the Democratic Partynoun
uk/dem.əˈkræt.ɪk ˌpɑː.ti/us/dem.əˈkræt̬.ɪk ˌpɑːr.t̬i/one of the two main political parties in the US
Examples
- It now seems unlikely that the Democratic Party nominee will reach the Oval Office.
- He is being widely touted as the next leader of the Democratic Party.
- Only the Democratic Party is capable of running the country.
- The Democratic Party captured 70% of the vote.
- The scandal has shaken the Democratic Party to its foundations.
- There are two political parties in the US - the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
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Examples from literature
- As chairman of the Democratic Party, men had called his campaigns brilliant.
- Dan's father was a veteran of the Civil War and he had been taught to believe that the Democratic Party had sought to destroy the Union and that the Republican Party alone had saved it.
- Governor Bowie was always identified with the Democratic Party.
- If the Powers agree, and the Democratic Party triumphs in November, I shall be Governor of Virginia on the first of January.
- The Democratic Party had reached the ebb tide of its disastrous fortunes.