Democratic Party (United States)

==== Equal opportunity ====
The Democratic Party supports [[equal opportunity]] for all Americans regardless of sex, age, race, ethnicity, [[sexual orientation]], [[gender identity]], religion, creed, or national origin. The Democratic Party has broad appeal across most socioeconomic and ethnic demographics, as seen in recent exit polls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory/|title=Behind Biden's 2020 Victory|date=June 30, 2021|website=Pew Research Center|access-date=August 19, 2023|archive-date=August 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819144304/https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory/|url-status=live}}</ref> Democrats also strongly support the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans with Disabilities Act]] to prohibit discrimination against people based on physical or mental disability. As such, the Democrats pushed as well the [[ADA Amendments Act of 2008]], a disability rights expansion that became law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democrats.org/issues/civil_rights|title=Civil Rights|work=Democrats.org|access-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209053820/http://www.democrats.org/issues/civil_rights|archive-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Most Democrats support [[affirmative action]] to further equal opportunity. However, in 2020 [[2020 California Proposition 16|57% voters in California]] voted to keep their state constitution's ban on affirmative action, despite Biden [[2020 United States presidential election in California|winning 63% of the vote in California]] in the same election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf|title=STATEMENT OF VOTE|first1=Alex|last1=Padilla|date=November 3, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref>