Template talk:Political party
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| Democratic Party | |
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| Party Chairman | Howard Dean |
| Senate Leader | Harry Reid |
| House Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Founded | 1820s (modern), 1792 (historical) |
| Headquarters | 430 South Capitol Street SE Washington, D.C. 20003 |
| Political ideology | Liberalism1, Progressivism, Center-left |
| Political position | {{{position}}} |
| International affiliation | Alliance of American and European Democrats2 |
| Color(s) | Blue3 |
| Website | www.democrats.org |
| 1American liberalism see also Progressivism in the United States 2The National Democratic Institute, an organization with ties to the party, is registered as a cooperating organization with the Liberal International. 3Blue has been used by most media and commentators since 2000; it is official since 2006[1]; see red state vs. blue state divide. |
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Honestly I'm not very happy with this template because templates like infobox US political party, infobox UK political party, infobox swedish political party, infobox Dutch political party etc, see the example of the US democrats on the right. pre-date it and are better equiped for several reasons:
- They are nation-specific, and therefore able to deal with specific national characteristics (EU, etc);
- They can contain more information, like HQ, political leader etc.;
- They do not mention "fiscal ideology" or "social ideology", which are US specific names and conflicts;
- It has colour coding (i.e. the labour template is red);
- It is more commonly used.
All in all I think the infoboxes should be used and not this template. C mon 07:01, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
