Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of
democracy
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, 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 A ...
(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)
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(PD)
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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 es ...
(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
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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
*Demo ...
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*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
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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 Libe ...
, 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
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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)
The Democrats ( kl, Demokraatit ; da, Demokraterne) is a liberal, unionist political party in Greenland.
The party is skeptical of Greenlandic independence and even further self-governance. It has taken over this position from the Atassut pa ...
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Sweden Democrats
The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply, a ...
, 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)
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Pro-democracy camp (Macau)
The pro-democracy camp ( zh, t=民主派; pt, campo pró-democracia) or pan-democracy camp () is a political alignment of politicians and social activists in Macau who support increased democracy and may work together in areas of common intere ...
Places
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Democrat, California
Democrat, originally Democrat Hill, is a former settlement in Nevada County, California
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Democrat, Kentucky Democrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
History
A post office called Democrat was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1985. The community was so named because ...
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Democrat Gulch Democrat Gulch levation: is a ridge in Josephine County, Oregon, in the United States
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, 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
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**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) () was a socialist state that existed in Ethiopia and present day Eritrea from 1987 to 1991.
The PDRE was established in February 1987 as a Marxist-Leninist one-party state upon the adoption o ...
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
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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
*Demo ...
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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
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Monarchism
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