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Autonomous Political party
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Location:	Washington, D.C.
Type:	Democratic
Height official:	Jamie Harrison
Year founded:	1828
Website:	Official website

The Democratic Party is 1 of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The party's master counterpart is the Republican Party. The modern Democratic Party is considered to be the older of the nation'south two major political parties. The party'south main governing organization is the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which is responsible for overseeing the process of writing and promoting the party platform every four years and providing national leadership surrounding campaign, fundraising, political activity and election strategy.^[i]

The party generally supports a left-leaning, liberal platform on the American political spectrum with an emphasis on the role of the federal government in promoting social and economic welfare.^{[2] [three] [4]}

Party members typically but practise non always or uniformly favor the following policy positions. All positions are taken from the Democratic Political party's 2016 platform: ^[five]

• "Americans should be able to access public coverage through a public option, and those over 55 should be able to opt in to Medicare";
• "Ensure those at the acme contribute to our country's future by establishing a multimillionaire surtax to ensure millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share";
• "Every woman should accept access to quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion";
• "Slash carbon pollution and protect clean air at abode, lead the fight confronting climate change around the globe";
• "Expand and strengthen groundwork checks and shut dangerous loopholes in our electric current laws concerning firearms";
• "We will seek to safeguard vulnerable minorities, including LGBT people and people with disabilities."

Background

History

Both the Democratic Political party and the Republican Party trace their roots to the Democratic-Republican Party, which was founded in 1792 in opposition to George Washington'southward Federalist Party. Thomas Jefferson was an early leader of the Democratic-Republicans and the political party's starting time president. Support for the Federalist Political party waned following the War of 1812, ushering in a period of uncontested Democratic-Republican rule.

After the presidential election of 1824 pit four Democratic-Republican candidates against one another, the party split equally members coalesced around winner John Quincy Adams or runner-upward Andrew Jackson. The former group established the brusk-lived National Republican Party, a forerunner to the Whig Party and, somewhen, the modern Republican Party. The latter group became known as Jacksonian Democrats before shortening their name to the Democratic Party, formally adopting the title in 1844.^[six]

The Democratic Party is represented by the donkey, dating to Adams supporters calling Andrew Jackson a "jackass" in the 1828 presidential ballot. Jackson embraced the proper noun, fifty-fifty including a donkey on campaign posters. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast began using the donkey to represent the Autonomous Party equally a whole in the 1870s.^[7]

In the 1840s and 1850s, the Autonomous Party experienced conflict over the question of extending slavery to the Western territories. The unresolved dispute acquired the party to split in the 1860 presidential election. The party's fracture gear up the stage for the election of the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln. Bitterness over the Ceremonious War and mail service-war Reconstruction motivated Southern states to primarily support the Autonomous Party for the next 100 years, during which time they wielded considerable control over the party.^[8]

Past the 1900s, the Democratic Party had evolved from its original platform and began to favor more government oversight and regulation in concern and economic diplomacy. The progressive policies of the Wilson assistants initiated the transition, which deepened with the establishment of various social assistance programs afterward the Cracking Low. During this menstruation, the Democratic Party began to embrace a more liberal estimation of the The states Constitution.^[nine]

Religious amalgamation also contributed to the evolution of the Democratic Party. Republicans were primarily Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregationalist, while most Democrats were Catholic, Episcopalian and German Lutheran. Because of this sharp partition, issues like prohibition became difficult to negotiate. Republicans believed that the government should be involved in moral problems, such as booze consumption, while Democrats felt that the regime should non make religious or moral legislation.^[9]

The website for the Democratic National Commission (DNC) lists the following historical timeline for the Democratic Party:^[10]

