one of the two major political parties in the U.S., historically the party of labor, minorities, and progressive reformers

The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories. Democrats opposed a strong Federal government. Most Southern men were Democrats before the War.

1) Sometimes called the Jeffersonian Democrats, this party organized in opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s and gained control of the national government in the election of 1800. 2) The Democratic Party was reorganized on a popular basis during the 1820s under the leadership of Andrew Jackson. From the 1830s through the early decades of the twentieth century, the party generally favored states' rights and a limited role for the federal government.

The Democratic Party (DP) was the name of the South African political party now called the Democratic Alliance (DA). Although the Democratic Party name dates from 1989, the party existed under other labels throughout the Apartheid years, when it was the Parliamentary opposition to the ruling National Party's policies. After the 1999 election, the DP, under the leadership of Tony Leon, became Official Opposition to the African National Congress-led government.

The Democratic Party (; Jyutping: man4 zyu2 dong2) is a pro-democracy and liberal political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established on October 2, 1994. The party is currently headed by Chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan, and has 613 ordinary members and 18 associate members as of December 7 2006.

The Democratic Party is a political party of South Korea. It used to be called Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), or Saecheonnyeon Minju-dang (새천년민주당 in Korean), but changed its name to the present form on May 6, 2005.

The Democratic Party (Greek: Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα) is a centrist political party in Cyprus, founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou. Until recently it was led by Tassos Papadopoulos, the current President of Cyprus. It was the third-largest party in Parliament, with 9 of 56 seats.

The Democratic Party (Serbian: Демократска странка or Demokratska stranka, ) is the largest center-left political party in Serbia. It is a social democratic party.

The Democratic Party (Luxembourgish: Demokratesch Partei, French: Parti Démocratique, German: Demokratische Partei), abbreviated to DP, is a liberal political party in Luxembourg.

The Democratic Party is a minor political party in the United Kingdom. They were formed in 1998 by various people who felt there was scope for a party that placed democracy as its paramount political value. It asserts that its members come from across the political spectrum.

The Democratic Party (Democratische Partij) is a liberal party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 january 2002, the party won 2.4 % of the popular vote and no seats. It took part in the elections of 27 January 2006, but failed to win a seat.

The Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat/PD) is a political party in Indonesia, was founded on 9 September 2001. Its ideology is based on Pancasila.

The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD) is a centre-right (formerly social democrat) party of Romania. It is currently the smaller party of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance.

The Democratic Party (Demokrat Partisi) is a conservative political party in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . President of the Democratic Party is Serdar Denktas, son of the ex-president Rauf Denktas. The Democratic Party is part of a coalition government with the CTP.

The Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) or Democratic Party In Timor-Leste is a social-democratic political party of East Timor, established on June 10 2001. Currently, most of the members of the party are young generation who have been studying abroad and those who have completed their studies in Indonesia, Norway, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

The Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Mendoza) is a provincial conservative party in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It was founded around 1930.

The Democratic Party (also known for a time as the Democratic Alliance Party) is a liberal political party in the Cook Islands. It currently forms the government.

The Democratic Party is a political party in Guam. It is affiliated to the United States Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party is a conservative political party in Kenya. At the last legislative elections, 27 december 2002, the party was a partner in the National Rainbow Coalition, that won 56.1 % of the popular vote and 125 out of 212 elected seats. The party itself took 36 of these seats.

The Democratic Party is a moderate conservative political party in Uganda. It was led by Paul Ssemogerere for 25 years until his retirement in November 2005. John Ssebaana Kizito, the Mayor of Kampala, was elected Party President General on November 28, 2005.http://www.monitor.co.ug/news/news11282.php In the general election of 23 February 2006, the party won 8 out of 289 elected seats.

The Democratic Party is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. At the legislative elections of 1 November 2003 the party won 1 out of 18 seats. It won an extra seat in the 2005 legislative elections.

The Democratic Party (Demokratická strana) was a political party in Slovakia. When it was founded in late 1989 (Velvet Revolution), it saw itself a continuation of the historical Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party (DP; Mongolian , Ardchilsan Nam) is a political party in Mongolia. Its primary goals are the continued transformation of Mongolia into an open and democratic society, and the fight against corruption.

The Democratic Party (Sint Eustatius) is a political party in Sint Eustatius, the Netherlands Antilles. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 january 2002, the party won 0.5 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 22 seats, which remained the same in the elections of 27 January 2006.

Stronnictwo Demokratyczne (Democratic Party, SD) is a Polish centrist party established on April 15, 1939. Its historical leaders were Mieczysław Michałowicz and Mikołaj Kwaśniewski.

The Democratic Party is a center-right party in Bulgaria. It is part of the United Democratic Forces. The United Democratic Forces won in the 2001 elections 18.2 % of the popular vote and 51 out of 240 seats.

The Democratic Party was formed in May 1969 by Desmond Donnelly, who had been a Labour MP, but had resigned the whip in January 1968 and been expelled by the party two months later. His Constituency Labour Party supported him, and they were disaffiliated from the party along with Donnelly's expulsion.

The Democratic Party was formed in 1942, during the Second World War, in support of free enterprise, although supportive of limiting excessive individual incomes.

The Democratic Party (DP) is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 7 June 2002. The DP is led by Rev.

The Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti) was a Turkish moderately right wing political party, and the country's second legal opposition party. It followed in the footsteps of the abortive National Development Party, which was disbanded in the 1930s.

The Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático, pron. ), officially known as the Portuguese Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Português; pron. IPA: //), was a Portuguese left-wing political party during the Portuguese First Republic. It was also the self-proclaimed successor to the original Portuguese Republican Party, which had been behind the revolution that established the Portuguese First Republic in 1910.

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.

The Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Democrático - PD) was a Nicaraguan political party in the 19th century. The power base of the liberal Democratic Party was in the city of León. The Democrats were oppposed to the Legitimists who expelled the Democrats from the constitutional assembly in 1853, driving them underground or into exile, and promulgated a constitution of 1854.

The Democratic Party is a proposed political party in Italy. It is meant to be a merger of various party which were part of the L'Unione coalition in the 2006 general election. Its core will likely consist of the social-democratic Democrats of the Left and the centrist Democracy is Freedom – Daisy; other parties which might become part of the Democratic Party are Rose in the Fist (Italian Democratic Socialists and Italian Radicals), the European Republican Movement, Italy of Values and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.