Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:

Politics

*A proponent of

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **

Democratic Party (Cyprus) The Democratic Party (, ''Dimokratikó Kómma'' (DIKO)) is a Greek Cypriot nationalism, Greek-Cypriot nationalist, centrism, centrist List of political parties in Cyprus, political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou. DIKO is var ...

(DCY) **

Democratic Party (Hong Kong) The Democratic Party (DP) is a liberal political party in Hong Kong. Once the flagship party in the pro-democracy camp, it is expected to dissolve within 2025 after the party was unable to enter elections with national security threshold im ...

(DPHK) **

Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party (, PD) is a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Elly Schlein, elected in the 2023 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, 2023 leadership election, while the party's ...

(PD) ** Democratic Party (Japan) (DP) **

Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is a Centre-left politics, center-left political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Major party, major parties of the U.S., it was founded in 1828, making it the world's oldes ...

(D) **

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

(DPP) ** Democratic Party’s (South Korea, 2015) **

Democratic Party (Indonesia) The Democratic Party (, , sometimes abbreviated to PD) is a centre to centre-right nationalist political party in Indonesia. Currently, it holds 44 seats in the House of Representatives (DPR). It is led by Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), the s ...

(PD) **

Democratic Party (disambiguation) Democratic Party and similar terms may refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party * Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally * Democratic Party of Ivo ...

, for a full list *A member of a

Democrat Party (disambiguation) Democrat Party may refer to: *Democratic Party (United States) (founded 1828) **Democrat Party (epithet), a pejorative term used by opponents of the Democratic Party * Democrat Party (Chile) (1887–1941) *Democrat Party (Persia) (1909–1919/21) * ...

*A member of a

Democracy Party (disambiguation) Democracy Party may refer to: * Democracy Party (Turkey) (), a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey * Democracy Party (Iran) (, ''Hezb-e-Mardomsalari''), a pro-reforms party in Iran * Democracy Party of China See also * Democracy (disambiguation) * Democ ...

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 splinter groups, it was Australia's lar ...

, a political party *

Democrats (Brazil) The Democrats (, DEM) was a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Brazil that merged with the Social Liberal Party (Brazil), Social Liberal Party to found the Brazil Union in 2021. It was founded in 1985 under the name of Liberal ...

, a political party *

Democrats (Chile) The Democrats (; D) 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 founde ...

, a political party * Democrats (Croatia), a political party *

Democrats (Gothenburg political party) The Democrats (''Demokraterna'') is a localist political party in Gothenburg Municipality. It has been represented in the municipal council since 2018 and is currently the fifth largest party in the council. The party was formed as a cross-par ...

, in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden *

Democrats (Greece) The Democrats () are a Greek political party founded in January 2009 in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, ...

, a political party *

Democrats (Greenland) The Democrats ( ; , D) is a social liberal political party in Greenland. Historically a unionist party, the Democrats have traditionally been sceptical of Greenlandic independence and even further self-governance. The party's position has in the ...

, a political party * Democrats (Slovakia), a political party * Democrats (Slovenia), a political party *

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( , SD ) is a Nationalism, nationalist and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Sweden founded in 1988. As of 2024, it is the largest member of Sweden's Right-wing politics, right-wing bloc and the sec ...

, a political party *

The Democrats (Maldives) The Democrats () are a political party in the Maldives, formed by a faction within the Maldivian Democratic Party amid a rift between members who supported Mohamed Nasheed. Some of their members were pending expulsion from the party after voti ...

, a political party *

The Democrats (Israel) The Democrats () is a social democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist ...

, a political party * Supporters of political parties and democracy movements in Hong Kong and Macau: **

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 of Hong Kong, Chief Executive and the Legislative Cou ...

Localist camp Localist camp or localist and self-determination groups refers to 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 autono ...

(Hong Kong) **

Pro-democracy camp (Macau) The pro-democracy camp ( zh, t=民主派; ) 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 interest or by not fielding ca ...

* ''Democrat Party'' (epithet)

Places

Democrat, California Democrat, originally Democrat Hill, is a former settlement in Nevada County, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon ...

Democrat, Kentucky Democrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of ...

Democrat Gulch Democrat Gulch levation: is a ridge in Josephine County, Oregon, in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal ...

, a valley in Oregon *

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, later known as the Republic of Afghanistan, was the Afghan state between History of Afghanistan (1978–1992), 1978 and 1992. It was bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, by Iran to the west, by the ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

German Democratic Republic East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

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 Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist one-party state upo ...

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 Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

Lao People's Democratic Republic Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west an ...

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China ...

Somali Democratic Republic The Somali Democratic Republic (; , ; ) was a socialist state in Somalia that existed from 1969 to 1991. Established in October 1969, the Somali Democratic Republic emerged following a 1969 Somali coup d'état, coup d'état led by Major General ...

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen South Yemen, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, abbreviated to Democratic Yemen, was a country in South Arabia that existed in what is now southeast Yemen from 1967 until its unification with the Yemen Arab Republic in 19 ...

Other uses

* ''Democrats'' (film), a 2014 documentary about politics in Zimbabwe