Questions tagged [democratic-party]
Questions related to the Democratic Party, one of the two major parties in the United States.
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Why have Democrats been consistently identifying as liberal in the US?
I was thinking about ideology of Democrats and how it has changed. For example, we can go to the progressive movement started by the candidacy and unpopular election of Donald Trump. (By unpopular I ...
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How does New Hampshire allocate its national Democratic delegates from vote share?
Google is currently featuring this data/answer, apparently based on an AP article which it doesn't link to...
So, basically how does NH allocate its (Democratic) delegates from vote share? Are there (...
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Did Lyndon Johnson predict that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would cause the Democrats to lose the South?
Up until this time, it was the Democrats, not the Republicans that were opposed to Civil Rights. Even the leaders opposing the Civil Rights Movement in the South were Democrats. But did Johnson ...
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Does Cenk Uygur support secret ballots in union elections?
Former Democratic Congressional candidate and liberal political talk show host Cenk Uygur talked to the Huffington Post about the unionization efforts of the employees at his digital media company The ...
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US politics: Why are Republicans more often reported to be corrupt, compared to Democrats? [closed]
This Wikipedia article could be interpreted to indicate that members of the Republican party, based solely on number of instances, are ~2.5x as likely to be corrupt than members of the Democrat party.
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Is there evidence that the Democratic Party defends illegal immigration? [closed]
Is there evidence that the Democratic Party defends illegal immigration?
Statements made by Democratic party officials or seat holders are preferable to Democratic leaning media sources.
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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%).
Is there any ...
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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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Why does Bernie identify as Democrat, while everyone else says he is a Socialist, when he is actually a Social Democrat? [duplicate]
Pretty much just that. I never knew why. Some people have said "because of the two-party system" but I don't really know what it means by the system, because there are definitely more than two parties,...
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What if Biden dies now? [duplicate]
The results of the election are not confirmed yet.
But what if Biden dies and he wins before results declared?
Does the Democratic Party have to nominate a new president? Would that mean that Trump ...
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Did New Hampshire pick the losing Democratic candidate three times in a row from 2008 to 2020?
I have been thinking about something that I read on the Wikipedia page for the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary: "This was the third consecutive contested Democratic primary in which New ...
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Has the Democratic Party expressed support for the removal of the Lincoln Emancipation statue?
Washington D.C.'s non-voting representative, Elanor Holmes Norton, has stated
The designers of the Emancipation Statue in Lincoln Park in DC didn’t take into account the views of African Americans. ...
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Why did NYC vote republican candidates for mayor from 1993-2009 but not for other posts?
New York City is considered one of the bluest city in the USA. From wikipedia it has not been voted any republican president since 1924. Currently the city council has 48 democrats and only 3 ...
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Is the US Congress more divided now than early on?
The US Congress has been very divided and partisan for my whole adult life, 10 years. There seems to be this idea of how politicians used to work together to get things done, and the house and senate ...
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Are there significant demographic differences between Washington County, Arkansas which explain why this specific county picked Sanders?
Joe Biden won every county in the 2020 Arkansas Democratic primary except Washington County, which Bernie Sanders won.
I find this weird and was trying to understand why this would happen.
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Has Markey discussed past votes to preserve tax-exempt status for racist colleges?
NBC affiliate WWLP said this, in discussing remarks made by Democratic Congressman Joe Kennedy as part of his primary challenge of Democratic Senator Ed Markey:
At a Tuesday press conference, Kennedy ...
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What are the requirements for a Democratic nomination in primaries?
Who decides how many candidates and which of them will be nominated by the Democratic party in a presidential election?
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How pledged are pledged delegates in the Democratic convention?
According to the 2020 Democratic Party rules, and in its upcoming Milwaukee convention - what is the extent of control candidates, or former candidates, have on their "pledged delegates"? Specifically,...
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Have the Republican and Democratic parties "swapped places" in some ways?
I was just reading about the left-right political spectrum and that reminded me: I once read that the Democratic and Republic parties, over time, have swapped places in some way, so that the ...
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Who pays for national political conventions?
"There is certainly no money available from us for hosting this event," Cooper told reporters Thursday. (referring to hosting the RNC nominating convention)
Nashville TN, Mayor Cooper said several ...
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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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How many superdelegates have endorsed voting for the plurality delegate winner to be the nominee?
