DEMOCRATIC PARTY Symbol: Donkey Characteristics: –Liberal –Left-wing –Allows government intervention –Some government control of the market –“Common Man” –People’s Party

Democratic Party History Traces ideals to Thomas Jefferson and the Anti- Federalists Modern Party began with Andrew Jackson in 1825 Supported by…Northern laborer South Party split by…States Rights National Expansion Slavery

1912 Democratic President –Woodrow Wilson Boss/Machine organizations Trust Busting Muckraking Party dealing with the following issues –Racism –Antiforeign attitudes –Ku Klux Klan

1936 Election FDR v. Alfred Landon FDR: –Millions of voters Jobs, homes, bank accounts –White South (core) joined: African American Laborers – Unions Farmers New Immigrants Ethnic Minorities Women Progressives Intellectuals Won 60% of popular vote Carried all states except: –Maine & Vermont Alfred Landon – Republicans: Governor of Kansas “free the spirit of American Enterprise” “time for a change” Republicans lost African American support: Republican/Abe Lincoln Emancipation “Historic Political Re- alignment”

FDR Appeal “Black Cabinet” –Appointed African Americans to cabinet positions –Included blacks in the New Deal Programs Women – Eleanor Roosevelt 1 st lady role changed from “hostess” to important figure in the Administration Sec. of Labor Frances Perkins 1 st woman cabinet member Female Diplomats Female Judges *New Deal programs paid women less than men