Democrat

The Democrats are a political party. When they came to power, they helped make life a little bit worse in Coarsegold.
==Background==
After several disasters such the drought, the dust storms, the plagues, and the freak tsunami, then the Democrats coming into office, Coarsegold wasn't what it used to be, but it was still a nice place to live. The politicians are corrupt, sneaky and conniving like outlaws and bandits.Willy(FPD)
A Democratic president presiding over a Republican congress is usually useless (or visa-versa).
The Democratic President Cleveland runs the country in 1888. An image of Mrs. Cleveland can be seen in Freddy's Pharmacy.
==Behind the scenes==
History and explanation of Democratic politics in 1870-1880s.
:The modern form of the Democratic party began in the years after the War of 1812. Although the Democrats cannot be credited with starting conventions, platforms and highly institutionalized campaigning, they succeeded in bringing these features to new levels in the party system. From the mid-1830s to the Civil War, the Democrats were the nation’s majority party, controlling Congress, the presidency and many state offices. In general, the Democrats favored a confined and minimal federal government and states’ rights.
:The party suffered its first major disruption in the mid-1850s. A large influx of Irish and German Catholic immigration precipitated a strong reaction among northern Democrats. Worries about the future of the "Protestant" nation led to the formation of the Know-Nothing party, which drew off many Democrats. Also, many Democratic leaders were reluctant to take a stand against slavery, and that was viewed as a pro-southern stand that permitted slaveholders to prevail in new territories and consequently to dominate in national politics. The new Republican party astutely played on the nativism and anti-southern sentiment, resulting in a new political alignment.
:The Democrat’s second significant era lasted from the Civil War into the 1890s. Partisan loyalties planted early in the century and nurtured during the Civil War kept the party faithful loyal in election after election. Southern whites who had not been Democrats earlier flocked to the party in the aftermath of Reconstruction, making the Solid (Democratic) South a political reality.
:In keeping with their small government stance, Democrats asserted it was wrong to wield power to regulate individual behavior and religious beliefs. This stance gained them the support of German Lutherans, Roman Catholics and other Christians who were not evangelical.
:In the national elections of the 1870s and 1880s, the Democratic platform differed only by degrees from the Republican. For years, both parties practiced the corrupt policy of doling out civil service jobs to party lackeys, while at the same time calling - feebly - for reform of the system. On the tariff issue, while the Republicans favored high tariffs, the Democrats campaigned for "tariffs for revenue only."
:Neither party during this time focused much energy on the increasing problems of debt-burdened farmers and powerless laborers.
In the modern era, Libertarians (and a few Republicans) have more or less taken on the 'small government' stance (at least in party stance, but not necessarily in 'practice'), and the belief in not regulating individual behavior and religious beliefs, but Democrats still promote limited aspects of separation of church and state, but believe in a much larger government. They have gone from small taxes to larger taxes to support social welfare reform.
==References==
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