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Summary For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights, health care, Social Security, workers' rights, and women's rights. Nosotros are the party of Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, FDR, and the countless everyday Americans who work each twenty-four hour period to build a more than perfect union... Nosotros've reined in a financial arrangement that was out of control and delivered the toughest consumer protections ever enacted. We've reworked our student loan arrangement to make higher pedagogy more than affordable and won the fight for equal pay for women. We passed the Recovery Act, which created or helped to relieve millions of jobs and made unprecedented investments in the major pillars of our country. From America's ancestry to today, people accept turned to Democrats to run into our country's most pressing challenges—and pave the way for a time to come that lifts upwards all Americans. 1920s: 19th Amendment: Adult female's Suffrage Under the leadership of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, the U.Due south. Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee'due south became the 36th state to ratify women'south suffrage, and information technology became our nation'south 19th amendment. 1930s In the 1930s, Americans turned to Democrats and elected President Franklin Roosevelt to end the Great Depression. President Roosevelt offered Americans a New Bargain that put people back to work, stabilized farm prices, and brought electricity to rural homes and communities. Under President Roosevelt, Social Security established a promise that lasts to this day: growing old would never once again mean growing poor. 1935: Social Security Act One of the most enduring parts of FDR's New Deal, the Social Security Act provides assistance to retirees, the unemployed, widows, and orphans. By signing this act, FDR was the first president to abet for federal assistance for the elderly. Information technology was largely opposed by Republican legislators. 1944 In 1944, FDR signed the G.I. Neb—a historic mensurate that provided unprecedented benefits for soldiers returning from Earth War Ii, including low-toll mortgages, loans to outset a business concern, and tuition and living expenses for those seeking college pedagogy. Harry Truman helped rebuild Europe later on World War 2 with the Marshall Plan and oversaw the germination of the Northward Atlantic Treaty Organization. By integrating the military, President Truman helped to bring down barriers of race and gender and pave the way the way for civil rights advancements in the years that followed. 1960s In the 1960s, Americans again turned to Democrats and elected President John Kennedy to tackle the challenges of a new era. President Kennedy dared Americans to put a human on the moon, created the Peace Corps, and negotiated a treaty banning atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. And after President Kennedy's assassination, Americans looked to President Lyndon Johnson, who offered a new vision of a Great Society and signed into constabulary the Civil Rights Human action and Voting Rights Act. 1964: Civil Rights Act This landmark slice of legislation outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women and prohibited racial segregation. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, it ended unequal voting requirements and segregated schools, workplaces, and public facilities. Medicare President Johnson'due south enactment of Medicare was a watershed moment in America'southward history that redefined our country's commitment to our seniors—offering a new promise that all Americans have the correct to a healthy retirement. 1976 In 1976, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Americans elected Jimmy Carter to restore dignity to the White Firm. He created the Departments of Education and Energy and helped to forge a lasting peace between Israel and Egypt. 1992 In 1992, afterwards 12 years of Republican presidents, record budget deficits and loftier unemployment, Americans turned to Democrats over again and elected Bill Clinton to get America moving once more. President Clinton balanced the budget, helped the economy add 23 one thousand thousand new jobs, and oversaw the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in history. 2008 And in 2008, Americans turned to Democrats and elected President Obama to opposite our country's slide into the largest economical downturn since the Dandy Depression and undo eight years of policies that favored the few over the many. Under President Obama'due south direction and congressional Democrats' leadership, we've reformed a health care arrangement that was broken and extended health insurance to 32 million Americans. 2010: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act After decades of trying and despite unanimous opposition from Republicans, President Obama and Democrats passed comprehensive wellness reform into police in March 2010. The Affordable Intendance Human action will concur insurance companies answerable, lower costs, expand coverage, and improve intendance for all Americans.[11]

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Leadership

National political party leadership

Below is a list of the national leadership of the Democratic Party, as of April 2022:^[12]

Title	Officer	Land
Chairman	Jaime Harrison	S Carolina
Vice chairwoman for civic date and voter protection	Keisha Lance Bottoms	Georgia
Vice chairwoman	Gretchen Whitmer	Michigan
Vice chairwoman	Tammy Duckworth	Illinois
Vice chairman	Filemon Vela	Texas
Vice chairman, chairman of the Association of State Democratic Chairs	Ken Martin	Minnesota
Secretary	Jason Rae	Wisconsin
Treasurer	Virginia McGregor	Pennsylvania
National Finance chairman	Chris Korge	Florida
U.Southward. Senate leader	Chuck Schumer	New York
U.S. House leader	Nancy Pelosi	California
Autonomous Legislative Campaign Commission chairwoman	State Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins	New York
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman[xiii]	Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney	New York
Autonomous Senatorial Campaign Committee chairwoman[xiv]	Sen. Gary Peters	Michigan
Governors Association chairman	Governor Roy Cooper	Northward Carolina
Principal Executive Officeholder[15]	Sam Cornale	Washington, D.C.

State party leadership

Below is a list of state chairpersons of the Autonomous National Commission, as of April 2022.^[16] Click "prove" on the box beneath to view the full list.

State Democratic Political party chairs, equally of Apr 2022
State	Chairperson		State	Chairperson
Alabama	Christopher J. England		Montana	Robyn Driscoll
Alaska	Casey Steinau		Nebraska	Jane Kleeb
American Samoa	Patrick Ti'a Reid[17]		Nevada	Judith Whitmer
Arizona	Raquel Terán		New Hampshire	Raymond Buckley
Arkansas	Grant Tennille		New Jersey	LeRoy J. Jones, Jr.
California	Rusty Hicks		New Mexico	Jessica Velasquez
Colorado	Morgan Carroll		New York	Jay Jacobs
Connecticut	Nancy DiNardo		Northward Carolina	Bobbie Richardson
Delaware	Elizabeth D. Maron		North Dakota	Patrick Hart
Commune of Columbia	Charles Wilson		Ohio	Liz Walters
Florida	Manny Diaz		Oklahoma	Alicia Andrews
Georgia	Nikema Williams		Oregon	Carla Hanson
Guam	Anthony Babauta[18]		Pennsylvania	Nancy Patton Mills
Hawaii	Tyler Dos Santos-Tam		Puerto Rico	Charles Rodriguez
Idaho	Lauren Necochea[19]		Rhode Island	Joseph McNamara
Illinois	Robin Kelly		South Carolina	Trav Robertson
Indiana	Mike Schmuhl		S Dakota	Randy Seiler
Iowa	Ross Wilburn		Tennessee	Hendrell Remus
Kansas	Vicki Hiatt		Texas	Gilberto Hinojosa
Kentucky	Colmon Elridge		U.Southward. Virgin Islands	Cecil R. Benjamin[twenty]
Louisiana	Katie Bernhardt		Utah	Diane Lewis
Maine	Andrew Gattine		Vermont	Anne Lezak
Maryland	Yvette Lewis		Virginia	Susan Swecker
Massachusetts	Gus Bickford		Washington	Tina Podlodowski
Michigan	Lavora Barnes		W Virginia	Belinda Biafore
Minnesota	Ken Martin		Wisconsin	Ben Wikler
Mississippi	Tyree Irving		Wyoming	Joe Barbuto
Missouri	Michael Butler		Democrats Away	Candice Kerestan

