Premise: The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States , along with the Republican Party . In 1912 , Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate in the Progressive ( `` Bull Moose '' ) Party , leading to a switch of political platforms between the Democratic and Republican Party and Woodrow Wilson being elected as the first fiscally progressive Democrat . Overall , the Democratic Party has retained a membership lead over its major rival the Republican Party ( GOP ) .
Hypothesis: The Democratic Party's allied party the Republican Party.
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