Questions tagged [democratic-party]
Questions related to the Democratic Party, one of the two major parties in the United States.
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Origin of "longtime House Republican principle that states no bill should pass without a 'majority of the majority' on board"?
Politico's March 22, 2023 McCarthy’s newest challenge: Keeping the House GOP peace on war power includes the following:
Should a standalone war powers repeal bill come up, only a handful of ...
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How do these contradictory claims about the US national debt square against each other?
(Not sure if this should be on the Economics SE or Skeptics SE)
The first source is this, from which there is an image:
This clearly implies that the US federal budget decreased under Obama, Carter, ...
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Why did the DNC refuse to hold any debates on Fox News?
Back in March the DNC refused to hold any primary debates on Fox News.
With the second Democratic Presidential Debate coming up in a few weeks on CNN, this question seems especially relevant.
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Why didn't Democrats legalize marijuana federally when they controlled Congress?
A notable majority of the US is supportive of legalizing marijuana, with Democrats having a much higher level of support, and Biden's own platform including legalizing it. Given the overwhelming ...
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Why the Democratic exuberance and Republican dejection about the 2022 US midterm elections?
I don't know much about politics, but I'm very curious about the reaction to the midterm elections. Although, as of right now, the Republicans are still leading or tied for both the House and Senate, ...
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Can the House Committee that gained access to Trump's tax return information release it publicly?
Since the Supreme Court cleared the way for a House committee to receive Trump’s tax returns, can that committee make the information public? Could this allow House Democrats to use this information ...
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Why are there only the Democratic party and the Republican party currently in the US?
I was looking at the history of the political parties, and I found out that John Adams was a member of the Federalist party, while his son John Quincy Adams was a member of Thomas Jefferson's ...
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How historically successful is the 2022 midterms for the Democrats?
I read in some places (Twitter feeds of Democratic officials mostly) that this election was better for the president's party than most (if not any) in history.
How much is that true, with respect to ...
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Why did the entire staff of the Nevada Democratic Party quit after the Democratic Socialists won?
After Judith Whitmer, a Democratic Socialist, won her election to chair the Nevada Democratic Party, she received an email from Alana Mounce, the party's executive director congratulating her and ...
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Does the Democratic Party officially support repealing the Second Amendment?
Does the Democratic Party officially want to repeal the Second Amendment, or do they believe their gun control goals can be achieved within its proper interpretation?
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Does Andrew Yang support single-payer?
2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s website said this on March 9:
With a shift to single-payer, costs can also be controlled directly by setting prices provided for medical ...
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Why are certain views/values amassed in one party, like Republican vs Democrat?
I don't know how to explain my question but basically I don't follow politics much and for instance can't really tell the difference between liberal/conservative vs Democratic/Republican, but recently ...
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Yellow Dog Democrat in modern usage?
I am curious about the usage of the word "yellow dog Democrat". I read that it is a word that means a Democrat that always votes straight ticket and would never even think of voting for a ...
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Why is Joe Manchin a member of the Democratic Party when he consistently votes against them?
From his Wikipedia page, Joe Manchin appears to be a Republican pretending to be a Democrat to get elected in a state that is solidly Republican, but has returned him since 2010. He gets huge ...
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Is it true that Jim Crow laws were primarily promoted by the Democratic Party?
I've been told that the laws had received widespread support amongst the Democrats of the time. This seems at odds with the current posture of the Democrat Party; is this true?
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Why Democratic party in the US push for Voting Rights Bill while most of the Democrat's voters live in urban areas and are from middle class?
These days Voting Rights Bill is a political hot topic and Democrats are pushing to get it passed in the Senate.
It seems most of the Democrats' voters reside in urban areas and are from middle social ...
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Are there any major left-wing conspiracy theories in the USA?
Related: Why does it seem like US conspiracy theorists are overwhelmingly Republican-oriented?
The question above explores potential reasons why belief in conspiracy theories is more common among the ...
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What would happen if Biden died before becoming the nominee? [duplicate]
Let me preface this by saying that I hope Joe Biden doesn't die for any reason.
Currently, 538's 2020 Democratic Primary forecast has >99% odds that Biden wins more than half of pledge delegates.
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Can Democrats ask/sue for more majority minority seats?
I was thinking about redistricting after the 2020 census.
I was thinking specifically about the Deep South. I think what they could ask for is to draw extra black majority seats in multiple states ...
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Why do Democrats make a big deal about new voting restrictions if research suggests they may backfire?
In previous elections, Democrats such as Stacey Abrams publicly said that the election system was being rigged against them by certain laws. While they put together a persuasive case, there is also ...
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Warren vs Biden in the polls: how sudden was the change?
It's been pointed out to me (hat tip to dolphin_of_france) that some recent polling puts Warren ahead of Biden in the Democratic primary voting intention.
How sudden was this change? How much [of this]...
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Have Congressional Democrats asked the IG to investigate Barr’s actions?
Over the past four years, Congressional Republicans have asked the Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Justice to investigate a number of issues related to conduct by DOJ officials:
Attorney ...
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What was the Democrats' counter to REDMAP?
For the 2010 elections, Republicans created the Redistricting Majority Project (REDMAP) with the plan of flipping state legislative chambers to take control of the redistricting process. Did the ...
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Does the Democratic National Committee have a mission statement and foundational documents?
I'm looking for documents like an organizational charter that might be stable over years.
National level, not state or local.
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Do Virginia Democrats support the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact?
Virginia is not currently a member of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The NPVIC is very popular with Democratic voters (a 2018 Pew Research Center Poll showed 75% of Democrats support ...
