Demographics of the Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party of the United States is composed of various demographic groups.

Ethnicity

African Americans

• 
  Former President Barack Obama
• 
  Vice President Kamala Harris
• 
  Governor of Maryland Wes Moore
• 
  Senator Raphael Warnock
• 
  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

Originally, the Republican Party was favored by African Americans after the end of the civil war and emancipation of enslaved African Americans. This trend started to gradually change in the 1930s, with Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs that gave economic relief to all minorities including African Americans and Hispanics. Support for the civil rights movement in the 1960s by Democratic presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson helped give the Democrats even larger support among the Black community, although their position also alienated the Southern white population. Starting around this time, African Americans were alienated from the Republican Party by the Southern strategy, particularly by Richard Nixon. ^[1] Today, African Americans have stronger support for the Democratic Party than any group has for either party, voting 93% Democratic in the 2012 presidential election, ^[2] 89% Democratic in the 2016 presidential election, ^[3] and 87% Democratic in the 2020 presidential election. ^[4] Prominent Black American Democrats include President Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Senators Raphael Warnock and Cory Booker, former Senator Carol Moseley Braun, former Governors Douglas Wilder and Deval Patrick, Representatives Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, Elijah Cummings and Jim Clyburn, and Mayor Eric Adams.

Asian Americans

• 
  Senator Tammy Duckworth
• 
  Senator Mazie Hirono
• 
  Representative Andy Kim
• 
  Representative Mark Takano
• 
  Representative Ro Khanna

The Democratic Party also has considerable support in the small yet growing Asian American population. The Asian American population had been a stronghold of the Republican Party until the United States presidential election of 1992 in which George H. W. Bush won 55% of the Asian American vote, compared to Bill Clinton winning 31% and Ross Perot winning 15%. Originally, the majority of Asian Americans consisted of strongly anti-communist Vietnamese refugees, Chinese Americans, Taiwanese Americans, Korean Americans, and Filipino Americans. The Republican Party's socially conservative, fervently anti-communist position strongly resonated with this original demographic. The Democratic Party made gains among the Asian American population starting in 1996 and in 2006 won 62% of the Asian American vote. Exit polls after the 2008 presidential election indicated that Democrat Barack Obama had won 62% of the Asian American vote. ^[5] In the 2012 presidential election, 73% of the Asian American electorate voted for Obama's reelection. ^[6]

According to a survey taken by the Times of India, Obama had the support of 85% of Indian Americans, 68% of Chinese Americans, and 57% of Filipino Americans in 2012. ^[7] The Asian American community's increasing number of young voters has also helped to erode traditionally Republican voting blocs such as Vietnamese Americans, making the community increasingly a Democratic stronghold. Prominent Asian American Democrats include Senators Mazie Hirono and Tammy Duckworth, former senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka, former Governor and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, and Representatives Judy Chu, Doris Matsui, and Andy Kim.

Hispanic and Latino Americans

• 
  Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
• 
  Senator Alex Padilla
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  Representative Pete Aguilar
• 
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• 
  Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham

The Hispanic American population, particularly the large Mexican American population in the Southwest and the large Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Central American populations in the Northeast, have been strongholds for the Democratic Party. Hispanic Democrats commonly favor liberal views on immigration. In the 1996 presidential election, Democratic president Bill Clinton received 72% of the Hispanic vote.

After a period of incremental gains under George W. Bush, the Republican Party's support among Hispanics seriously eroded after a heated and acrimonious debate within the party during the 109th Congress over immigration reform. Nationwide protests helped galvanize Hispanic political participation, and in the 2006 elections, Democrats increased their share of the Hispanic vote to 69%. ^[8] This trend continued in 2008, as Barack Obama carried the Latino vote with 67%. ^[9] Obama expanded his share of the Latino vote to 71% in the 2012 presidential election.

National exit polling among Black/African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino/Hispanic Americans

Year	Branch	% of Black/African-American Democratic vote		% of Asian-American Democratic vote		% of Latino/Hispanic American Democratic vote
1976 [10]	United States Presidency	83	83	-	-	82	82
1980 [11]	United States Presidency	83	83	-	-	56	56
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	-	-	75	75
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	92	92	-	-	69	69
1984 [14]	United States Presidency	91	91	-	-	66	66
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	86	86	-	-	75	75
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	85	85	-	-	76	76
1988 [17]	United States Presidency	83	83	-	-	70	70
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	79	79	63	63	72	72
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	49	49	72	72
1992 [20]	United States Presidency	83	83	31	31	61	61
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	92	92	54	54	61	61
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	82	82	43	43	73	73
1996 [23]	United States Presidency	84	84	44	44	73	73
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	56	56	63	63
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	59	59	65	65
2000 [26]	United States Presidency	90	90	55	55	62	62
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	91	91	66	66	62	62
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	90	90	57	57	56	56
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	88	88	56	56	53	53
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	63	63	74	74
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	94	94	67	67	70	70
2008 [32]	United States Presidency	95	95	62	62	67	67
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	91	91	59	59	66	66
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	92	92	74	74	69	69
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	93	93	73	73	71	71
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	90	90	49	49	63	63
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	88	88	65	65	65	65
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	65	65	67	67
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	90	90	77	77	69	69
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	87	87	61	61	65	65
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	87	87	68	68	63	63

