Democratic Party | |
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President | Mitt Romney |
Founder | Andrew Jackson |
Founded | 1828; 187 years ago |
Preceded by | Republican Party Federalist Party |
Youth wing | College Democrats |
Ideology | Conservatism Economic liberalism Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism |
Colors | Blue |
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Socialist Party.