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The '''Democratic Party''' was an [[United States|American]] [[politics|political]] [[political party|party]]. | The '''Democratic Party''' was an [[United States|American]] [[politics|political]] [[political party|party]]. | ||
In [[1940]], [[Cody McBride]], an American expatriate living in the [[United Kingdom]], said he was a Democrat as opposed to a [[Republican Party|Republican]] but felt he was too busy to get involved in politics. ([[PROSE]]: | == History == | ||
In [[1940]], [[Cody McBride]], an American expatriate living in the [[United Kingdom]], said he was a Democrat as opposed to a [[Republican Party|Republican]] but felt he was too busy to get involved in politics. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Illegal Alien (novel)}}) | |||
In [[2012]], [[Diana Goddard]] found the Democrats "funny," and expressed her belief that the next [[President of the United States]] would be a Democrat. [[Henry van Statten]] implied that he would be the one to decide whether that would happen. ([[TV]]: | In [[1972]], five [[burglar]]s were caught breaking into the Democratic Party [[headquarter]]s. Their plan was to steal information that would damage the Democrats' chances in that year's presidential election. Following the election, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}) the [[United States Senate|US Senate]] [[US Senate Watergate Committee|Watergate Committee]] investigated the reports. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)}}) The burglars were found to be linked to [[Republican Party|rival party]] President [[Richard Nixon]] and his Committee to Re-elect the President following the investigation. This became known as the [[Watergate]] scandal. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}) | ||
In [[2012]], [[Diana Goddard]] found the Democrats "funny," and expressed her belief that the next [[President of the United States]] would be a Democrat. [[Henry van Statten]] implied that he would be the one to decide whether that would happen. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
While the "rival party" of the Democrats is never clarified in {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}, it is referring to the [[Republican Party]], the party of President Nixon. | |||
{{Political parties}} | {{Political parties}} | ||