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| Chairperson | Donna Brazile |
| Founder | Andrew Jackson |
| Secretary | Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (MD) |
| President of the United States | Barack Obama (IL) |
| Vice President of the United States | Joe Biden (DE) |
| Senate leader | Minority Leader Harry Reid (NV) |
| House leader | Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) |
| Founded | 1801 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Progressivism |
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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 51 United States. There have been 15 Democratic presidents, the most recent being Barack Obama, who became President in 2009.
See History of the United States Democratic Party.
Some Modern Democrats are called "the left", "liberals" or "progressives", even though not all Democrats are left-wing or liberal. In the United States, each of the political parties are large coalitions that cover many different kinds of ideology. A mostly Democratic state is sometimes called a "blue state", this original color scheme was based on Great Britain's political system, which used red to denote the more liberal party and was first used in the 1976 presidential election campaign.
Generally Democrats support:
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.
The symbol of the Democratic Party is the Donkey. Since the election of 2000, the color blue has become a symbol for Democrats.
Andrew Jackson was the first Democratic President of the United States.
The three leaders of the Democratic party during the first half of the 20th century: President Woodrow Wilson (nominated in 1912 and '16) Sec. of State William J. Bryan (nominated in 1896, 1900 and 1908), Josephus Daniels, Breckinridge Long, William Phillips, and Franklin D. Roosevelt (nominated for VP in 1920 and for president in 1932, '36, '40 and '44). Photo taken June 14, 1913
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945).
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (1961–1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (1963–1969)
Eleanor Roosevelt at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago
President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law at the White House on March 23, 2010.
Shirley Chisholm was the first major party African-American candidate to run nationwide primary campaigns.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration Act of 1965 as Sen. Edward Kennedy, Sen. Robert Kennedy, and others look on.
Jerry Brown at a campaign rally in Sacramento two days before the election
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Bill Clinton at a Democratic "Get out the vote" rally in Los Angeles
Carl Venne, Crow Indian Tribal Chairman, shows support for Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama in 2008.
Democratic President Barack Obama, at a Conference with Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
