Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of
democracy
Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation (" direct democracy"), or to choose gov ...
, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero An ...
(D)
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Democratic Party (Cyprus)
The Democratic Party ( el, Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (ΔΗΚΟ), ''Dimokratikó Kómma'' (DIKO)) is a Greek-Cypriot nationalist, centrist political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou.
DIKO is variously described as cent ...
(DCY)
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Democratic Party (Japan) (DP)
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Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico , PD) is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Enrico Letta, who was elected by the national assembly in March 2021, after the resignation of the former leader Nicol ...
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Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
The Democratic Party (DP) is a centre-left liberal political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Lo Kin-hei, it is the flagship party in the pro-democracy camp and currently has 7 elected representatives in the District Councils.
The party was e ...
(DPHK)
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Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...
(DPP)
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Democratic Party of Korea
The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK; ), formerly known as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), is a liberal political party in South Korea. Controlling the unicameral National Assembly as of 2022, the DPK is regarded as one of two m ...
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Democratic Party (disambiguation) Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
* Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
* De ...
, for a full list
*A member of a
Democrat Party (disambiguation)
*A member of a
Democracy Party (disambiguation) Democracy Party may refer to:
* Democracy Party (Turkey) ( tr, Demokrasi Partisi), a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey
* Democracy Party (Iran) ( fa, حزب مردمسالاری, ''Hezb-e-Mardomsalari''), a pro-reforms party in Iran
* Democracy Party of ...
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Australian Democrats
The Australian Democrats is a centrist political party in Australia. Founded in 1977 from a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, both of which were descended from Liberal Party dissenting splinter groups, it was Austral ...
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Democrats (Brazil)
The Democrats ( pt, Democratas, DEM) was a centre-right political party in Brazil that merged with the Social Liberal Party to found the Brazil Union in 2021. It was founded in 1985 under the name of Liberal Front Party (''Partido da Frente Lib ...
, a political party
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Democrats (Chile)
Democrats ( es, Demócratas) is a Chilean political party founded in 2022 by former militants of the Christian Democratic Party, Party for Democracy and Radical Party, all former members from the defunct Concertación coalition.
History
Its ...
, a political party
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Democrats (Croatia), a political party
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Democrats (Gothenburg political party), in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Democrats (Greece)
The Democrats ( el, Δημοκρατικοί) are a Greek political party founded in January 2009 in Athens and emblem the olive branch.
The political philosophy of the Democrats, according to the same party, based on the measure and is equally ...
, a political party
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Democrats (Greenland), a political party
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Sweden Democrats, a political party
* Supporters of political parties and democracy movements in Hong Kong and Macau:
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Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)
The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic L ...
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Localist groups (Hong Kong)
Localist groups, or localist and self-determination groups, are the various groups with localist ideologies in Hong Kong. It emerged from post-80s social movements in the late 2000s which centred on the preservation of the city's autonomy ...
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Pro-democracy camp (Macau)
Places
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Democrat, California
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Democrat, Kentucky
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Democrat Gulch, a valley in Oregon
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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
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German Democratic Republic
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
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People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
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Somali Democratic Republic
The Somali Democratic Republic ( so, Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; ar, الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, ; it, Repubblica Democratica Somala) was the name that the socialist military government gave to Som ...
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People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Films
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''Democrats'' (film), a 2014 documentary about politics in Zimbabwe
See also
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Democracy (disambiguation)
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Democrat Party (disambiguation)
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Democracy Party (disambiguation) Democracy Party may refer to:
* Democracy Party (Turkey) ( tr, Demokrasi Partisi), a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey
* Democracy Party (Iran) ( fa, حزب مردمسالاری, ''Hezb-e-Mardomsalari''), a pro-reforms party in Iran
* Democracy Party of ...
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Democratic Party (disambiguation) Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
* Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
* De ...
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Democrat Party (epithet)
''Democrat Party'' is an epithet for the Democratic Party of the United States, used in a disparaging fashion by the party's opponents. While the term has been used in a non-hostile way, it has grown in its negative use since the 1940s, in partic ...
, a political epithet used in the United States instead of the Democratic Party
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Demokrat Parti (disambiguation) Demokrat Parti may refer to:
* Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus)
* Democrat Party (Turkey, current)
* Democratic Party (Turkey, historical)
See also
* Democrat (disambiguation)
* Democrat Party (disambiguation)
* Par ...
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Republicanism
Republicanism is a political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic. Historically, it emphasises the idea of self-rule and ranges from the rule of a representative minority or oligarchy to popular sovereignty. It ...
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Monarchism
Monarchism is the advocacy of the system of monarchy or monarchical rule. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government independently of any specific monarch, whereas one who supports a particular monarch is a royalist. ...
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