Democratic Party (United States)

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Democratic Party
ChairpersonTom Perez (NY)
FounderAndrew Jackson
SecretaryStephanie Rawlings-Blake (MD)
Senate leaderMinority Leader
Chuck Schumer (NY)
House leaderMinority Leader
Nancy Pelosi (CA)
Founded1828
IdeologySocial democracy
Social liberalism
Progressivism
Website
www.democrats.org

The U.S. Democratic Party is one of the two biggest political parties in the United States. The other is the Republican Party. The U.S. also has several smaller political parties known as "third parties." Supporters of this party are known as Democrats.

Every four years the party holds a National Convention where they agree on their candidate for President. The Democratic National Committee coordinates most of the activities of the Democratic Party in all 50 United States. There have been 15 Democratic presidents, the most recent being Barack Obama, who was President from 2009 to 2017. Although their ideology was once to advocate for social democracy, in recent years their ideology has turned towards socialism, progressivism and, in some groups, communism.

Philosophy and role in government[change | change source]

Democrats, also sometimes called 'the left', 'liberals' or 'progressives' make up one of the two main political parties in the United States. A mostly Democratic state is sometimes called a 'blue state'. this original z scheme was based on Great Britain's political system, though it instead used red to denote the more liberal party, was first used in the 1976 presidential election campaign.

Democratic beliefs[change | change source]

Generally Democrats support:

  • Progressive income tax, increasing overall tax income
  • Higher corporate taxes and recapturing income from overseas profits
  • Expanding spending on government programs
  • Spending on business, education, infrastructure, clean-energy
  • Expanding rights to Abortion
  • Restrictions of weapons use and potentially dangerous users through government oversight
  • Universal healthcare
  • Regulating business and the economy
  • Same-sex marriage

Most support for Democrats comes from states in the Northeast, Northwest and Pacific Coast areas of the USA, but there are Democrats elected to office in all other states too.

Symbols[change | change source]

The symbol of the Democratic Party is the Donkey. Since the election of 2000, the color blue has become a symbol for Democrats.[source?]

Democratic Presidents[change | change source]

Presidents during the 19th century
President Andrew Jackson
President Bill Clinton
Presidents during the 20th century
Presidents during the 21st century
  • Barack H. Obama II (2009 – 2017)
President Barack Obama

Other famous Democratic Politicians[change | change source]

Vice President Joe Biden
Former senator Daniel Inouye
Senator Bernie Sanders

Independents who side with Democrats[change | change source]

Former Democrats[change | change source]

Republican Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat

Related pages[change | change source]

Other websites[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

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