Factions in the Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party of the United States is composed of various factions with some overlap and enough agreement between them to coexist in one party.

During the 1968 United States presidential election, moderate pro-war Hubert Humphrey took the Democratic presidential nomination over the winner of the popular vote the anti-war progressive Eugene McCarthy.

In December 1972, the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, a centrist faction within the Democratic Party, was created after the landslide victory of Republican Richard Nixon over anti-war progressive Democrat George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election.

The presidency of Jimmy Carter led to a right wing shift in the Democratic Party. From FDR to Richard Nixon, there was a bipartisan support for maintaining New Deal social liberal programs. The Carter administration was the first to begin regulating and neo-liberalizing the United States economic system.

In 1985, the Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist faction within the Democratic Party, was created after the landslide victory of Republican Ronald Reagan over moderate Democrat Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election.

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