democratic
Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
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How’s that democratic? What if residents of cities don’t want to amalgamate? Why have local elections if the boundaries of communities are just dictated arbitrary anyway?
Tim Miller: "If you are mad about the other faction of the Democratic Party...trying to gain a little bit more power for your faction between now and 2028, I think that is a total waste of time and it shows a horrific…
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch named executive vice-chair of Cook County Democratic Party
California Governor Gavin Newsom sharply criticized the remarks on Monday, accusing Trump of attempting to undermine elections and warning that it could damage democratic norms.
There has been over 2 million people leave the Democratic party since 2020, according to what the registry reported. Kind of seems like The People have spoken for themselves. It'll be interesting to see how those numb…
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Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
The United States is a democratic country, as the citizens are allowed to choose leaders to represent their interests.
“How’s that democratic? What if residents of cities don’t want to amalgamate? Why have local elections if the boundaries of communities are just dictated arbitrary anyway?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tim Miller: "If you are mad about the other faction of the Democratic Party...trying to gain a little bit more power for your faction between now and 2028, I think that is a total waste of time and it shows a horrific judgment about what the real threat is to the country."”
— Bluesky· May 2026“California Governor Gavin Newsom sharply criticized the remarks on Monday, accusing Trump of attempting to undermine elections and warning that it could damage democratic norms.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There has been over 2 million people leave the Democratic party since 2020, according to what the registry reported. Kind of seems like The People have spoken for themselves. It'll be interesting to see how those numbers change in the coming months.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church is running for the US Senate in Kansas The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas #abcnews”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.
[S]ome firie ſpirited men in the Miniſterie, got ſuch a guiding of the people at that time of confuſion, as finding the guſte of gouernment ſweete, they begouth to fantaſie to themſelues, a Democratick forme of gouernment: and after vſur…
“Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch named executive vice-chair of Cook County Democratic Party”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Next time I need an exhibit to point to why I have no faith in the Democratic leadership, I’ll point to this. They’ve all gotta go. This is not “hindsight,” this is backbone.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Anna Gomez is the sole Democratic commissioner on the FCC, which is currently operating with just three commissioners instead of the usual five.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The issue is you keep framing this in terms of a power struggle within the Democratic Party rather than the principles which are supposed to animate your politics.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Well, to be fair, this particular set of Democratic leadership is awful at messaging, so a conclusion that *they* could not generate political will to do, well, anything, is not obviously wrong.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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