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Democratic Party
In the US, a Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party, one of the two primary political parties. Its progressive and social liberal platforms are considered center-left in the US political system.
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What is the function of political parties?
1. Organize elections by nominating candidates and seeking office.
2. Build coalitions by attracting group support, pulling groups into the democratic process.
3. Work to simplify political choices.
4. Organize government and policy making, attempting to use the institutions of government to reflect the will of the voters.
What is the Democratic Party position on energy policy?
Democrats are all for providing energy for America. But Democrats are not limited to just oil and coal based energy without any regard to damage to the environment. Democrats accept alternative types of energy that may need help to be developed. Just as electric cars need help with recharging infrastructure and compressed natural gas cars need help with refilling infrastructure so wind energy and other types of renewable energy sources need assistance to mature.
If Democrats are controversial about energy it is that they believe something other than "Oil and coal forever without regard to the environment." They leave that position to other parties.
When was the democratic and the Republican parties started?
After Andrew Jackson's election in 1828, his party became known as the Democratic party.
Why is the representative democracy most effective?
Simple answer? Because a direct democracy carries many problems that defeat national goals. A direct democracy, while difficult to manage, is subject to whims and fads and managed campaigns that would bend policy toward special interests or simple bad decisions. A non-democratic state fails completely to enact the wishes of its citizenry, while a totally direct democratic state fails to consider policy nuisances.
Is the KKK still an extremist wing of the democratic party?
No. Never was and never has been. It began in 1865 to frighten the former slaves dressed as confederate ghosts. They have killed people, threatened people, and tried to prevent equal rights for former slaves.
Was Lyndon B. Johnson at the 1968 democratic convention?
he 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago and Hubert H. Humphrey was selected as the presidential candidate. But the was a great deal of dissension inside the convention over the Vietnam War. There were also bloody antiwar demonstrations on the streets and in the parks of Chicago. (link)
What are the democrat and repubican symbols mean?
The symbols came from a famous political cartoonist named Thomas Nast, who first portrayed Republicans with the elephant symbol in a cartoon for Harper's magazine in 1874. At that time, he meant to imply that the elephant was loyal and strong, but if you got it upset, it could stampede and cause harm. Later, the symbol came to represent only the positive aspects of loyalty and strength.
The idea of the donkey had been used to represent Democrats as far back as the late 1830s, and it too had a somewhat negative meaning at first (the "jackass"-- used as a reference to then-president Andrew Jackson), but later, it came to be associated with stubborn determination. As he had done with the elephant, Nast also popularized the donkey image in his political cartoons.
How many people in the US are Democrats?
That is, believe it or not, a difficult question to answer for sure.
As parties change their stances, choose new candidates, and go through periods of weakness and strength, the numbers of party members can change dramatically. Also, keep in mind that many Americans choose not to identify with one party or the other, preferring to call themselves independents. Studies have found that many independents do actually vote for one party most of the time, but do not consider themselves partisans, making it harder to figure out exactly how much support a party has. Measuring membership is difficult, since relatively few voters (even very partisan ones) are involved in party operations, and few donate to campaigns. Probably the best way to define party strength is through voters' self-identification.
With these challenges in mind, here's a rough partisan breakdown:
A 2010 Gallup survey found that 31% of voters identify as Democrats, 29% as Republicans, and 38% as independents. Again, these numbers are subject to change year to year (or even week to week), as events change peoples' minds.
Numbers of self-described independents have been rising the last few years, probably due to the near-record high partisanship and gridlock in Washington and state capitals. The rise in independents has hurt the official membership of both parties, but not their vote totals.
What event in 1857 caused a great controversy that split the northern and southern democrats?
By appointing Abraham Lincoln to run against Stephen Douglas in the senate race.
What political party was Andrew Jackson part Democratic or Republican?
Andrew Jackson was a Democrat/Democrat-Republican
Andrew Jackson and his "Jacksonian" supporters began the Democratic-Republican party, which later became the Democratic Party. The party lasted it split over slavery of the eve of the Civil War. It elected four more presidents after Jackson. It has ties to the modern Democratic party which formed after the Civil War.
Andrew Jackson was with the Democrat political party. He was the 7th President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
Are there more registered democrats or republicans?
This is a very good question. What makes it a very good question is the fact that it is very difficult to answer.
Thirty States in the USA require some kind of party affiliation (or non-affiliation) as a part of their voter registration system. So if you are looking for "registered Democrats or Republicans" you are limited to those 30 states and can't look in 20 states that do not require registration
If you are looking for the number of people who "consider" themselves as Democrat or Republican you can look to statistically significant surveys, such as the Rasmussen survey. Rasmussen reported 35.4% reported themselves as Republican and 32.7% reporting themselves as Democrats. 32.4% said they were "Independent." This polling asks 15,000 Americans to report their affiliation. This may seem like a few, but it is a very good number over all for determining the breakdown nationally.
You might ask 35.4% of what? What do I multiply 35.4% by to determine the number of persons who consider themselves Republicans. Too bad, we don't have that number, and whatever it is it changes every day.
There are several other major polls (Pew and Gallop, to name a few), which show slightly different numbers indicating a Democratic advantage, but, over time, the longer-term trend for a decade has been for more people to identify as Independent (now almost 40%) than either Democrat or Republican (both which vay from about 25 to 35%, depending on the year and poll). However, if the question includes "leaners" (self-identified Independents who usually vote for one party), the percentages change significantly. Democrats consistently have about 50%, while Republicans muster a variable 35-45%, looking at data from the past decade.
But in the end you must ask yourself exactly what is it that you want to know? Because when you include the peculiars of the many state parties and the peculiars of the country's election systems these numbers are frequently meaningless. In particular, the outcomes are driven by actual voters; the percentage of voters who actually vote varies significantly in any given election, with the percentage of registered voters who don't cast a vote varying from about 15% to as much as 30% or more.
What happened when the Democratic Party attempted to choose a candidate for the presidency in 1860?
It's not that the Democrats were unable to nominate their own candidate - it's that they chose not to. Ulysses S. Grant had been president for four years already and the Republican party was split over the question of a second term. His first four years were marked by corruption, incompetency, and nepotism. A group of Republicans split off from the main party and formed their own branch, called the Liberal Republicans. They formed a platform which spoke of ending Reconstruction and was thus appealing to the weakened Democratic party. Party leaders approached the Democrats and struck a deal with August Belmont, chairman, and John R. Doolittle, president, to unite the two parties beneath the Democratic ticket. This action is often construed by historians as a desperate move by all involved to defeat the highly popular hero of the Civil War - the Democrats simply didn't believe they could defeat him on their own, so they didn't try. They hoped that by uniting with the Liberal Republicans they could garner enough support to remove Grant from office. It may have worked, if only their choice of candidate had been more opportune. Horace Greeley, a well known and popular newspaper editor, had spent his entire career harpooning the Democratic party in his paper, calling then liars, murderers, thieves, alcoholics, and just about anything else insulting he could come up with. Many Democrats simply couldn't stomach voting for a man who had dedicated his life to insulting them, and either turned to Grant or abstained from voting all together.
The Irish supported the Democratic Party because?
Immigration takes place in many parts of the world. Currently Italy and Greece are receiving many immigrants from North Africa.With regards to the United States, it became "home" for millions of immigrants over the past 200 years. In the 19th century, and well into the 20th century many immigrants from Europe landed in the larger cities of the East coast of the US. There they found that, for the most part these large cities were controlled by the Democratic Party. It made sense to support this party as it was friendly to immigrants ( for the most part ) so it made commonsense to support the party that governed where many immigrants decided to stay. There were many jobs to be found in these east coast cities.
What are the Liberal Democrat Party's policies?
There are many generalized liberal party views. Some of these include a women's right to chose to have an abortion, helping disadvantaged people, as well as legalizing marijuana.
What did southern democrats want in the election of 1860?
The Southern Democrats Supported Slavery & They Elected John Breckenridge As Their Democratic Presidential Candidate.
Is Shepherd Smith a Democrat or Republican?
Republican definitely but he tries to look and sound neutral
Shepard Smith is a democrat, as are Geraldo Rivera, Greta Van Susteren and Alan Colmes. Bill O'Reilly is an independent.
Are Democrats or Republicans more against crime?
Everybody is against crime. The danger for all politicians is that they try to 'prove up' how much they are against crime by passing harsher and harsher penalties. Not a recent phenomena. England once made picking a pocket a capital offense. The hangings of pick-pockets
drew huge crowds, whose pockets were then picked by local pick-pockets.
The tendency for all elected officials, who know you are against crime too, is to use your fear of crime to enhance their electability. In that environment justice goes out the window.
How much does a us senator make yearly?
It has been reported that Senator Traut is currently making an annual salary of $192,000.
What is Joe Biden's favorite color?
Blue is his favorite color as he dead it to me cuz I have met him in real life and asked what his favorite color was and he he said it was blue.
Jerry Brown believes in the most typical democratic stand point short of socialism. he's very bipartisan in that he doesn't much believe in anything other than trading green (which is evidently now a resource) for jobs, and state where the money is dying, making money through prop 19, and raising taxes for social programs. He also gets made fun of by the Jello Biafra, and the Dead Kennedys.
Why do the democrats hate the middle class?
It may be because they are doing something with their money whereas many other wealthy people keep all their money to themselves and spend it on things that they don't need.
How did the views of the whigs and democrats differ from those in the Free-soil Party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
