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Democratic Party (United States)
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Democratic Party
Chairman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
President of the United States
Barack Obama (President) (IL)
Senate Leader
Joe Biden (President) (DE)
Patrick Leahy (President pro tempore) (VT)
Harry Reid (Majority Leader) (NV)
Dick Durbin (Majority Whip) (IL)
House Leader
Nancy Pelosi (Minority Leader) (CA)
Steny Hoyer (Minority Whip) (MD)
Chair of Governors Association
Peter Shumlin (VT)[1]
Founded
1828 (modern)
1792 (historical)
Headquarters
430 South Capital Street SE,
Washington, D.C., 20003
Student wing
College Democrats of America
Youth wing
Young Democrats of America
Ideology
Liberalism (American)
Internal factions:
•Progressivism
• Libertarianism
• Third Way/Centrism
• Conservatism
• Labor unionism
• Christian left
• Social democracy
• Keynesianism
International affiliation
Alliance of Democrats
Colors
Blue
Seats in the Senate
53 / 100
Seats in the House
200 / 435
Governorships
19 / 50
State Upper House Seats
866 / 1,972
State Lower House Seats
2,589 / 5,411
Website
www.democrats.org
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States along with the Republican Party. Since the 1930s, the party has promoted a socially liberal and progressive platform,[2][3][4] and its Congressional caucus is composed of progressives, liberals, and centrists.[5] The party has the lengthiest record of continuous operation in the United States and is among the oldest political parties in the world.[6]
Current President of the United States Barack Obama is the 15th Democrat to hold the office of Presidency. As of the 113th Congress following the 2012 elections, the Democratic Party currently holds a minority of seats in the House of Representatives and a majority of seats in the Senate, as well as a minority of state governorships and control of a minority of state legislatures.