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• a  characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
  democratic government
  a democratic country
  a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
• a  belong to or relating to the Democratic Party
• s  representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
  democratic art forms
  a democratic or popular movement

• What motivated the Chief Pleas was not the islanders' democratic fervor, but pressure from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

• Democratic
• popular

• undemocratic

News & Articles

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• Democratic legislation under the ax in North Carolina
  Here is a list of programs initiated by Democratic governors or passed by Democratic legislatures (sometimes at the urging of Republican governors) that could be ended or have their funds deeply cut by the Republican legislature. A few have already been repealed.
  June 17, 2013 - The Charlotte Observer
• Unlike Democratic wave of 2008, NC now friendlier to GOP as Sen. Kay Hagan faces re-election
  RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina rode President Barack Obama's coattails in 2008, winning a seat Republicans had held for nearly four decades.
  June 17, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Iowa Democratic Party announces new interim chairman
  The Iowa Democratic Party announced a former chairman is now the party's interim chair. Scott Brennan previously served as the party's chairman from 2006-2008.
  June 16, 2013 - KWWL Iowa

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Allentown Morning Call
  He explained the conduct of McChrystal "undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system."
• President Bush in International Herald Tribune
  President Bush called on the Pakistani people "to honor Benazir Bhutto's memory by continuing with the democratic process for which she so bravely gave her life."
• Elena Kagan in CBS News
  What I most took away from those experiences was simple admiration for the democratic process,she said. "The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the...