Democratic Party

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Democratic Party

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.

Democratic Party

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840 Compare Republican Party

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in South Africa) a multiracial political party of the centre-left, now the main opposition to the African National Congress Abbreviation DP

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Noun

Democratic Party - the older of two major political parties in the United States

Tammany, Tammany Hall, Tammany Society - a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism

party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

Democrat - a member of the Democratic Party

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Democratic Party n (Am) the Democratic Party → il partito democratico

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