Democratic Party (United States)

=== Centrists ===
{{see also|New Democrats (United States)|Third Way}}
Centrist Democrats, or [[New Democrats (United States)|New Democrats]], are an ideologically [[Centrism|centrist]] faction within the Democratic Party that emerged after the victory of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[George H. W. Bush]] in the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web|title= DLC: The New American Choice Resolutions|work= Democratic Leadership Council |url=http://www.dlc.org/ndol_cid211.html?kaid=86&subid=194&contentid=1251 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20140111224830/http://www.dlc.org/ndol_cid211.html?kaid=86&subid=194&contentid=1251 |archive-date=January 11, 2014}}</ref> Running as a New Democrat, Bill Clinton won the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]] and [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]] presidential elections.<ref>Alvarez, R. Michael, and Jonathan Nagler. "Economics, Entitlements, and Social Issues: Voter Choice in the 1996 Presidential Election." ''American Journal of Political Science'' 42, no. 4 (1998): 1361.</ref> They are an economically [[Economic liberalism|liberal]] and "[[Third Way]]" faction that dominated the party for around 20 years, until the start of [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama's presidency]]. They are represented by organizations such as the [[New Democrat Network]] and the [[New Democrat Coalition]]. The New Democrat Coalition is a pro-growth and fiscally moderate congressional coalition.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us – New Democrat Coalition|url=https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/about-us|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804191303/https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref>

One of the most influential centrist groups was the [[Democratic Leadership Council]] (DLC), a nonprofit organization that advocated centrist positions for the party. The DLC disbanded in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/Democratic_Leadership_Council_will_fold.html|title=Democratic Leadership Council will fold|website=Politico|date=February 7, 2011|access-date=September 18, 2011|archive-date=June 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626020036/http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/Democratic_Leadership_Council_will_fold.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some Democratic elected officials have self-declared as being centrists, including former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President [[Al Gore]], Senator [[Mark Warner]], former Pennsylvania governor [[Ed Rendell]], former Senator [[Jim Webb]], President [[Joe Biden]], and former congresswoman [[Ann Kirkpatrick]].<ref name="Members - New Democrat Coalition">{{cite web|url=https://newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov/members|title=Members – New Democrat Coalition|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907005152/https://newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov/members|archive-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|jstor=2152360|title=The Making of the New Democrats|first=Jon F.|last=Hale|date=January 1, 1995|journal=Political Science Quarterly|volume=110|issue=2|pages=207–232|doi=10.2307/2152360}}</ref>

The New Democrat Network supports socially liberal and fiscally moderate Democratic politicians and is associated with the congressional [[New Democrat Coalition]] in the House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/|title=New Democrat Coalition|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308074931/https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Annie Kuster]] is the chair of the coalition,<ref name="Members - New Democrat Coalition"/> and former senator and President [[Barack Obama]] was self-described as a New Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2009/03/obama-i-am-a-new-democrat-019862#ixzz3o9jykSUe|title=Obama: 'I am a New Democrat'|work=Politico.com|date=March 10, 2009 |access-date=April 16, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419161022/http://www.politico.com/story/2009/03/obama-i-am-a-new-democrat-019862#ixzz3o9jykSUe|url-status=live}}</ref>