Historical chairpersons of the DNC

Below is a historical list of past and nowadays chairpersons of the Autonomous National Committee (DNC). Click "bear witness" on the box beneath to view the full list.^[21]

Chairperson	Term	State
Benjamin F. Hallett	1848–1852	Massachusetts
Robert Milligan McLane	1852–1856	Maryland
David Allen Smalley	1856–1860	Vermont
Baronial Belmont	1860–1872	New York
Augustus Schell	1872–1876	New York
Abram Stevens Hewitt	1876–1877	New York
William H. Barnum	1877–1889	Connecticut
Calvin Stewart Brice	1889–1892	Ohio
William F. Harrity	1892–1896	Pennsylvania
James G. Jones	1896–1904	Arkansas
Thomas Taggart	1904–1908	Indiana
Norman E. Mack	1908–1912	New York
William F. McCombs	1912–1916	New York
Vance C. McCormick	1916–1919	Pennsylvania
Homer S. Cummings	1919–1920	Connecticut
George White	1920–1921	Ohio
Cordell Hull	1921–1924	Tennessee
Clem Fifty. Shaver	1924–1928	West Virginia
John J. Raskob	1928–1932	New York
James A. Farley	1932–1940	New York
Edward J. Flynn	1940–1943	New York
Frank C. Walker	1943–1944	Pennsylvania
Robert E. Hannegan	1944–1947	Missouri
J. Howard McGrath	1947–1949	Rhode Island
William M. Boyle	1949–1951	Missouri
Frank E. McKinney	1951–1952	Indiana
Stephen Mitchell	1952–1955	Illinois
Paul M. Butler	1955–1960	Indiana
Henry K. Jackson	1960–1961	Washington
John Moran Bailey	1961–1968	Connecticut
Lawrence F. O'Brien	1968–1969	Massachusetts
Fred R. Harris	1969–1970	Oklahoma
Lawrence F. O'Brien	1970–1972	Massachusetts
Jean Westwood	1972	Utah
Robert S. Strauss	1972–1977	Texas
Kenneth M. Curtis	1977–1978	Maine
John C. White	1978–19812	Texas
Charles T. Manatt	1981–1985	California
Paul One thousand. Kirk	1985–1989	Massachusetts
Ron Brown	1989–1993	New York
David Wilhelm	1993–1994	Ohio
Debra DeLee	1994–1995	Massachusetts
Christopher J. Dodd	1995–1997	Connecticut
Donald Fowler	1995–1997	Due south Carolina
Roy Romer	1997–1999	Colorado
Steven Grossman	1997–1999	Massachusetts
Edward G. Rendell	1999–2001	Pennsylvania
Joseph Andrew	1999–2001	Indiana
Terry McAuliffe	2001–2005	Virginia
Howard Dean	2005–2009	Vermont
Tim Kaine	2009–2011	Virginia
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	2011–2016	Florida
Donna Brazile	2016-2017	Washington, D.C.
Tom Perez	2017 - Present	Washington, D.C.

Platform and policy problems

Encounter besides: The Democratic Political party Platform and DNC Platform Committees, 2016

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) drafts a party platform every four years. The party platform is a written document that outlines the Democratic Political party'south policy priorities and positions on domestic and foreign affairs. The platform besides describes the political party'southward cadre concepts and beliefs.

Click here to view the complete 2016 Democratic Party Platform.

Policy issues

In improver to the party platform, the DNC lists the following key policy issues on its website. Click "show" on the boxes below for more information about the issues.

CIVIL RIGHTS

"Every American, no affair their race, sex, ethnicity or national origin, linguistic communication, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability, is equal, and Democrats are fighting for them. Democrats have a long and proud history of defending civil rights and expanding opportunity for all Americans. From the Ceremonious Rights Act of 1964 to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Human activity in 2009 to including matrimony equality in the party platform in 2012, Democrats have fought to end discrimination in all forms. If the Trump Assistants threatens a grouping of Americans just because of who they are or what they believe, Democrats will fight for our core values of equality for everyone. We are committed to protecting voting rights, freedom of organized religion, women's right to make their own health care decisions, and equal federal rights for LGBT couples. We must too strive for criminal justice reform, as well equally common sense approaches to reduce and prevent gun violence. No thing who you are, who you love, where yous're from, or how you worship, Democrats are fighting for you."[22]

