Democratic Party (United States) |This article is part of the
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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,234 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. The Democratic Party evolved from Anti-
Federalist factions that opposed the fiscal po