On Wednesday’s Democratic Presidential Debate in Nevada, candidates were asked if they think that whoever gets a plurality of the pledged delegates should ultimately become the Democratic nominee, ...
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To what extent is Iowa a bellwether for the Democratic presidential candidates?
The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses are taking place today (February 3rd 2020), and are the first test of the candidates at the ballot box in the presidential primary season.
By examining results from ...
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Are Democrats alleging that Russia tampered with the vote tallies?
In Belief in conspiracies largely depends on political identity, it's reported that many democrats reported positively to a question about whether Russia tampered with the vote tallies for the 2016 ...
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When was the last time a Democrat Senator voted differently from other Democrats?
In regards to the recent SCOTUS vacancy due to the loss of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I see countless articles stating things like (paraphrasing)
"These 6 GOP senators are most likely to vote ...
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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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Dem anti-Kavanaugh strategy: why focus on sexual assault allegations, as opposed to a blend of issues? [closed]
The Democratic party seems to be putting a lot (all?) of its hopes on the Ford sexual assault allegations for blocking the Kavanaugh nomination. Media coverage has been extensive and highly polarized.
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Are we currently seeing another ideological realignment happening in today's unstable political climate? [closed]
Are we currently seeing another ideological realignment happening in today's unstable political climate?
Similar to how, in the years since the WW2 post-war period, the main political parties ...
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What would make a Democratic Libertarian and a Republican Libertarian different?
In the context of the USA; what ideas would make a Libertarian go Democrat, and what ideas would make them go Republican? As Libertarianism fits more or less in this strange middle ground of ideas ...
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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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Will Joe Biden get the delegates of Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar?
Recently Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race and endorsed Joe Biden. Amy Klobuchar did the same. Google search tells me 26 and 7 delegates respectively pledged to support them.
My question is ...
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Turnout in U.S. midterms
What is the average voter turnout among Democrats in U.S. midterm elections? How does it compare to Republican turnout?
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In which congressional districts were there more votes for the Democratic candidate in 2018 than in 2016?
I was thinking about the turnout of the 2018 House elections and it looked like that was a presidential election level Democratic turnout from the standpoint of House of Representatives. It even beat ...
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What is the difference between votes cast at the DNC by states/territories and delegates won in the primaries/caucuses and why is there a disparity?
I'm watching the roll call from last night's DNC. I'm up to New Jersey and so far, only Sanders and Biden have been awarded any "votes". But Wikipedia says that Warren, Buttigieg, ...
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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 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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Why do African-Americans not support the GOP? [duplicate]
I am a new political enthusiast.
Recently I was studying the voting tendencies of the American ethnic group and found that most African Americans support the Democratic Party.
But one thing I ...
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Is it legal for the US private company to provide services depending on political party?
Read about US company "Fortitude Ranch", specializing on providing secure vaults, who would open it's "survival camps" at the election day.
Can such company theoretically provide ...
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Does empirical evidence exist that suggests that African Americans and/or Latinos are more likely to be Republican if they are in the middle class?
While "poor", "middle class" and "upper class" can be defined differently (the US defines the poverty line 2 different ways by two different agencies) are there any studies that conclude in the US ...
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What are some perceived problems with the stock market? Why don't we encourage everyone to invest? [closed]
I've been watching the democratic debates as time allows lately, and though I find many positions I agree with and many others I do not, one seems confusing to me on a few levels. This could indicate ...
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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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What's the deadline for Democratic party primaries candidates for meeting the new debate criteria?
It seems the DNC has tightened the criteria for people to appear in the September debates. But - how long do the candidates have to meet the criteria? Do they need to meet it now already?
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Does the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee have a museum or is it just offices? [closed]
I have only seen photographs of the exterior of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington. What is it like inside? Is there a museum? Is it opened to the public, or is it ...
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Why do states postpone their primary elections to after June 9th, 2020 even if it violates DNC rules?
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) mandates that states have to hold their primary elections before June 9th, 2020, according to Rule 12 of the Delegate Selection Rules.
The Delegate Selection ...
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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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Is the Democratic Party actually a left wing party? [closed]
The terms left wing, centrist and right wing are all relative of course. The Democratic party is generally supportive of gender equality issues and LGBT rights, more sympathetic to immigrants. But the ...
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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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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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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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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.
Are ...
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