Democratic Party (United States)
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The United States Democratic Party is one of the two biggest political parties in the United States. Since the mid-1850's, the party's main opponent has been the Republican Party. Both political parties have controlled American politics ever since.
Democratic Party | |
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| Chairperson | Jaime Harrison |
| U.S. President | Joe Biden |
| U.S. Vice President | Kamala Harris |
| Senate Majority Leader | Chuck Schumer |
| House Minority Leader | Hakeem Jeffries |
| Founders | |
| Founded | January 8, 1828; 196 years ago (1828-01-08)[1] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Preceded by | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Headquarters | 430 South Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Youth wing | Young Democrats of America |
| Women's wing | National Federation of Democratic Women |
| Overseas wing | Democrats Abroad |
| Membership (2023) |  45,916,356[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the Senate | 48 / 100[lower-alpha 1] |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 213 / 435 |
| State governorships | 23 / 50[lower-alpha 2] |
| Seats in state upper chambers | 857 / 1,973 |
| Seats in state lower chambers | 2,425 / 5,413 |
| Territorial governorships | 4 / 5 |
| Seats in territorial upper chambers | 31 / 97 |
| Seats in territorial lower chambers | 9 / 91 |
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| Website | |
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Every four years the party holds a National Convention where they agree on their candidate for president. The Democratic National Committee coordinates most of the activities of the Democratic Party in all 50 United States. Since Andrew Jackson's inauguration in 1829, there have been 16 Democratic presidents (17 if including John Tyler, who, though originally elected to the vice presidency as a Whig, was expelled from his party shortly after taking office, became an independent, and allied with Democrats), the most recent and current is Joe Biden who took office as the 46th president of the United States in January 2021.
The Democratic Party represents a broad spectrum of liberal and left-wing ideologies,including—but not limited to—classical liberalism, social democracy, progressivism, and social (modern) liberalism.