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Democratic Party

American political party
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The Democratic Party is an organization that was founded on January 8, 1828.

Key Facts

  • Member of: Progressive Alliance[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Founder: Andrew Jackson[5], Martin Van Buren[6]
  • Follows: Democratic-Republican Party[7]
  • Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[8]
  • Commons category: Democratic Party (United States)[9]
  • Opposite of: Republican Party[10]
  • Color: blue[11]
  • SRGB color hex triplet: 003CBA[12]
  • Chairperson: Ken Martin[13]
  • Inception: January 8, 1828[14]
  • Mascot: Democratic donkey[15]
  • Official website: https://democrats.org/[16], https://democrats.org/es/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Democratic Party (United States)[18]
  • Commons gallery: Democratic Party (United States)[19]
  • Political ideology: modern liberalism in the United States[20], social liberalism[21]
  • Described by source: Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], New International Encyclopedia[27]
  • Participant in: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections[28]
  • Political alignment: centrism[29]
  • Number of seats in assembly: 48[30], 213[31], 45[32], 212[33]
  • Affiliation: Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party[34], Democratic Party of Illinois[35], Alabama Democratic Party[36], Alaska Democratic Party[37], Arizona Democratic Party[38], California Democratic Party[39], Colorado Democratic Party[40], Delaware Democratic Party[41], Democratic Party of Arkansas[42], Democratic Party of Connecticut[43], Democratic Party of Georgia[44], Democratic Party of Hawaii[45], Democratic Party of New Mexico[46], Democratic Party of Oregon[47]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Democratic Party include The True Democrat[48], a newspaper[49], founded in 1853[50].

Why It Matters

Democratic Party has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 142 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for it include The True Democrat[48], a newspaper[49], founded in 1853[50].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [3] ↑ . progressive-alliance.info. Retrieved . progressive-alliance.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . democrats.org. Retrieved . democrats.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . democrats.org. Retrieved . democrats.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . democrats.org. Retrieved . democrats.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . democrats.org. Retrieved . democrats.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . democrats.org. Retrieved . democrats.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · AlbertRA · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1wQj19
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  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → democratic-party, democrats, democratic-party-u-s
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  4. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +3
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    Affiliation → Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party of Illinois, Alabama Democratic Party +53
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