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Parker Short
Samuel Parker Short (born January 22, 2002) is an American political organizer who was the president of the Young Democrats of America, Young Democrats of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. He gained popularity on social media after singing and dancing to the Kendrick Lamar single "Not Like Us" at a rally for the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign. He graduated from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan in 2024 and is working toward a master's degree from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Early life and education Samuel Parker Short was born in 2001 or 2002 in Dunwoody, Georgia, where he was raised. His father died when Short was young, leading to his family's receiving Survivor Social Security. Short's father's Labor unions in the United States, labor union helped protect his family from medical debt, which brought Short to advocate for Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politics. He attended Dunwoody High ... [...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] |
