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Democrat In Name Only

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Democrat In Name Only (or DINO) is a pejorative term for any member of the United States Democratic Party deemed insufficiently liberal. [1]

12 relations: Acronym, Blue Dog Coalition, Boll weevil (politics), Conservative Democrat, Democratic Party (United States), Left–right political spectrum, Libertarian Democrat, New Democrats, Party switching in the United States, Pejorative, Republican In Name Only, Southern Democrats.

Acronym

An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).

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Blue Dog Coalition

The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify as conservative Democrats.

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Boll weevil (politics)

Boll weevils was an American political term used in the mid- and late-20th century to describe conservative Southern Democrats.

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Conservative Democrat

In American politics, a conservative Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party with conservative political views, or with views relatively conservative with respect to those of the national party.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Left–right political spectrum

The left–right political spectrum is a system of classifying political positions, ideologies and parties.

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Libertarian Democrat

In American politics, a libertarian Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party with political views that are relatively libertarian compared to the views of the national party.

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New Democrats

New Democrats, also called centrist Democrats, Clinton Democrats or moderate Democrats, are a centre-right ideological faction within the Democratic Party that emerged after the victory of Republican George H. W. Bush in the 1988 presidential election.

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Party switching in the United States

In the United States politics, party switching is any change in party affiliation of a partisan public figure, usually one who is currently holding elected office.

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Pejorative

A pejorative (also called a derogatory term, a slur, a term of abuse, or a term of disparagement) is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative connotation or a low opinion of someone or something, showing a lack of respect for someone or something.

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Republican In Name Only

Republican In Name Only (RINO) is a pejorative term used by conservative members of the Republican Party of the United States to describe Republicans whose political views or actions they consider insufficiently conservative.

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Southern Democrats

Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the South.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_In_Name_Only

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