WHY We Are Democrats!
We are the Party of the People –
committed to helping the disadvantaged.
The Party of the Every Day People.
For the People. By the People.
The Democratic Party.
For more than 200 years, the Democratic Party has represented the interests of working families, fighting for equal opportunities and justice for men, women and children of all colors, beliefs and social backgrounds. Party founders believed that wealth and social status were not an entitlement to rule, but rather that a stable government could only be successful if built upon a broad, popular base of the people.
From its inception, the Democratic Party emphasized the rights of everyday, hardworking people – a message that resonated well with farmers and factory workers. Even today, Ohioans identify with these values and apply them as a guide during our everyday living.
Today, Democrats are fighting to repair a decade of damage and to grow an economy based on the values of Main Street, not greed and reckless speculation of Wall Street. Democrats are focused on rescuing our economy not just in the short run, but also rebuilding our economy for the long run — an economy that lifts up not just some Americans, but all Americans by rewarding hard work and responsibility, by investing in people and by growing the United States of America from the bottom up.
We are the Party committed to
helping the American People!
Laws enacted under Democratic Presidents
Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916
President Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Women’s Right to Vote – 1919
President Thomas Woodrow Wilson
The Social Security Act of 1935
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Expanded by Presidents
Harry S. Truman – 1950
Lyndon B. Johnson – 1965
Rural Electrification Act – 1936
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Minimum Wage | 8-Hour Work
Day | 40-HOur Work Week
Overtime Pay | Child Labor Laws
Safe Food and Drug Act – 1938
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal Food Assistance – 1939
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Expanded under
President Lyndon B. Johnson – 1964
GI Bill of Rights – 1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Right to Free Public Schools – 1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Employment Act of 1946
President Harry S. Truman
The Clean Water Act – 1948
President Harry S. Truman
Expanded under
President Jimmy Carter – 1977
Clean Air Act of 1963
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Equal Pay Act of 1963
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Equal Employment Opportunity – 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Head Start Program – 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Medicare and Medicaid – 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Pell Grants – 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson
President Barack Obama increased
number of awards – 2010
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Fair Housing Act of 1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Americans with Disabilities Act – 1990
Introduced by Senator Tom Harkin
Passed by Senate and House –
both majority Democrats
The Family and Medical Leave Act – 1993
President Bill Clinton
American Reinvestment &
Recovery Act – 2009
President Barack Obama
Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) Reauthorization
Act of 2009
President Barack Obama
Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights – 2009
President Barack Obama
Hate Crimes Prevention Act – 2009
President Barack Obama
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act – 2009
President Barack Obama
Stem Cell Research – 2009
President Barack Obama ended
the ban on such research
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau – 2010
President Barack Obama
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Repeal Act of 2010
President Barack Obama
Economic Recovery Plan – 2010
President Barack Obama
Middle Class Tax Cuts |
Strengthened
Unemployment Benefits &
COBRA Health Insurance
Infrastructure Projects
Education Jobs & Medicaid
Assistance Act – 2010
President Barack Obama
Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act – 2010
President Barack Obama
Student Loan Reform – 2010
President Barack Obama
American Jobs Act – 2011
President Barack Obama
Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge
Act of 2012
President Barack Obama
American Taxpayer Relief Act – 2013
President Barack Obama
Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act – 2013
President Barack Obama
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act – 2013
President Barack Obama
Agricultural Act – 2014
President Barack Obama
Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention
for American Veterans Act – 2015
President Barack Obama
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
President Joe Biden
PPE & COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension
Acts of 2021
President Joe Biden
Drinking Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Act of 2021
President Joe Biden
COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
President Joe Biden
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