Education

"Democrats believe all children should be able to lead happy, successful lives. That'south why we're defended to ensuring the adjacent generation has access to a quality education and the tools to drive our economic system forward. Our land is strongest when our workers are trained with the knowledge and ingenuity to perform at the highest levels. Every child should accept the opportunity to accomplish that horizon and to fulfill the American Dream. Democrats have long valued didactics every bit the key to success, both for individuals and for our nation. In 1944, Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt enacted the G.I. Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that provided World War Ii veterans with opportunities for higher education. The Thou.I. Bill helped create the modern center form in America. And in 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson and a Democratic Congress enacted the Uncomplicated and Secondary Education Human activity with the goal of providing a quality education to every kid. In recent years Democrats have further increased access to college education and restructured and dramatically expanded college fiscal aid, while making federal programs simpler, more reliable, and more efficient for students. In 2010, President Obama signed into police student loan reform that cut out the part of big banks. The Obama administration also doubled our investment in Pell Grants and made it easier for students to pay dorsum student loans. President Obama has worked to reform the higher educational activity system and invested the most in student aid since the G.I. Bill. Democrats are committed to protecting that progress, because affordable public education is the foundation of our middle grade. Democrats want every child - no matter their zip code - to have access to a quality public 1000-12 pedagogy, and for college to be affordable for every American. We know that as the global marketplace grows more competitive, we need to expand opportunities for higher education and job training. Democrats are committed to increasing the college-completion charge per unit as well as the share of students who are prepared for budding industries with specific task-related skills. Democrats recognize education as the most pressing economic result in America's future, and we cannot allow our country to fall backside in a global economy. We must set the adjacent generation for success in higher and the workforce."[23]

ENVIRONMENT

"Democrats are committed to curbing the effects of climate change, protecting America'southward natural resources, and ensuring the quality of our air, water, and land for current and futurity generations. From investing in clean energy to protecting our ecosystems, Democrats are working to address our biggest environmental challenges, paving the way to a more than sustainable America. Here's what Democrats and President Obama have washed: Nether the Obama assistants, the Section of Transportation and the EPA issued new fuel-economic system standards, the offset meaningful increases in fuel economy for cars and light trucks in decades. We've increased our use of solar energy twentyfold since President Obama took office, and tripled our electricity produced by wind power. In June 2013, President Obama laid out a Climate Action Program to reduce the harmful furnishings of climate change. President Obama instructed the Ecology Protection Agency to take steps to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, which are the largest concentrated source of emissions in the U.s.. These proposed steps will reduce carbon pollution xxx% from 2005 levels by 2030. And in November of 2014, the President announced a landmark agreement with China to piece of work together to reduce carbon pollution in the side by side 15 years. Democrats want to protect and build on President Obama's progress. They know that climate change is 1 of our nation's greatest challenges, and that addressing this urgent threat could make America the globe'due south make clean energy superpower and create millions of good-paying jobs. Democrats will fight to protect the Paris Agreement to protect our planet for hereafter generations. Donald Trump, on the other hand, has called climatic change 'a hoax invented by the Chinese,' a conventionalities that not simply flies in the face up of scientific evidence, simply threatens the long-term health and prophylactic of our country. It will take all of us acting together — workers and entrepreneurs, scientists and citizens, the public and the individual sector — to accost the challenge of climate change and seize our clean-energy futurity."[24]

Wellness CARE

"In March 2010, President Obama fulfilled a promise that Democrats have pursued for nearly a century: making quality, affordable health intendance available to all Americans. In all, 7 presidents pushed for health reform over the years. Nosotros have finally made existent the principle that every American should have access to quality health care, and no one should go bankrupt simply because they get sick — and we'll never stop fighting to protect that principle. For decades Democrats have fought for the unproblematic idea that everyone should take some basic security in wellness intendance. When President Johnson signed Medicare into law in 1965, we were finally able to provide that security to America'due south seniors. In 1997, Democrats passed the Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), which currently covers 8 million kids. But information technology took well-nigh a century to extend that basic mensurate of security to all Americans. In 2010, despite unanimous opposition from Republicans, Democrats were finally able to pass comprehensive health reform into law. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than twenty one thousand thousand Americans have gained health care coverage and the uninsured rate has been cut almost in half. Among the newly insured are more than 2.3 meg young adults who are covered considering the Affordable Care Act allows them to stay on their parent's insurance until age 26. Discrimination based on pre-existing conditions is now illegal, and nearly eight in 10 Americans who recently shopped for health insurance in the market place could get it for less than $100 per month. The Affordable Care Deed has also allowed states to expand Medicaid to help even more Americans get covered. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia accept expanded Medicaid, and Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment has risen 26 percent. The Affordable Intendance Deed also provides taxation credits to minor businesses to help get-go the costs of employee coverage and revenue enhancement credits to help families pay for insurance. We are besides experiencing health care spending growth at its lowest level in 50 years. Democrats are committed to preserving and protecting the Affordable Care Act and the peace of mind information technology has brought to millions of Americans, and they will fight all attempts by the Trump administration to repeal the law and have health intendance away from tens of millions of Americans. Nosotros are proud of this progress nosotros accept already fabricated and are will work to extend and preserve information technology for generations to come."[25]

