Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major parties in the United States. The party is currently the minority party in the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and among state governors. The party also trails in state legislatures as the Republican Party controls 21 legislatures and Democrats control 19. Ten states are divided legislatures. Of the two major U.S. parties, the Democratic Party is to the left of the Republican Party, though its politics are not as consistently leftist as the traditional social democratic and labor parties in much of the rest of the world.

Organization

For more information on how American political parties are organized, see Politics of the United States.

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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) provides national leadership for the United States Democratic Party. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Democratic political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. There are similar committees in every U.S. state and most U.S. counties (though in some states, Party organization lower than the state-level is arranged by legislative districts). This structure can be considered the counterpart of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Republican state and local organizations. The current chair of the DNC is Howard Dean.

Related Topics:
Democratic National Committee (DNC) - Fundraising - Election strategy - U.S. state - U.S. counties - Republican National Committee (RNC) - Howard Dean

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The Democratic Party also has fundraising and strategy committees for U.S. House races (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee), U.S. Senate races (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee), gubernatorial races (Democratic Governors Association), and state legislative races (Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee).

Related Topics:
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - Democratic Governors Association - Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

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