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Erie County Democratic Committee
The Erie County Democratic Committee (ECDC) is a regional affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in Erie County, New York. It is the dominant party within the county, accounting for 44.5% of all registered voters. Comparatively, the Erie County Republican Party (United States), Republican Committee holds 25.5% of the electorate. Mirroring the national Democratic Party, the committee in its present form represents Modern liberalism in the United States, modern liberalism. It has, however, experienced periods of upheaval where factions within the organization fought against social progress. This includes the Cleveland-Jefferson Club's takeover of the organization in 1926, and four-term mayor James D. Griffin switching party affiliations to retaliate against the committee. Party support dividing in the 1980s between Griffin's conservatism, conservative South Buffalo base and their rival centrist opponents is a dynamic which still exists to this day. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is a Centre-left politics, center-left political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Major party, major parties of the U.S., it was founded in 1828, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main rival since the 1850s has been the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, and the two have since dominated American politics. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828 from remnants of the Democratic-Republican Party. Senator Martin Van Buren played the central role in building the coalition of state organizations which formed the new party as a vehicle to help elect Andrew Jackson as president that year. It initially supported Jacksonian democracy, agrarianism, and Manifest destiny, geographical expansionism, while opposing Bank War, a national bank and high Tariff, tariffs. Democrats won six of the eight presidential elections from 1828 to 1856, losing twice to the Whig Party (United States) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
