22 Facts About Democratic Party

1. Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

2. Democratic Party is one of the two main political parties in the United States.

3. Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, opposed Reconstruction, founded the Ku Klux Klan, imposed segregation, perpetrated lynchings, and fought against the civil rights acts of the 1950s and 1960s.

4. Democratic Party takes the record as the oldest active party in the world.

5. Democratic Party has considerable support in the small yet growing Asian American population.

6. In recent exit polls, the Democratic Party has had broad appeal across all socio-ethno-economic demographics.

7. In September 2010, the Democratic Party unveiled its new logo, which featured a blue D inside a blue circle.

8. Until the 1980s, the Democratic Party was a coalition of two parties divided by the Mason–Dixon line: liberal Democrats in the North and culturally conservative voters in the South, who though benefitting from many of the New Deal public works projects opposed increasing civil rights initiatives advocated by Northeastern liberals.

9. The Democratic Party had a small yet decisive advantage over the Whigs until the 1850s, when the Whigs fell apart over the issue of slavery.

10. Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party.

11. Democratic Party fared better in the 2012 general election, with Obama defeating his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney.

12. The Republican Democratic Party, known as the Jeffersonian Republicans, advocated a decentralized government with limited powers.

13. Democratic Party is the oldest political party in the United States and among the oldest political parties in the world.

14. Democratic Party has changed significantly during its more than two centuries of existence.

15. The Democratic Party typically supports a larger government role in economic issues, backing regulations and social welfare programs.

16. Democratic Party benefited from the Taft-Roosevelt Republican split during Taft's term, electing the first Democratic President and fully Democratic Congress in 20 years.

17. Democratic Party was unable to compete with the Republican Party, which controlled nearly all northern states by 1860, bringing a solid majority in the Electoral College.

18. The new Democratic Party became a coalition of farmers, city-dwelling laborers and Irish Catholics.

19. Democratic Party is the oldest voter-based political party in the world and the oldest existing political party in the United States, tracing its heritage back to the anti-Federalists and the Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party of the 1790s.

20. The Democratic Party will see that as a slam dunk, especially when she starts raising money.

21. Democratic Party will retake control of the House of Representatives after gaining a net total of 40 seats in the 2018 midterm elections.

22. The Democratic Party will retake control of the House of Representatives after gaining a net total of 40 seats in the 2018 midterm elections.