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  2. Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party; the two parties have since dominated American politics. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828.

  3. Political positions of the Democratic Party (United States)

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    The 2012 Democratic Party platform endorses maintaining commitment to Israel's security, claiming a strong and secure Israel is vital because of strategic interests and common values, the Obama administration providing nearly $10 billion to Israel in the past three years, military support for Israel, such as the Iron Dome system, the Egypt ...

  4. History of the Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. [1][2][3] It is also the oldest active voter-based political party in the world. The party has changed significantly during its nearly two centuries of existence. Once known as the party of the "common man," the early Democratic Party stood for individual rights and state sovereignty, and opposed banks ...

  5. Factions in the Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Democratic Party of the United States is a party composed of various factions. The liberal faction supports modern liberalism that began with the New Deal in the 1930s and continued with both the New Frontier and Great Society in the 1960s. The moderate faction supports Third Way politics that includes center-left social policies and ...

  6. Jeffersonian democracy - Wikipedia

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    Jeffersonian democracy, named after its advocate Thomas Jefferson, was one of two dominant political outlooks and movements in the United States from the 1790s to the 1820s. The Jeffersonians were deeply committed to American republicanism, which meant opposition to what they considered to be artificial aristocracy, opposition to corruption ...

  7. Political ideologies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Political ideology in the United States is usually described with the left–right spectrum. Liberalism is the predominant left-leaning ideology and conservatism is the predominant right-leaning ideology. [ 96 ][ 97 ] Those who hold beliefs between liberalism and conservatism or a mix of beliefs on this scale are called moderates.

  8. Modern liberalism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Modern liberalism (often simply referred to in the United States as liberalism) is the dominant version of liberalism in the United States. It combines ideas of civil liberty and equality with support for social justice and a mixed economy. According to American philosopher Ian Adams, all major American parties are " liberal and always have been.

  9. Jacksonian democracy - Wikipedia

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    e. Jacksonian democracy was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21 and restructured a number of federal institutions. Originating with the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political worldview for a generation.