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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 [[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 [[1972]], five [[burglar]]s were caught breaking into the Democratic Party [[ | In [[1972]], five [[burglar]]s were caught breaking into the Democratic Party [[headquarters]]. 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)}}) | 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)}}) | ||
