democrats

Popular rule advocates

Democrats are members or supporters of the Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States.

The term appears frequently in political discourse: Democrats control the Senate, Many democrats voted against the bill.

Though conventionally capitalized when referring to the party, lowercase usage occurs in casual writing and headlines. (Capitalized Democrats is the standard form.)

ideology

liberalism

Philosophy valuing reform, tolerance

multiculturalism · pluralism · collectivism · prochoice · environmentalism · redistribution · diplomacy · moderates

symbolism

blue

Primary color; also sad

Categories
Opposites
political system adherents

democratsautocrats

Rulers with unchecked power

dictators · tyrants · authoritarians · despots · totalitarians

U.S. partisan affiliation

democratsRepublicans

Conservative American party members

conservatives · right-wingers · libertarians · Trumpists · independents

Phrases
Family

democracy, democratic, democrat, democracies, undemocratic, democratize, democratized, democratically, democratizing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G