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Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party | |
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| Chairperson | Ken Martin |
| Founders |
Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren |
| Founded | January 8, 1828 |
| Preceded by | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Headquarters |
430 South Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C. |
| Student wing |
High School Democrats of America College Democrats of America |
| Youth wing | Young Democrats of America |
| Women's wing | National Federation of Democratic Women |
| Ideology |
Neoliberalism Anti-communism Factions: Social democracy Conservatism Libertarianism |
| Political position |
Centre-right to right-wing Factions: Centre-left |
| Caucuses |
Blue Dog Coalition New Democrat Coalition Congressional Progressive Caucus |
| Website | |
| https://democrats.org/ | |
The Democratic Party is one of the two major parties in the United States alongside the Republican Party. A liberal party, it is seated on the centre-right to right-wing on the political spectrum, while the majority ideology is liberalism, it has factions of conservatism, social democracy and libertarianism.