Democratic Party

One of the two major parties in contemporary US politics. It was originally composed in the late 18th-c of those opposed to the adoption of the US Constitution, and was called the Democratic Republican Party until 1828. The Party's first presidential candidate was Thomas Jefferson; and in the early 1800s it dominated its opponent, the Federalist Party. The Party was split over slavery and secession during the Civil War (1861–5), its dominant position being taken over by the Republican Party. After the war the Party stood for state rights, limited government, and white supremacy until the beginning of the 20th-c. Under William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925) and Woodrow Wilson it became more committed to government intervention in the economy. After faltering in the 1920s, it returned to a majority position in 1932, when Roosevelt introduced his ‘New Deal’, and added large urban areas and ethnic, racial, and religious support to its conservative Southern base. It also became associated with a more liberal stance of social reform and minority rights, especially in the 1960s. From 1968 onward it experienced difficulty in winning the presidency, with Jimmy Carter's success in 1976 the only break in Republican domination for two decades. The presidency of Bill Clinton brought the Democrats national electoral victories in 1992 and 1996, but they lost their half-century long control of the House of Representatives in 1994. The party made gains in the 1998 elections, but tensions persist between its liberal and conservative wings. In 2001 they regained a working majority and assumed control of the House of Representatives, but lost it in the mid-term elections in 2002. In the 2006 mid-term elections, the Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.

Serb Democratic Party

Botswana	Botswana Democratic Party
Bulgaria	Democratic Party (Bulgaria)
Canada	New Democratic Party and its affiliated provincial parties
Cook Islands	Democratic Party (Cook Islands)
Côte d'Ivoire	Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia	Croatian Democratic Union
Cyprus	Democratic Rally (Dimokratikos Sinagermos); and the separate Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus) (Demokrat Partisi)
Czech Republic	Civic Democratic Party
East Timor	Democratic Party East Timor
El Salvador	Democratic Party (El Salvador)
Equatorial Guinea	Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
Fiji	Fiji Democratic Party
Gabon	Gabonese Democratic Party
Guam	Democratic Party (Guam)
Guinea	Democratic Party of Guinea
Haiti	Haitian Democratic Party
Hong Kong	Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
Indonesia	Democratic Party (Indonesia); Democratic Party of Kosovo
South Korea	Democratic Party (South Korea)
Lesotho	Sefate Democratic Party
Luxembourg	Democratic Party (Luxembourg)
Malawi	Malawi Democratic Party
Malaysia	Democratic Action Party
Moldova	Democratic Party (Moldova)
Mongolia	Democratic Party (Mongolia)
Nauru	Democratic Party of Nauru
Netherlands	Democraten 66
Netherlands Antilles	Democratic Party of Bonaire; Democratic Party - demokraci.pl
Puerto Rico	Popular Democratic Party
Romania	Democratic Party (Romania)
Russia	Yabloko
San Marino	Party of Democrats
Senegal	Senegalese Democratic Party
Serbia	Democratic Party of Serbia; Singapore Democratic Party
Slovakia	Democratic Party (Slovakia)
Slovenia	Slovenian Democratic Party
Solomon Islands	Democratic Party (Solomon Islands)
South Africa	Democratic Party (South Africa)
Suriname	Democratic Party (Suriname)
Tajikistan	Democratic Party (Tajikistan); People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan
Tanzania	Democratic Party (Tanzania)
Thailand	Democrat Party (Thailand)
Turkey	Democrat Party (Turkey)
Turkmenistan	Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
Uganda	Democratic Party (Uganda)
United Kingdom	Democratic Party (UK, 1998) Democratic Party (UK, 1942) and Democratic Party (UK, 1969) (both defunct);