IMMIGRATION REFORM

"Democrats are fighting for every immigrant who feels threatened past Donald Trump'south ballot. Nosotros will non stand by and lookout man families exist torn apart — Democrats in Congress and in states and cities across the country are already standing upwardly to Trump'due south hatred and bigotry to defend their immigrant neighbors. Thanks to President Obama, hundreds of thousands of DREAMers have been able to receive a temporary condition that allows them to study, work, pay taxes, and contribute to the communities they grew upwards in. His administration has fabricated a tremendous departure by prioritizing immigration enforcement then that it is focused on those with criminal records and doesn't arbitrarily separate families, and Democrats are fighting to protect that progress. Democrats will go on to work toward comprehensive clearing reform that fixes our nation's cleaved immigration system, improves border security, prioritizes enforcement so we are targeting criminals - not families, keeps families together, and strengthens our economy. Democrats know the importance of our country'due south history as a nation of immigrants. Nosotros honor our fundamental values by treating all people who come to the U.s. with dignity and respect, and we ever seek to encompass — not to to assail — immigrants."[26]

JOBS AND THE ECONOMY

"15.5 one thousand thousand new individual-sector jobs since early 2010 and the lowest unemployment claims in decades: That's the progress that Democrats made nether President Obama, and that'southward the progress nosotros're working every single twenty-four hours to protect. Democrats believe that our economy should strengthen our state and work for every American, not just those at the summit. Nosotros are committed to helping all Americans encounter the challenges of the 21st century by spurring job creation, rebuilding our infrastructure, investing in make clean-free energy technologies and pocket-sized businesses, and making sure corporations, the wealthy, and Wall Street pay their fair share. When President Obama took office in 2009, he inherited an economic system in freefall, with huge deficits, skyrocketing health intendance costs, dwindling employment, and banking and housing markets on the brink of collapse. Working with the President, Democrats stabilized the fiscal system, helped to forestall a 2d Bang-up Low, and created millions of new jobs. Democrats cut taxes for working families, provided help for small businesses and homeowners, and strengthened consumer protections. Despite Republican obstacle at almost every turn, Democrats provided relief for hardworking Americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their ain. At present we're working to protect that progress, and fighting to extend it to every American who has been left backside. When Republicans cut taxes for the wealthy but non the middle class, or threaten our recovery with dangerous financial policies, Democrats will fight back. We desire to guarantee that all Americans have the opportunity to succeed and that all working families tin enjoy economic security. Democrats won't be satisfied until every American who wants to piece of work can find a job. By making debt-complimentary college available to all Americans, slap-up down on companies that send profits and jobs overseas, fighting for equal pay and paid leave, and ensuring the wealthiest citizens and largest corporations pay their fair share, Democrats will never terminate fighting to build an economy works for all."[27]

NATIONAL SECURITY

"As the threats facing our country take evolved over the years, and so too has our ability to reply to them. Our national security personnel are the virtually dynamic and well-trained in the globe, and nosotros must never forget the solemn duty that they fulfill for our nation. Democrats are committed to ensuring our troops have the grooming, equipment, and back up that they need when they are deployed and the care that they and their families need and deserve when they render home. Defending America is not only a question of defending our borders. We must continue to back up and train our armed services to see the challenges of 21st-century threats. That's why Democrats have fabricated modernizing our military machine a top priority while besides eliminating outdated programs and unnecessary spending. Democrats are focused on preventing terrorism across the globe. This means continuing to invest heavily in intelligence and data sharing and promoting those networks among our allies. We take strengthened our ability to proceed nuclear and biological weapons out of the easily of terrorists, promoted efforts to better ensure border security, and augmented defense of our national infrastructure. President Obama fabricated meaning steps to keep America safety and restore America's image around the earth past rebuilding strategic alliances with countries that share our values and confront common threats. Democrats volition continue to build on and protect that progress."[28]

Science AND Engineering science

"From the airplane and the net, to chemotherapy and the Model T, America has a rich history of technological innovation and scientific ingenuity. But after years of declining tests scores in math and science and Republican administrations that often turn their backs on science, the United states of america risks losing its scientific dominance. Democrats are committed to reversing this trend by investing in the technologies and jobs of the futurity while increasing support for more advanced research, labs, and classrooms. In the past, government investments in scientific research have yielded innovations that have helped shape the mural of American life — technologies like the internet, digital photography, Global Positioning System engineering science, laser surgery, and cancer treatment. Just over the past three decades, support for the concrete, mathematical, and engineering sciences has been drastically cut at a time when other countries are substantially increasing their own research budgets. Democrats believe that scientific research should play an of import role in advancing science and technology in the classroom and in the lab. In order to compete globally, our next generation must exist equipped with the tools and skills that atomic number 82 to the chore-creating technological innovations and scientific breakthroughs of the time to come. Democrats have taken significant steps to aggrandize educational opportunities and brand college more affordable for all Americans while improving the quality of our schools and our teachers. Democrats accept made historic investments in research for clean-energy technologies that are helping to create the industries of the time to come. The Obama assistants lifted federal restrictions on stalk cell enquiry, providing scientists and doctors with new resources to help save lives. Democrats are working to close the 'digital divide,' expanding access to loftier-speed broadband internet. We recognize that broadband is an of import add-on to our national infrastructure by expanding admission to data and education while serving as a central resource for small businesses and entrepreneurs to generate economic growth. The Obama administration took unprecedented steps to use technology as an instrument to restore faith, transparency, and accountability to authorities, and Democrats are fighting to protect his work so we can harness the ingenuity and experience of all Americans to increment efficiency and effectiveness of authorities."[29]

