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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States (1829–1837) and the first Democratic president.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States (1861–1865) and the first Republican to hold the office

Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States (1837–1841) and the second Democratic president.

Charles R. Jennison, an anti-slavery militia leader associated with the Jayhawkers from Kansas and an early Republican politician in the region

President Clinton's Cabinet, 1993. The President is seated front right, with Vice President Al Gore seated front left.

The incumbent in 2000, Bill Clinton. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 2001.

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States (1869–1877)

Gross US Federal Debt as a Percentage of GDP, by political party of President

The 1885 inauguration of Grover Cleveland, the only president with non-consecutive terms

James G. Blaine, 28th & 31st Secretary of State (1881; 1889–1892)

Budget deficits and surpluses in billions of dollars, 1971–2001

Leaders of the Democratic Party during the first half of the 20th century on 14 June 1913: Secretary of State William J. Bryan, Josephus Daniels, President Woodrow Wilson, Breckinridge Long, William Phillips, and Franklin D. Roosevelt

2000 Palm Beach County voting stand and ballot box

William McKinley, 25th president of the United States (1897–1901)

Clinton shaking hands with Gerry Adams outside a business in East Belfast, November 30, 1995

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, 32nd and 33rd presidents of the United States (1933–1945; 1945–1953), featured on a campaign poster for the 1944 presidential election

Florida Supreme Court during the recount

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States (1901–1909)

Map of the six Yugoslav republics and autonomous provinces in 1991

John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, 35th and 36th presidents of the United States (1961–1963, 1963–1969)

Gore-Lieberman supporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court

Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States (1929–1933)

Clinton presided over the admission of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic into NATO

Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States (1977–1981), delivering the State of the Union Address in 1979

Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States (1981–1989)

Jo Myong-rok (center right), Kim Jong-il's defence minister, with U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, 2000

Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001), at The Pentagon in 1998

Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)

Clinton defeated Republican Bob Dole in the 1996 presidential election.

Barack Obama speaking to College Democrats of America in 2007

Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States (1923–1929)

Republican George W. Bush defeated Democrat Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election.

President Barack Obama meeting with the Blue Dog Coalition in the State Dining Room of the White House in 2009

Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th governor of California (2003–2011)

Graph of Clinton's approval ratings in Gallup polls

Eleanor Roosevelt at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Vote share by county for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. Darker shades indicate a stronger Green performance.

John McCain, United States senator from Arizona (1987–2018)

President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law at the White House on March 23, 2010

Donald Rumsfeld, 21st United States Secretary of Defense (2001–2006)

Secretary of State John Kerry addressing delegates at the United Nations before signing the Paris Agreement on April 22, 2016

Election results by congressional district.

Colin Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State (2001–2005)

Shirley Chisholm was the first major-party African American candidate to run nationwide primary campaigns.

Newt Gingrich, 50th Speaker of the House of Representatives (1995–1999)

President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Immigration Act of 1965 as Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy and others look on

Annual population growth in the U.S. by county - 2010s

Then-Senator Barack Obama shaking hands with an American soldier in Basra, Iraq in 2008

This map shows the vote in the 2020 presidential election by county.

President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in 1978

Political Spectrum Libertarian Left Centrist Right Authoritarian

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with President Barack Obama at Ben Gurion Airport in 2013

U.S. opinion on gun control issues is deeply divided along political lines, as shown in this 2021 survey.

Self-identified Democrats (blue) versus self-identified Republicans (red) (January–June 2010 data)

Higher percentages of Democrats than Republicans are members of union households.

Elected at age 33, Jon Ossoff is currently the youngest member of the U.S. Senate.

Hillary Clinton was the first woman to be nominated for president by a major party.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

Julián Castro served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s.

- Democratic Party (United States)

Republican candidate George W. Bush, the governor of Texas and eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, won the election, defeating incumbent Vice President Al Gore.

- 2000 United States presidential election

Since the mid-1850s, it has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party.

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Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following a decisive victory over Republican incumbent president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential election.

- Presidency of Bill Clinton

Clinton was succeeded by Republican George W. Bush, who won the 2000 presidential election.

- Presidency of Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton, a Democrat and former Governor of Arkansas, was ineligible to seek reelection to a third term due to the Twenty-second Amendment; in accordance with Section1 of the Twentieth Amendment, his term expired at noon Eastern Standard Time on January 20, 2001.

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The economic policy adopted by the Democratic Party, including the former Clinton administration, has been referred to as "Third Way."

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Bush criticized Clinton administration policies in Somalia, where 18 Americans died in 1993 trying to sort out warring factions, and in the Balkans, where United States peacekeeping troops perform a variety of functions.

- 2000 United States presidential election

Although both major political parties (and many minor ones) use the traditional American colors of red, white, and blue in their marketing and representations, since election night 2000 blue has become the identifying color for the Democratic Party while red has become the identifying color for the Republican Party.

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A Republican ticket of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney won the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.

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Following gun control measures under the Clinton administration, such as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Republicans allied with the NRA during the Republican Revolution in 1994.

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1996 United States presidential election

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The 53rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996.

Ross Perot was on the ballot in every state.

Harry Browne was on the ballot in every state.

Ralph Nader was on the ballot in twenty-one states (225 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.

John Hagelin was on the ballot in forty-three states (463 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.

Howard Phillips was on the ballot in thirty-eight states (414 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.

Dole (left) and Clinton (right) at the first presidential debate on October 6, 1996, at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Former Governor Richard Lamm of Colorado

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Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee, and Ross Perot, the Reform Party nominee.

A budget impasse between Congress and the Clinton Administration eventually resulted in a government shutdown.

In the 2000 and 2004 elections, the Democrats would fail to carry even one of the former Confederate states, contributing to their defeat both times.