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→Democrat vs Democratic Party: info added
I had never really thought much of this issue, but I finally went and did a little research on the subject. It seems that "Democratic Party" is considered the proper term (although it still isn't accurate). I hate to reference NPR, but they would know all about how liberals feel, and with an extensive, detailed article they explain why "Democratic Party" is correct, and "Democrat Party" hurts their fragile egos. [https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2010/03/since_when_did_it_become_the_d.html] Although I have no qualms about hurting their egos, other sources seem to back up this argument. I've often used "Democrat Party" myself, but it seems I should try to avoid that in the future. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 11:21, 8 January 2018 (EST)
I had never really thought much of this issue, but I finally went and did a little research on the subject. It seems that "Democratic Party" is considered the proper term (although it still isn't accurate). I hate to reference NPR, but they would know all about how liberals feel, and with an extensive, detailed article they explain why "Democratic Party" is correct, and "Democrat Party" hurts their fragile egos. [https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2010/03/since_when_did_it_become_the_d.html] Although I have no qualms about hurting their egos, other sources seem to back up this argument. I've often used "Democrat Party" myself, but it seems I should try to avoid that in the future. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 11:21, 8 January 2018 (EST)
:Not me. I'm going to continue using the term Democrat Party to refer to them (and the use of that reference is picking up in popularity among the public) and I don't care how the Democrats (or liberals in general) feel about it. [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 12:31, 8 January 2018 (EST)
:Not me. I'm going to continue using the term Democrat Party to refer to them (and the use of that reference is picking up in popularity among the public) and I don't care how the Democrats (or liberals in general) feel about it. As the header in the [[Democrat Party]] article itself states:
{{cquote|'''Democrat Party''' is the grammatically correct term for the Democratic Party. The Party is not "democratic," and proper nouns like "Democrat" are not converted into adjectives by adding "ic" as a suffix. For example, it is not the "Republicanic Party," or the "Libertarianic Party," or a "Smith-ic Wedding." yet many Democrats bristle at the term "Democrat Party." and perhaps they prefer the false illusion that their party is somehow more "democratic" than other parties. In fact, the Democrat Party is '''''less''''' democratic than the other political parties.}}
:[[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 12:40, 8 January 2018 (EST)