RETIREMENT SECURITY

"Democrats believe that a dignified retirement is central to the American Dream, and its foundation is built on two long-standing institutions charged with realizing that dream: Medicare and Social Security. These two institutions correspond an unbreakable commitment to American workers, and for decades Democrats have fought to defend them. In 1935, Democrats and President Franklin Roosevelt created Social Security. In 1965, Democrats and President Lyndon Johnson created Medicare. Ever since, Democrats accept continually fought to defend these cornerstones of the American Dream in the face up of attempts to dismantle or undermine both. PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY For 75 years, Social Security has been an enduring promise to America's seniors. Today it remains a safe internet for seniors and offers all Americans peace of mind. In recent years, Democrats have beaten back Republican plans to privatize Social Security — plans that would take exposed the retirement funds of millions of American seniors to great risk on the eve of the financial crisis. Instead, no one lost a penny of Social Security. STRENGTHENING MEDICARE Medicare is the 2nd pillar of Democrats' delivery to Americans' retirement security. Health care reform strengthened the Medicare trust fund, expanding its life by more than than a decade. The Affordable Intendance Human action has also improved care beyond the lath, reduced fraud, and finally airtight the hole in Medicare drug coverage known as the "donut hole." Seniors volition go along to have full admission to their doctors and are at present eligible for free coverage for certain preventive services, including an annual wellness exam. HELPING AMERICANS SAVE FOR RETIREMENT Democrats are committed to making it easier for Americans to save for retirement on their own. Almost half the workforce — about 75 million people — currently do not have employer-supported retirement plans. Democrats want to make it easier for all Americans to participate in retirement accounts at piece of work and support a organisation where employees take pension portability, so workers don't lose their pension if they change jobs. Democrats believe that all Americans have the right to a secure and healthy retirement, and we will continue fighting to preserve both Medicare and Social Security for hereafter generations."[xxx]

VOTING RIGHTS

"Democrats have a long and proud history of fighting for voting rights that continues to this day. Organizers and activists have fought and bled for their right to vote, and Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Human action in 1965 was the culmination of all of their hard work and cede. The correct to vote is central — it is the right that protects and expands all other rights. That'due south why the Democratic Party has continuously remained dedicated to making it easier and more than convenient for Americans of all backgrounds to cast their ballot. We adopted the boldest and most pro-voter platform in history — calling for expanding early voting and vote-by-mail, implementing universal automatic voter registration and aforementioned solar day voter registration, ending partisan and racial gerrymandering, and making Ballot Mean solar day a national vacation. We do this by supporting candidates for state secretary of state and state legislative seats who want to expand voting rights. And we exercise this by supporting efforts in all 50 states to ensure that every eligible citizen can register and vote, and that each vote is accurately counted. This work is all the more than important in the face of a cynical Republican strategy to make it more than difficult to ordinary Americans to vote. In the wake of the Supreme Court gutting a primal provision of the Voting Rights Act, 14 states passed or implemented some course of voting restriction. These actions included eliminating same-day registration, reducing early on voting, prohibiting out-of-precinct voting, and imposing strict photo ID laws. During this aforementioned time period, yet, 37 states passed election laws or regulations expanding access to the election box, such every bit automated registration, online voter registration, same-mean solar day registration, expanding early voting, expanding accepted forms of identification, or improving information through partnerships such equally Pew'due south ERIC program. ACHIEVEMENTS It is of import to terminate and recognize these achievements considering they stand for the culmination of years of advocacy and coalition building by our party leaders, elected officials, and cadre constituents: Automatic Registration: California, Connecticut, Oregon, West Virginia and Vermont adopted laws automatically registering voters when they get a driver'due south license and allowing them to opt-out if they wish. Oregon registered over 250,000 new voters in 2016 and 42% of those who were automatically registered cast a ballot in November 2016. California alone may automatically register up to 7 one thousand thousand citizens – virtually the equivalent of all the votes bandage in the State of New York in November 2016. Same-Day Registration: Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Utah, and Vermont passed aforementioned-day registration – allowing voters to both annals and vote at the same fourth dimension. Online Voter Registration: Florida, DC, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New United mexican states, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania passed online voter registration. As of June 2016, 31 states now offer online voter registration and another vii have passed laws authorizing online voter registration. Modernized Motor Voter: California sent voter registration applications to nearly 3.8 one thousand thousand people who had applied for health insurance through the country'due south healthcare exchange. Expanded Early Voting: Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland and Utah all either piloted, introduced or expanded early voting. Identification Laws: New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Virginia added to the list of adequate forms of identification when voting or otherwise made their voter ID law less restrictive. CHALLENGES The 2016 election was the first in in 50 years without the total protection of the Voting Rights Deed, and fourteen states had brand new voting restrictions put in place for this presidential election. Republicans passed laws eliminating same-24-hour interval registration, reducing early voting periods, eliminating pre-registration, non counting sure provisional ballots, and imposing a new voter ID law in states similar Alabama,, Arizona, Indiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, Northward Carolina, Due north Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. These laws have a real effect on our ballot outcomes, and disproportionately touch women, communities of color, young people, the elderly, low-income individuals, and disabled voters, likewise as military members and veterans. Nosotros saw this in Wisconsin, where equally many every bit 300,000 voters didn't take the photo ID that was required to vote. The margin of victory in Wisconsin was merely 23,000 votes. Nosotros saw this once again in North Carolina, where there were 158 fewer early voting locations in 40 counties with large African-American populations — African American turnout in Due north Carolina was downwards 16% from 2012. Every bit Republican politicians try to make it harder to vote, Democrats are working to aggrandize access to the polls. Whether we are hitting the streets to register voters, engaging with local election officials, passing commonsense laws, or taking our fights against discriminatory voting laws to court, we won't stop working to promote a organisation of elections that is accessible, open, and off-white. Every bit Congressman and Ceremonious Rights leader John Lewis says, 'the vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument in a democratic society. We must use it.'"[31]

