What branch of the Democratic Party do you belong to?

[AX10]

Poll question: What branch of the Democratic Party do you belong to?

:kick:

[BlooInBloo]

1. I'm with Dean on this idiotic question: I belong to the DEMOCRATIC wing of the party.

[dflprincess]

6. I think Wellstone was the first to coin that phrase

Though, Wellstone, as a member of Minnesota's Democratic Farmer Labor party was probably more of a Farmer Laborite - which is where I like to place myself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer-Labor_Party_(United_States)

The Farmer-Labor Party was a political party of Minnesota. It was founded in 1918 and merged with the Minnesota Democratic Party in 1944.

The party had a good deal of success in Minnesota as a statewide third party, with three governors and four U.S. senators serving during the 1920s and 1930s. The party platform called for protection for farmers and labor union members, government ownership of some industries, and social security laws. There were attempts to develop the party into a national Farmer-Labor Party in the early 1920's.

The Minnesota Democratic Party, led by Hubert Humphrey, was able to merge the Farmer-Labor party with the Minnesota Democratic Party in 1944. Since 1944 the two parties together make up the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Minnesota Governors who were Farmer-Labor
Floyd B. Olson (1931-1936)
Hjalmar Petersen (1936-1937)
Elmer Austin Benson (1937-1939)
United States Senators from Minnesota who were Farmer-Labor
Henrik Shipstead (1923-1941) later became a Republican
Magnus Johnson (1923-1925)
Elmer Austin Benson (1935-1937)
Ernest Lundeen (1937-1941)

[liberal renegade]

20. I used to be a liberal democrat

but ever since shit for brains was appointed by the SCOTUS, I consider myself a radical liberal democrat.... :mad: RLD... oops, my bad, meant to reply to original post....

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. I'm Just A True Blue Democrat. No Wing, Just A Sane Democrat. :o)

[Cleita]

3. The patriotic wing, the one that wants to save my country from

the Nazi wing of the Republican Party.

[walldude]

4. I'm not part of any organized party I'm a Democrat"

:rofl: I believe that was Will rogers...

[illinoisprogressive]

5. :You forgot the DLC wing. eeewwwww!

[rhett o rick]

7. First and formost I believe in freedom and the Constitution and support those

Democrats that believe also. I am not in the branch that uses corporations for support.

[MethuenProgressive]

8. I belong to the ROOTS

but sometimes I hang with the nuts...

[El Supremo]

9. Yaller Dog

From Wikipedia:

In the late 19th century and throughout the 20th century, Yellow Dog Democrats were voters in the U.S. Southern states who consistently voted for Democratic candidates — simply because of lingering resentment against Republicans during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. The term arose from an apocryphal remark that a Southerner would vote for a yellow dog before he'd vote for a Republican.

[Nickster]

10. That's a good question. Not quite sure where to categorize myself.

I would have said Moderate/Independent up until 2000-2001, since then, I've become more left wing. Hmmm what happened around that time........hmmmmm.....

[TomInTib]

11. You left out "I sit around and bitch and don't do a damned thing about it"

That's me.

I live in Southern Marin County, CA, so my vote doesn't mean a damned thing.

[hlthe2b]

12. dog-lover branch...

:loveya:

someone had to say it....

[Pastiche423]

13. None of the above

I am a Liberal Independent.

[marmar]

14. Point of clarification: Is the left wing considered more left than the liberal wing?

n/t

[AX10]

15. Yes!

[marmar]

17. Then I'm left wing....

:dem:

[David Zephyr]

16. The Howard Dean branch. Of course.

Is there actually another branch anymore? :)

[sutz12]

18. That's a lot of wings...

Can I have a drumstick?

[mentalsolstice]

19. I'm left wing, but I'm practicable

My ideals are more left than are "sociably acceptable." I just want an electable candidate that's somewhat near to what I believe.

[necso]

21. The big blue pants branch.

But normally I don't headvertise.

[aaronbees]

22. the hot wing ... eom

[bridgit]

23. we are liberal on many issues, conservative on others, though believe...

america is best served from within a state of balance :patriot:

[scarletwoman]

24. I'm a radical leftist who votes for Democrats because it's either that or not vote at all.

So put me down as belonging to the Reluctant-But-What-Fucking-Choice-Do-I-Have-In-This-Stupid-Two-Party-Political-System branch of the Democratic Party.

sw

[More Than A Feeling]

40. ooh...how radical?

