The Democrats won the election, because they were able to bridge the differences between their northern and southern members.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Still, it was a great victory for the Whig Party and a sharply felt loss for the opposing party, the Democrats.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said cutting health care costs step by step is better than the Democrats' plan.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

House Republican leader John Boehner dismissed the emergency jobs measure as more wasteful spending aimed at pleasing the Democrats' traditional union allies.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

At the party's other extreme were the Democrats of the South, led by John C.Calhoun of South Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Both parties -- the Whigs and the Democrats -- had the same number of senators on the committee.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

In every state, the Democrats were divided between those who supported the administration and those opposed to it.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democrats would not start the legislative process all over again.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

But there is no final bill. And the Democrats have a new problem hey had not expected.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

The Democrats nominated Humphrey as their candidate to face the Republican candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

But the Democrats will need party unity if they try to pass reform legislation on their own.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

Republicans and other critics say the Democrats' idea of reforms would lead to socialized health care.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

But the Democrats could try to pass a health care bill using a process called reconciliation.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

4 years later, at Jackson's request, the Democrats chose Van Buren to be their presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

So,some believed the party should unite with the Democrats to support democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Then -- if he was elected president -- the Democrats could give the Philippines their independence.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

They warned that Horatio Seymour and the Democrats were all secret rebels in their hearts.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

"I don't think President Obama and the Democrats were expecting to have to spend so much time on health care because it is dragging on.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

The Whig party held its presidential nominating convention in Baltimore two weeks after the Democrats.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

The Democrats also failed to stop the Republicans from buying votes on election day.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Representatives of his party and the Democrats met secretly to work out a compromise.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The Democrats met in Baltimore in May eighteen forty-eight to choose their presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Independent voters helped elect President Obama but have since turned away from the Democrats.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

The Democrats agreed to permit Republican Rutherford Hayes to be sworn-in as President.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

The Democrats promised low tariffs that would mean lower prices for the people.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

He warned that Roosevelt and the Democrats would destroy the American system.

VOA: special.2011.03.10

The Democrats were happy that Clay was not the Whig presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

Like the Democrats, they chose Bryan to be their candidate for president.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Three political parties offered candidates: the Democrats,the Republicans and the Know-Nothings.

VOA: special.2009.05.07