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What does the AP mean by a "party split" regarding Biden's 'Build Back Better Plan'?
In a recently published article, the Associated Press lead with the headline Biden meets with Democrats as $3.5T plan faces party split. (Multiple other news sources followed.) However, nowhere in ...
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What is the correlation between swing and change in votes cast from the 2016 to 2020 US presidential elections among major parties?
In the past, it was said that turnout benefits the Democratic Party because populations that tend to vote Democratic are underrepresented among actual voters relative to the voting eligible population ...
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Why are Democratic presidential candidates promising free health care for Illegal Immigrants?
During the second night of the first Democratic Presidential Debate, NBC host Savannah Guthrie asked the ten candidates at the debate:
"Raise your hand if your government [healthcare] plan would ...
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Are there more Democrats than Republicans in the United States?
I have been thinking about the Democratic Party and whether or not its members are more numerous than the opposing faction.
Evidence to suggest this is the case:
This party is expected to win the ...
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Which polls count towards DNC debate requirements (especially the fall debates)?
There are polls released almost daily pertaining to the Democratic nomination. In order to attend the September 12–13 round of debates, candidates need to get donations from 130,000 unique donors and ...
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Was the November 2019 polling about the Democratic Party's lead over Trump trustworthy?
In November 2019, many polls (such as this ABC/Washington Post poll from November 5th) claimed that the Democratic candidates had double-digit leads over Trump. In the 2016 elections, however, polls ...
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Is the Democratic Party pushing America to the left? [closed]
I watched a video that said that Republicans pushed the nation to the right. But I am getting the sense that Republicans are in a sense "maxed out" in pushing to the right ideologically.
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When was the Democratic Party Flag Created?
When was the Democrat Party Flag Created below, with the Donkey Symbol? Wikipedia does not say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)
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Where do the democratic and republican matched animal logos come from?
The democrats are commonly represented by a donkey and the republicans by an elephant and there's many articles that will explain which cartoonist created the associations in the 1870s. What I haven't ...
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Donkey as Democratic Party symbolic animal
How come the US Democratic Party is OK with being associated with a donkey? Couldn't they push for a more flattering animal? An elephant has stronger positive connotations. Couldn't they try to be ...
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Why are Deep South states said to vote so lop-sidedly Republican, when they have high percentages of African Americans?
States like Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, have in the range of 30% African Americans, who, from what I can tell, vote about 90% Democrat. Yet these states vote reliably Republican.
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Has the Biden administration communicated a plan for overcoming US division?
For now, civil society in the US looks divided, and that is a problem.
Has the incoming Biden administration or the Democratic party expressed any specific policies or plans for the purpose of ...
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Was John Kerry considered a controversial politician within the Democratic party, back in the days?
While many of his agendas are certainly very controversial (especially the Iran Deal), John Kerry's diplomatic, social and political achievements throughout the years are nothing short of impressive, ...
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Where were the Iowa "satellite caucuses" located?
I've read (somewhat) conflicting report on these, some reproduced in other questions here... For example, Fox News says
In total, there will be 96 locations across the globe on Monday. Thirteen ...
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Why is winning the NYC Democratic mayoral primary currently widely seen as tantamount to election?
During the Bush era and even before that, NYC has elected mayors that were at least back then resembled the governors of states like Vermont today (they had liberal social views, but had more ...
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How much money did Obama's Ebola czar Ron Klain donate to the Democratic Party?
I don't need the exact figure, I only want a rough estimation.
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Why is Georgia turning blue rapidly?
Georgia seems red from the beginning of the 21st century. In this time voted presidents from republican party. Both the senators are from republican party. Even in the last election when there was ...
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Why do Black voters in the USA not vote Republican? [duplicate]
This research by the Pew Institute breaks down demographic voting data from the 2016 election. Pew found that Hillary Clinton (Democrat) won Black voters by an 80% margin (88% to 8%).
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How did Joe Manchin, a Democrat, get elected as governor and U.S. senator in West Virginia?
Joe Manchin III, a Democrat, was elected as governor and later as U.S. senator from West Virginia. I typically think of West Virginia as a conservative-leaning state (in the past two decades, at least)...
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What do Democrats gain from pushing for DC statehood?
The House just voted for Washington DC to become a state, almost exclusively along party lines. While the arguments for statehood aren't new, equality for ethnic minorities is a greater concern ...
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Why are the Syria and Iraq wars viewed differently among Democrats?
Currently, the Iraq war seems to be viewed very negatively by the US "establishment" of the Democratic Party—for example, in both the 2016 and 2020 primaries, people have been attacked for past ...
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Why do Democrats and Republicans ignore public opinion polls on major issues? [closed]
When polled, the majority of Americans consistently believe in (1) a national health care plan; (2) increased taxes, not fewer taxes, on the wealthy; (3) and more, not less, environmental regulation, ...
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Have Democrats in favour of abolishing the filibuster said anything about what happens if Democrats were to lose control of the Senate in the future?
Senator Joe Manchin has been consistently opposed to abolishing the filibuster, noting that the filibuster provides for minority input.
I can assure you I will not vote to end the filibuster, because ...
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What is the US 'Deep State' and what evidence is there for it?
I've heard whispers of a 'deep state' run by the Clintons or Obama or various liberals/democrats and I never really gave it much thought. It sounds kind of crazy - that said, I have to admit, I don't ...
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What are the most important reasons that large urban centers in the U.S. tend to lean towards democrats?
There are many candidate explanations for this: the relatively less important role of religion, the relatively higher level of education, the fact that living in crowded areas leads people to ...
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