Conventions

2020 Democratic National Convention

Encounter also: Autonomous National Convention, 2020

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) held its presidential nominating convention the week of August 17, 2020, across four stages in New York Metropolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Wilmington.^{[32] [33]}

The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020, in Milwaukee.^[34] Organizers postponed the result in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Most of the convention'due south events took place remotely. The DNC appear in June 2020 that delegates should not plan to travel to Milwaukee to attend the convention.^[35] Instead, votes on reports from the Rules, Platform, and Credentials committees took place remotely from Baronial three-15, 2020.^[36]

The Democratic National Convention Committee announced on Baronial 5, 2020, that former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and other speakers would not travel to Milwaukee.^[37] Biden was formally nominated at the convention on Baronial eighteen, 2020.^[38]

Biden announced U.Due south. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August xi, 2020.^[39] Harris was the first Black adult female to announced on a major party's ticket in the United States.^[twoscore]

2016 Autonomous National Convention

See also: Autonomous National Convention, 2016

See as well: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and consul rules

The 2016 Democratic National Convention took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Wells Fargo Center from July 25 to July 28, 2016.^[41]

Hillary Clinton nomination

See too: Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination and makes history

Hillary Clinton became the Democratic presidential nominee and the first female nominee of a major party on July 26, 2016, with the support of 2,842 Democratic National Committee delegates. In order to win the 2016 Autonomous presidential nomination, a candidate needed to win 2,383 delegates at the Democratic National Convention. In that location were expected to exist iv,765 delegates at the convention.^[42]

Historical Democratic National Conventions

Beneath is a list of Autonomous National Conventions, for which the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was responsible'^[43]

Year	Location	DNC nominee
1832	Baltimore, Maryland	Andrew Jackson
1835	Baltimore, Maryland	Martin Van Buren
1840	Baltimore, Maryland	Martin Van Buren
1844	Baltimore, Maryland	James Polk
1848	Baltimore, Maryland	Lewis Cass
1852	Baltimore, Maryland	Franklin Pierce
1856	Cincinnati, Ohio	James Buchanan
April 1860	Charleston, Southward Carolina	None
June 1860	Baltimore, Maryland	Stephen Douglas
1864	Chicago, Illinois	George McClellan
1868	New York, New York	Horatio Seymour
1872	Baltimore, Maryland	Horace Greeley
1876	St. Louis, Missouri	Samuel Tilden
1880	Cincinnati, Ohio	Winfield Hancock
1884	Chicago, Illinois	Grover Cleveland
1888	St. Louis, Missouri	Grover Cleveland
1892	Chicago, Illinois	Grover Cleveland
1896	Chicago, Illinois	William Jennings Bryan
1900	Kansas City, Kansas	William Jennings Bryan
1904	St. Louis, Missouri	Alton Parker
1908	Denver, Colorado	William Jennings Bryan
1912	Baltimore, Maryland	Woodrow Wilson
1916	St. Louis, Missouri	Woodrow Wilson
1920	San Francisco, California	James Cox
1924	New York, New York	John Davis
1928	Houston, Texas	Alfred Smith
1932	Chicago, Illinois	Franklin Roosevelt
1936	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Franklin Roosevelt
1940	Chicago, Illinois	Franklin Roosevelt
1944	Chicago, Illinois	Franklin Roosevelt
1948	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Harry Truman
1952	Chicago, Illinois	Adlai Stevenson
1956	Chicago, Illinois	Adlai Stevenson
1960	Los Angeles, California	John Kennedy
1964	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Lyndon Johnson
1968	Chicago, Illinois	Hubert Humphrey
1972	Miami Beach, Florida	George McGovern
1976	New York, New York	Jimmy Carter
1980	New York, New York	Jimmy Carter
1984	San Francisco, California	Walter Mondale
1988	Atlanta, Georgia	Michael Dukakis
1992	New York, New York	Bill Clinton
1996	Chicago, Illinois	Nib Clinton
2000	Los Angeles, California	Al Gore
2004	Boston, Massachusetts	John Kerry
2008	Denver, Colorado	Barack Obama
2012	Charlotte, North Carolina	Barack Obama
2016	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Hillary Clinton

