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New Democrats, also known as centrist Democrats, Clinton Democrats or moderate Democrats, are a centrist ideological faction within the Democratic Party in the United States. As the Third Way faction of the party, they are seen as culturally liberal on social issues while being moderate or fiscally conservative on economic issues. [ 1 ]
Clinton speaking at the 1991 Florida Democratic Convention Clinton shakes President Ronald Reagan's hand in the White House Rose Garden in October 1988 Clinton became a leading figure among the New Democrats , a group of Democrats who advocated welfare reform, smaller government, and other policies not supported by liberals.
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe; born August 19, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.
Former President Clinton suggested Democrats need to find a better way to relate to people, as the party searches for answers amid Republicans securing control of the House, Senate and White House.
In the Clinton era, Democrats pursued moderate policies and the party prospered. ... Democrats passed huge spending bills using COVID-19 as cover to dump trillions of dollars into climate change ...
In 2016, Clinton took the DNC stage in another new role as the spouse of the Democratic presidential candidate. In his speech, he talked about their relationship and her resolve to help Americans.
Bill Clinton ran his 1992 and 1996 campaigns as a New Democrat [21] [22] and (prior to Obama's 2012 presidential re-election) became the only twice elected Democratic president since President Franklin D. Roosevelt (though only one other Democratic president in the years after FDR, Jimmy Carter, was ever a candidate for a second term).
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is calling out the Democratic Party for its failure to engage with voters that might be out of their typical target audience.. While visiting The View on ...