democrat

Example Sentences

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Critics call him extreme, though he recently told AFP he was a democrat who would "respect the constitution."

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

“That changed everything,” said David Brauer, a retired journalist who wrote for Minneapolis publications and who identifies as a center-left social democrat.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2025

A woman once viewed as a democrat but later reviled by many as a despot had fled like a fugitive under cover of internet darkness.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

Rutte‘s replacement after 13 years in office could be the country’s first female premier or a social democrat who left his job as the European Union‘s climate czar to return to national politics.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

In 1851, a coalition of the whigs and democrats of Georgia nominated Howell Cobb, a democrat, for governor, and Toombs, then a whig, canvassed for him with great zeal.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin