Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties, alongside the Republican Party, in the United States. The Democratic Party underwent a dramatic ideological change over its history, transforming from a pro-slavery party during the 19th century t
The Democratic Party has released its 2020 Party Platform, which represents the Democrats’ aspirations for the next four years. Separately, the Biden/Harris campaign has released its immigration plan. Both plans contain concrete policy suggestions (as well as plenty of hyperbole), and here I want...
"My political opponents and their Republican allies have shown they are willing to commit a sex crime to attack me and my family because there is no line they won't cross to silence women when they speak out." The revelation could have a huge say in the balance of power in the Virginia...
Britainy Beshear (R), as he delivers his victory speech to a crowd at an election night event at Old Forrester's Paristown Hall on November 7, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. Beshear successfully defeated Republican challenger Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and will...
“That is not how it works. That is a threat to democracy, not the Republican Party, which is fighting for democracy every single day,” Vance said during the rally. “This is not OK.” He said he had not seen the full list of potential VP picks for Harris. “[Arizona Democratic Se...
ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform, announced that it had collected $46.7 million as of 9 p.m. ET from small-dollar donations for Vice President Harris’ campaign. The Biden campaign and affiliated groups previously ...
Republican Doug Elmets speaks at the Democratic National Convention. More coverage at latimes.com/trailguide The convention has been an opportunity for party leaders to trot out some big names in Democratic politics, but on Thursday night, two members of the oppos...
Former Republican Rep. Susan Molinari, who made the case for Joe Biden at the DNC on Monday night, told ABC News' Linsey Davis that President Trump is "dividing" the U.S. and "this country is hurting so much" that we are in "need of someone bringing us together." Former Republ...
While O'Rourke has been criticized for not offering specific proposals of his own — often simply agreeing to ideas suggested by others, orreversing courseon previous positions, like means testing for social security — he is not without a platform. During his swing through each of New...
world—but, ironically, it is somewhat to the interests of the United States that such a movement should be a public constituency pointed toward realignment of the political parties, demanding a conservative Republican Party in the South and an exclusion of the "leftist" elements of the national...