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One of the two main political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican party, which follows a broadly liberal program, tending to support social reform and minority rights.

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Democratic Party
in Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass Length: 3829 words
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in The Oxford Companion to United States History Length: 1660 words
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in Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present Length: 4735 words
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