the democratic party

Democratic \Dem`o*crat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. d['e]mocratique.]
   1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or
      constructed upon the principle of government by the
      people.
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   2. belonging to or relating to the Democratic party, the
      political party so called.
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   3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to {aristocratic}.
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   {The Democratic party}, the name of one of the chief
      political parties in the United States.

   Note: Presidents of the United States who belonged to the
         Democratic party in the twentieth century were Woodrow
         Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F.
         Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill
         Clinton.
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