The Democratic Party is the oldest voter-based political party in the world and the oldest existing political party in the United States.The party's modern institutions were formed in the 1830s and 1840s. Known as the party of the "common man," the early Democratic Party stood for individual rights and state sovereignty, but opposed banks and high tariffs.

We are the Democratic Party. We’re fighting for a brighter, more equal future: rolling up our sleeves and organizing everywhere to build a better America for all. ... DNC Chair Jaime Harrison highlights the ways Democrats across the country are delivering for the American people with guests including Democratic leaders, elected officials, and ...

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.Founded in 1828, it was predominately built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s.

From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African American to secure the presidential nomination of any major political party in the United States. However, due to a close race …

The Whig Party was a political party that espoused traditionalist conservatism in the United States during the middle of the 19th century. Alongside the slightly larger Democratic Party, it was one of the two major parties in the United States between the late 1830s and the early 1850s as part of the Second Party System. Four presidents were affiliated with the Whig Party for at …

Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and determine the nominee for president in the 2016 United States presidential election.The elections took place within all fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, five U.S. territories, and Democrats Abroad …

The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party or simply the Populists, was a left-wing agrarian populist late-19th-century political party in the United States. The Populist Party emerged in the early 1890s as an important force in the Southern and Western United States, but collapsed after it nominated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 United States …

The American Solidarity Party (ASP) is a Christian-democratic political party in the United States. [4] [5] [8] It was founded in 2011 and officially incorporated in 2016. The party has a Solidarity National Committee (SNC) and has numerous active state and local chapters.

25/08/2008 · The Democratic Party reaffirms its longstanding commitment to support democratic institutions and practices worldwide. A more democratic world is a more peaceful and prosperous place. Yet democracy cannot be imposed by force from the outside; it must be nurtured with moderates on the inside by building democratic institutions.

This article includes the entire 2016 Democratic Party presidential primary schedule in a format that includes result tabulation. Below are the vote totals for everyone that appeared on the ballot during the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.Two candidates, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, appeared on all 57 ballots.Two others, Martin O'Malley and Rocky De La Fuente, …