Democratic Party
The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States of America. It is generally seen as being politically between center and left of center, while the rival Republican Party is positioned to the right of center (see political spectrum theory). Members and supporters of the Democratic Party are known as Democrats.
The Democrats currently control the 110th United States Congress together with the majority of State governorships and legislatures.[1] According to a Pew Research Center poll, 50 percent of Americans identify themselves with the Democratic Party as opposed to 35 percent for the Republican Party.[2] However, Democrats have served out only three of the last ten presidential terms. Democrats in the US Congress currently have a 64.8% disapproval and only a 24.8% approval rating -- the lowest in ten years since the Impeachment trial of President Clinton -- according to the RealClearPolitics Average of several dozens of Congressional Job Approval polls conducted 06/05 - 06/28. [3] Investor's Business Daily remarked, "For all the promises of its new Democratic leaders, Congress seems truly interested in doing only one thing: surrendering in Iraq. No wonder its public approval ratings have sunk below the president's." [4]
Like the Republicans, the Democrats are currently selecting their candidate for the 2008 presidential election; the front-runners in the contest are Senator Hillary Clinton of New York and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. The most recent president who was a Democrat was Bill Clinton, who served from 1993 to 2001.
See also
References
- ↑ Multistate.com Post-Election 2006 Maps
- ↑ Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007 Pew Research Center, 22 March 2007
- ↑ RealClearPolitics Congressional Job Approval Poll, 05/18 - 06/10.
- ↑ The Do-One-Thing Congress, Investor's Business Daily, May 15, 2007.
External links
- The Real Democrat Story, Open the File on the Freshmen Democrats.