See too

• Democratic National Committee
• Democratic National Convention, 2016
• The Democratic Party Platform and DNC Platform Committees, 2016
• Land Democratic parties
• Republican Political party
• Republican National Committee
• Terms and definitions

External links

• Autonomous National Committee
  • DNC on YouTube
  • DNC on Twitter
  • DNC on Facebook
• Autonomous Senate Caucus
• Democratic House Conclave
• DSCC: Autonomous Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)
• Democratic Congressional Entrada Committee (DCCC)
• Autonomous Governors Association
• Democratic Attorneys Full general Association
• National Federation of Democratic Women
• College Democrats of America
• Young Democrats of America
• Democrats Abroad
• Progressive Democrats of America
• C-Span, "History of the Autonomous Party"

Additional reading

• Selfa, Lance. (2008). The Democrats: A Critical History, New York, New York: Haymarket Publishing
• Witcover, Jules. (2003). Party of the People: A History of the Democrats, New York, New York: Random House

Footnotes

1. ↑ Democrats.org, "Democratic National Committee," accessed May 9, 2016
2. ↑ About.com American History, "Democratic Party," accessed March 30, 2014
3. ↑ Insidegov.com, "Autonomous Party," accessed May 2, 2016
4. ↑ Lexicon.com, "Democratic Party," accessed May 9, 2016
5. ↑ Democratic Party, "Party Platform," archived November sixteen, 2017
6. ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica, "Democratic-Republican Party," accessed May 28, 2019
7. ↑ History.com, "Election 101:How did the Republican and Democratic parties get their animal symbols?" October 28, 2018
8. ↑ PBS, "Democratic Political party," accessed March 30, 2014
9. ↑ ^{9.0 nine.1} Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named today
10. ↑ Democrats.org, "Our History," accessed March 30, 2014
11. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
12. ↑ Democratic National Committee, "Leadership," accessed March 21, 2022
13. ↑ CNN, "House Democrats elect Sean Patrick Maloney every bit DCCC chairman," Dec 3, 2020
14. ↑ DSCC, "Michigan Senator Gary Peters to Chair DSCC for 2022 Wheel to Protect and Expand Democratic Senate Bulk," January 28, 2021
15. ↑ Politician, "Cornale tapped for DNC executive director," January 21, 2021
16. ↑ Clan of Country Democratic Committees, "State Party Websites," accessed February 22, 2022
17. ↑ Facebook, "American Samoa Autonomous Political party on November 2, 2020," accessed December 14, 2020
18. ↑ Facebook, "Democratic Political party of Guam on Nov xix, 2021," accessed November 22, 2021
19. ↑ Idaho Democratic Political party, "NEWS RELEASE: Idaho Democratic Party Elects New Chair," March 14, 2022
20. ↑ The St. Thomas Source, "USVI Democratic Party Elects Cecil R. Benjamin as Chairman," July 23, 2021
21. ↑ Rulers.org, "Government departments and offices, etc," accessed March 30, 2014
22. ↑ Democratic National Committee, "Civil Rights," accessed January 5, 2018
23. ↑ Democratic National Committee, "Teaching," accessed January 5, 2018
24. ↑ Autonomous National Committee, "Environment," accessed January 5, 2018
25. ↑ Democratic National Committee, "Wellness care," accessed January 5, 2018
26. ↑ Democratic National Committee, "Immigration reform," accessed January five, 2018
27. ↑ Democratic National Committee, "Jobs and the economy," accessed January 5, 2018
28. ↑ Autonomous National Commission, "National security," accessed January 5, 2018
29. ↑ Autonomous National Commission, "Scientific discipline and technology," accessed January 5, 2018
30. ↑ Democratic National Committee, "Retirement security," accessed Jan five, 2018
31. ↑ Democratic National Commission, "Voting rights," accessed Jan five, 2018
32. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," Apr two, 2020
33. ↑ CNN, "5 things to know for August 17: USPS, coronavirus, DNC, Russian federation investigation, Belarus," Baronial 17, 2020
34. ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
35. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CNBC
36. ↑ ABC News, "Democrats announce convention schedule, party officers for 2020 gathering transformed by coronavirus," July 29, 2020
37. ↑ ABC News, "Biden volition no longer travel to Milwaukee for DNC among coronavirus concerns," August 5, 2020
38. ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June v, 2020
39. ↑ Twitter, "Joe Biden," August 11, 2020
40. ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the offset blackness woman on a major ticket," August xi, 2020
41. ↑ Democratic National Convention, "About the convention," accessed May eleven, 2016
42. ↑ NBC News, "Hillary Clinton becomes first female nominee of major U.Southward. political party," July 27, 2016
43. ↑ About.com American History, "Democratic National Conventions," accessed March thirty, 2014

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