[flaminbats]

25. I thought the DLC was part of the neoliberal wing..

people like Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson, Newt Gingrich, and Pat Buchanan were neocons. Neocons don't exist in the Democratic Party any more than neoliberals exist in the Republican Party.

Neocons are essentially former Reagan Democrats or southern conservatives who became Republicans during the last three decades. Neoliberals are people like Jay Rockefeller, Michael Forbes, and Jim Jeffords who began as progressives in the Republican Party.

But most neocons have become Republicans..like Richard Shelby and Sonny Perdue. Neocons believe that the more taxes are cut and the more we spend on government bonds..the more revenue will increase because of a booming economy. Conservatives tend to be supportive of the war in Iraq...but they view taxcuts as something that will only add to the debt while undermining our economy in the long run. Neoliberals tend to agree with conservatives on the need to for higher taxes to pay down the national debt, but they tend to disagree with the war in Iraq. Liberals oppose the war in Iraq, but also agree with the conservatives on reduced regulation along with more liberty for the individual. Liberals also believe programs like Social Security and Medicare result in more stability in the economy while insuring that our tax dollars will ultimately be used for the most moral purpose. And what about the John Dingell wing?

[Dr Fate]

37. They supported a war based on lies- which makes them "radical" and "far right" actually.

At least on that issue.

[NoPasaran]

26. The Democratic wing

[AX10]

27. Sounds good to me.

[Hippo_Tron]

41. Benedict Lieberman is not a member of the Democratic Party

So putting him under the DLC Wing would be incorrect.

[cgrindley]

28. I'm a social democrat

a strong believer in big government, lots of taxation and lots of regulation. I believe in nationalized health care, nationalized utilities, no private education of any sort, and a firm separation of church and state. I also favor the "nanny state" model and feel safer when I have a kindly vaguely socialist government I can trust to tell me what to do for the good of the majority. I like the constitution.

[Madspirit]

34. Social Democrat also...n/t

[Hidden Stillness]

45. Nicely Put

A regulated society where things were organized for the common good, with exploitation and inequity minimized--and punished--by law. A society where the necessities, from education to medical care, from utilities and resources to food and shelter, are considered as a general whole, based on what was fair, what was sustainable, and what was for the general good; based on morals and balance. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little," as FDR put it, during the Second Inaugural 1936, http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres50.html . I am left-wing, feminist, largely Socialist, anti-rich, anti-capitalist except when heavily regulated and heavily taxed, sometimes middle-of-the-road, and want the weak and the vulnerable protected. What the rich work so hard to keep from others, they do not deserve to have themselves.

[cgrindley]

47. You said it

FDR is one of my heroes. Him and Trudeau.

[manic expression]

29. Leftist?

Does communist fall under that label? Maybe there's a Marxist-Leninist box I can check or something.

[Edweird]

30. I belong to the Angry, Gun-Toting, Meat Eating branch!

:evilgrin:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. The "lesser of two evils" branch.

See my sig line for details.

[Madspirit]

32. The Far, Far, Far, Far, Far Left Wing n/t

[Catchawave]

33. What "wing" is more than one issue ?

I have many, so I voted moderate, since Liberal Republican wasn't a choice :silly:

[benny05]

35. "The West Wing"

whatever wing that is for a Democratic candidate to take the WH.

[Dr Fate]

36. I am a moderate-meaning for one thing, that I am against wars based on lies.

sorry, but any Democrat who was for the war can NOT call that a "moderate" position. Supporting wars based on lies is a far, far Right position.

[Breeze54]

38. Only one vote for the "right wing"?

The Right Wing --- (1 votes, 1%)

Where are all the HRC supporters? :shrug:

They should all be clicking on that choice!

[ecstatic]

39. I'm part of the liberal wing but I hate excuses and the delay in fixing *s mess

I heard a congresswoman remind a CNN interviewer that the Dem majority has only been in power for a month and a half. Well that's all well and good but during that time over 150 servicemen and women have died, not to mention the near 1500 Iraqis who have died. They need to do their jobs and stop BSing around.

[michreject]

42. Left of center

But right of the far left.:shrug:

[etherealtruth]

43. I try to forget John Engler

:(

[porphyrian]

44. Yes. - n/t

[Marr]

46. Might be interesting to see what faction of the left people see themselves as belonging to.

Rather than just 'how far to the left are you?'.

I consider myself a populist. That's a liberal, of course, but I'm most interested in economic and labor issues.