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Democratic Party

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of the two major political parties in the United States, owing its origin to a split in the Democratic-Republican Party under Andrew Jackson in 1828.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the older of two major political parties in the United States

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Examples

  • The dozens of new Tea Party energized GOP House and Senators that took their seats following the November mid-term Democratic Party shellacking virtually assured that NPR's alleged liberal bias would again be dredged up as the reason to dump it.

    Earl Ofari Hutchinson: GOP Plays NPR Card to Limbaughize the Media Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011

  • And she took on President Bush's statement earlier this week when he called the Democratic Party the party of cut and run.

    CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2006 2006

  • Another real problem is that in the Democratic Party, which is the biracial party in America -- the Republican Party essentially is a white party on the whole -- the Democratic Party is a biracial party and depends on a biracial coalition.

    Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics 1991

  • I don't know how many of you are familiar with this, but some Republicans do this thing lately where they call the Democratic Party here in the United States by another name: the Democrat party.

    The Living Room Times Tim Stevens 2010

  • I mean, if they called the Democratic Party something like the Tax and Spend Party or the Abortions for Everyone Party or the Really Weak on National Defense to the Point of Basically Being Friends with the Enemy Party, at least that would be commentary on an issue.

    The Living Room Times Tim Stevens 2010

  • The FSN split into two groups, led by Ion Iliescu (FDSN) and Petre Roman (FSN) in March 1992; Roman's party subsequently adopted the name Democratic Party (PD).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • 1992; Roman's party subsequently adopted the name Democratic Party (PD).

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  • 1992; Roman's party subsequently adopted the name Democratic Party (PD).

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  • Imagine if someone called the Democratic Party by its name but insisted on calling the Republican Party “the right wing” because he or she felt that the Republicans didn’t really believe in Republicanism?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Regents’ Veto of Erwin Chemerinsky as Dean of the New UCI Law School: 2007

  • WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner R-Ohio is set to call the Democratic Party's bluff on the debt ceiling.

    Boehner Set To Call Obama's Bluff In Push For Short-Term Debt Ceiling Deal The Huffington Post News Team 2011

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