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Orange is the traditional colour of the Christian democratic political ideology and most Christian democratic political parties, which are based on Catholic social teaching and/or neo-Calvinist theology. [citation needed] Christian democratic political parties came to prominence in Europe and the Americas after World War II.
Merged into: Democratic Party: 1816 1828 Working Men's Party: New York Owenism [136] Merged into: Locofoco faction of the Democratic Party: 1829 1831 Anti-Mormon Party: Illinois 1841 1844 Independent Anti-Mormon Party of Oneida County: Idaho 1870s 1880s People's Party: Utah Mormonism [137] 1870 1891 Liberal Party: Utah Anti-clericalism [138 ...
American electoral politics have been dominated by successive pairs of major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s, the two largest political parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—which together have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and controlled the United States Congress ...
Between 1974 and 1978, studies showed that political ideology had a very weak correlation with support for abortion rights. The correlation between political party identification and support for abortion rights was even weaker. [69] Mary Louise Smith, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee from 1974 to 1977, was pro-abortion rights ...
The Democratic Party is the world's oldest active political party. It initially supported expansive presidential power, agrarianism, and geographical expansionism, while opposing a national bank and high tariffs. It won the presidency only twice [b] between 1860 and 1912, although it won the popular vote two more times in that period.
The color of the party (color), which can either be a hex triplet or basic color name or, if the party does not have an associated color, "default". A shorter name for the party (shortname). The values added to these parameters need not be unique from other parties in this module, unlike the primary name of a party.
Democrats blame systemic issues for homelessness, while Republicans see it as an issue of personal responsibility. Both are partly right.
The party's 2012 platform calls for an "all of the above" energy policy including clean energy, natural gas, and domestic oil, while wanting to become energy independent. [26] The party has supported higher taxes on oil companies and increased regulations coal power plants, favoring a policy of reducing long-term reliance on fossil fuels.