Democratic Party (Carucere)
Democratic Party Demokratik Pati | |
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| Abbreviation | PD |
| President | Louis Chevallier |
| Chairperson | Guy Delgrès |
| Founder | David Jonas |
| Founded | 30 November 1937 |
| Think tank | National Business Office |
| Membership (2020) |  19,510 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Red |
| Senate | 12 / 79
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The Democratic Party (Gaullican: Parti Démocrate; Papotement: Demokratik Pati) is a liberal political party in Carucere. Founded in 1937 as a party for reformist whites and creoles, today the party supports moderate and economically liberal policies. The party's ideology has been referred to as classical liberal, social liberal, conservative-liberal, and liberal conservative. It is the oldest extant political party in Carucere today.
The Democratic Party was founded after the Great War to represent the liberal anti-Functionalist movement in District of Saint-Brendan. It dominated the country's politics during the Arucian Federation, United Provinces, and the first decade of Carucere's independence. However it fell out of power during the Sugar Crash and it was regulated to a minor force in the opposition during the Preval years. It would not return to power until the 1990s during the terms of President Leyland and Premier Ferey. In 2016, the party's congress elected David Jonas to be the party's first Bahian Carucerean leader, and promoted the party beyond its original base. Although it officially does not support any particular ethnic group, throughout its history it is favored by the liberal Creoles and Whites.
As one of the three major ideolojis parties, the Democrats represents the economically liberal, pro-free-market movement of the middle and upper classes of Carucere. The party's main policies revolve around the economy, such as supporting greater economic integration with the rest of the Arucian Cooperation Organization and the wider region. The party has traditionally formed the ideological core of the opposition due to its long tenure out of power, but in recent decades its policies have more widely accepted in the political consensus. After the 2023 Carucerean legislative election, the Democratic Party formed a government with the United Progressive and the General Assembly party and David Jonas become Premier of Carucere