for American Progress ("Democratic Party (United States)")
influences
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Great Society
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2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
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2024 United States presidential election
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88th United States Congress
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88th United States Congress
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Fifth Party System in United States politics ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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United States presidential election of 1832
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United States federal elections
majorPoliticalParties
United States politics
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Massachusetts State Representative
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Thomas A. Hendricks ("Democratic Party in the Reconstruction era")
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Baines
nameBearerPoliticalParty
Clinton
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Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
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Nixon 1972 presidential campaign ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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Whig Party
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Young Republicans ("Democratic Party (United States) in elections")
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
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Democratic National Convention ("Democratic Party (United States)")
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93rd United States Congress ("Democratic Party in the United States")
SenateMajorityParty

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