单词 | democratic party |
释义 | > as lemmasDemocratic Party Democratic Party n. U.S. Politics one of the main American political parties (the other now being the Republican Party), now a predominantly progressive or socially liberal party, tending to promote social reform, minority rights, and the role of a strong central government; cf. Republican Party n. at republican adj. and n. Compounds 1.The original Democratic Party (also known as the Anti-Federal Party, the Republican Party (see republican adj. 3a(b)), and the Democratic Republican Party) was founded in the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to oppose the policies of the Federalist Party (see federalist adj. 2), esp. by favouring states' rights, a strict interpretation of the Constitution, and the extension of slave territory. In the 1820s, this party split into factions, one of which became the modern Democratic Party (under the leadership of Andrew Jackson, President from 1829 to 1837), in opposition first to the Whig Party (see Whig n.2 4b) then, from the 1850s, to the modern Republican Party. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party Democratic Party1795 Grand Old Party1858 1795 Albany (N.Y.) Gaz. 14 Aug. As soon as the treaty was published, Mr. Jay [sc. John Jay] must be severely reprimanded, by the scriblers [sic] of the Democratic party, from New-Hampshire to Georgia, guillotined in effigy at New-York, burnt at Philadelphia. 1800 London Packet 26 Dec. The 12 votes of New York were for Jefferson and Burr..and should the Senate of Pennsylvania consent to a joint ballot, the democratic party will have 15 votes there. 1812 S. MacCormack View State of Parties in U.S. i. 42 The ascendancy of the democratic party in America, is chiefly owing to its having embraced the political principles most consonant to the sentiments and feelings of a rude and fierce democracy. 1839 W. L. Garrison in W. P. Garrison & F. J. Garrison Life W. L. Garrison (1885) II. 312 Both the Whig and Democratic parties have consulted the wishes of abolitionists. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. liii. 340 The autonomy of communities..has been the watchword of the Democratic party. 1926 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 27 Oct. 8/1 Each mid-cycle decrease of registration is favorable to the Democratic party. 1963 A. Baraka Blues People viii. 118 With the Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal.., the Negro's allegiance swung radically and quickly toward the Democratic Party. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Dec. 47/3 Almost every major demographic trend favors the Democratic Party over the long term. < as lemmas |
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