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.

See also

Democratic Politics

• List of Democratic National Conventions
• Democratic National Convention
• List of Democratic Party Presidential nominees

Related U.S. politics articles

• List of political parties in the United States
• Republican Party (United States)

Democratic factions & groups

• Progressive Democrats of America
• Blue Dog Democrats
• Democratic Freedom Caucus
• Yellow dog Democrat
• Democrats Abroad
• Unofficial organizations for Democrats
• Democrat In Name Only