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<div>{{Infobox political party<br />
|name = Democratic Party<br />
|logo = [[File:US Democratic Party Logo.svg|150px|Democratic Party logo]]<br />
|colorcode = #00A6EF<br />
|chairperson = [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] ([[Florida|FL]])<br />
|leader1_title = President of the United States<br />
|leader1_name = [[Barack Obama]] ([[President of the United States|President]]) ([[Illinois|IL]])<br />
|leader2_title = Senate Leader<br />
|leader2_name = [[Joe Biden]] ([[Vice President of the United States|President]]) ([[Delaware|DE]])<br />[[Daniel Inouye]] ([[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore]]) ([[Hawaii|HI]])<br />[[Harry Reid]] ([[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Majority Leader]]) ([[Nevada|NV]])<br />
|leader3_title = House Leader<br />
|leader3_name = [[Nancy Pelosi]] ([[California|CA]])<br />
|leader4_title = Chair of Governors Association<br />
|leader4_name = [[Martin O'Malley]] ([[Maryland|MD]])<br />
|founded = 1828 (modern)<br />1792 ([[Democratic-Republican Party|historical]])<br />
|headquarters = 430 South Capital Street SE,<br />[[Washington, D.C.]], 20003<br />
|student_wing = [[College Democrats of America]]<br />
|youth_wing = [[Young Democrats of America]]<br />
|ideology = '''Modern:'''<br />[[Modern liberalism in the United States|American liberalism]]<br />[[Third Way (Centrism)|Third Way]]<br />[[Progressivism in the United States|Progressivism]]<br />'''[[Factions in the Democratic Party (United States)|Internal factions]]:'''<br />{{•}} [[Progressive Democrats of America|Progressive Democrats]]<br />{{•}} [[Libertarian Democrat]]s<br />{{•}} [[New Democrats|Moderate Democrats]]<br />{{•}} [[Conservative Democrat]]s<br /><br />
'''Historical:'''<br />[[Jacksonian democracy]]<br />[[Classical liberalism]]<br />[[Bimetallism]]<br />[[States' rights]]<br />[[Paleoconservatism]]<br />
|international = [[Alliance of Democrats]]<br />
|colors = [[Red states and blue states|Blue]]<br />
|blank1_title = Position in [[Political parties in the United States|national political spectrum]]<br />
|blank1 = [[Center-left]]<br />
|seats1_title = [[United States Senate|Seats in the Senate]]<br />
|seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|51|100|hex=#00A6EF}}<br />
|seats2_title = [[United States House of Representatives|Seats in the House]]<br />
|seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|194|435|hex=#00A6EF}}<br />
|seats3_title = [[Governor (United States)|Governorships]]<br />
|seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|20|50|hex=#00A6EF}}<br />
|seats4_title = [[State legislature (United States)|State Upper Houses]]<br />
|seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|921|1921|hex=#00A6EF}}<br />
|seats5_title = [[State legislature (United States)|State Lower Houses]]<br />
|seats5 = {{Infobox political party/seats|2368|5410|hex=#00A6EF}}<br />
|website = [http://www.democrats.org/ http://www.democrats.org/]<br />
|country = United States<br />
}}<br />
{{Politics of the United States}}<br />
The '''Democratic Party''' is one of [[Two party system|two]] [[Major party|major]] contemporary [[political parties in the United States]], along with the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. The party's [[Social liberalism|socially liberal]] and [[Progressivism|progressive]] platform is largely considered [[center-left]] in the [[Politics of the United States|U.S. political spectrum]].<ref name="egrigsby">{{cite book |last=Grigsby |first=Ellen|title=Analyzing Politics: An Introduction to Political Science |publisher=Cengage Learning |year=2008 |location=Florence |isbn=0495501123 | pages = 106–7 |quote=''In the United States, the Democratic Party represents itself as the liberal alternative to the Republicans, but its liberalism is for the most the later version of liberalism—modern liberalism.''}}</ref><ref name="sarnold">{{cite book |last=Arnold |first=N. Scott |title=Imposing values: an essay on liberalism and regulation |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 |location=Florence |isbn=0495501123 | page = 3 |quote=''Modern liberalism occupies the left-of-center in the traditional political spectrum and is represented by the Democratic Party in the United States.''}}</ref><ref name="jlevy">{{cite book |last=Levy |first= Jonah |title=The state after statism: new state activities in the age of liberalization |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=2006 |location=Florence |isbn=0495501123 | page = 198 |quote=''In the corporate governance area, the center-left repositioned itself to press for reform. The Democratic Party in the United States used the postbubble scandals and the collapse of share prices to attack the Republican Party...Corporate governance reform fit surprisingly well within the contours of the center-left ideology. The Democratic Party and the SPD have both been committed to the development of the regulatory state as a counterweight to managerial authority, corporate power, and market failure.''}}</ref> The party has the lengthiest record of continuous operation in the [[United States]], and is one of the oldest political parties in the world.<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/157244/Democratic-Party#233981.toc</ref> [[Barack Obama]] is the [[List of Presidents of the United States|15th Democrat]] to hold the office of [[President of the United States]].<br />
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