Democratic party

Democratic party, American political party; the oldest continuous political party in the United States.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The 1960s to the Present
• The New Freedom and New Deal
• From the Civil War to Bryan
• The Dominant Party
• Origins in Jeffersonian Democracy
• Bibliography

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