Native Americans

• 
  Secretary Deb Haaland
• 
  Representative Sharice Davids

The Democratic Party also has strong support among certain tribes of the Native American population. ^[42] Though now a small percentage of the population (virtually non-existent in some regions), most Native American precincts vote Democratic in margins exceeded only by African Americans. ^[43]

Modern-day Democratic Native American politicians include former Congressman and former United States Under Secretary of the Army Brad Carson of Oklahoma, Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott of Alaska, Principal Chief Bill John Baker of the Cherokee Nation, and Governor Bill Anoatubby of the Chickasaw Nation.

In 2018, Democrats Deb Haaland of New Mexico and Sharice Davids of Kansas became the first Native American women ever elected to Congress. ^[44] Democrat Peggy Flanagan was also elected in 2018 and currently serves as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. Flanagan is the second Native American woman to be elected to statewide executive office in U.S. history and the highest-ranking Native woman to be elected to executive office. ^[45]

Religion

Buddhist and Hindu Americans

• 
  Senator Mazie Hirono
• 
  Representative Hank Johnson
• 
  Representative Ro Khanna
• 
  Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi

Both Buddhist and Hindu Americans tend to vote Democratic. In the 2008 presidential election, Buddhists supported Obama by 86% while Hindus backed Barack Obama by around 82%. In the 2012 presidential election, Obama again received 84% of the Buddhist vote while Hindus backed him by 82%. In the 2020 presidential election, majority of Buddhist voters (73%) chose Joe Biden for president. Similarly, most Hindu voters (77%) supported Biden. ^[46] As of 2022, both Buddhist and both Hindu members of Congress are Democrats. ^[47]

Christian Americans

See also: Christian left

• 
  United States President Joe Biden (Roman Catholic)
• 
  Former United States President Jimmy Carter (Baptist)
• 
  United States Senator Tom Carper (Presbyterian)
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  United States Senator Debbie Stabenow (United Methodist Church)
• 
  Former United States Representative Ben McAdams (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

As of 2021 ^[update] , every Democratic United States President, Democratic United States Vice President, and Democratic presidential nominee has been a Christian. According to the Pew Research Center, 78.4% of Democrats in the 116th United States Congress were Christian. ^[48]

However, the vast majority of white evangelical and Latter-day Saint Christians favor the Republican Party. ^[49]

Irreligious Americans

Main article: Irreligion in the United States

United States Representative Jared Huffman (religiously unaffiliated)

The Democratic Party receives support from secular organizations such as the Secular Coalition for America ^[50] and many agnostic and atheist Americans. Exit polls from the 2008 election showed that although a religious affiliation of "none" accounted for 12% of the electorate, they overwhelmingly voted for Obama by a 75–25% margin. ^[51] In his inaugural address, Obama acknowledged atheists by saying that the United States is not just "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus but non-believers as well". ^[52] In the 2012 election cycle, Obama had moderate to high rankings with the Secular Coalition for America, whereas the majority of the Republican candidates had ratings in the low-to-failing range. ^[53]

A Pew Research Center survey conducted between January and June 2016 found 28% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters were religiously unaffiliated. A Pew Research Center survey conducted in June 2016 found that 67% of religious "nones" supported Hillary Clinton and 23% supported Donald Trump. ^[54]

An October 2012 American Values Survey found that among atheist and agnostic American voters, 51% identified as politically independent, 39% Democratic, 9% Republican, and 1% other. Moreover, 57% in this group identified as liberal, and 81% supported Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. ^[55]

National exit polling among Americans who self identify their religion as "None"

Year	Branch	% of Democratic vote among those who self identify their religion as "None"
1996 [56]	United States Presidency	59	59
2000 [57]	United States Presidency	61	61
2004 [58]	United States House of Representatives	65	65
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	67	67
2006 [59]	United States House of Representatives	74	74
2008 [60]	United States House of Representatives	72	72
2008 [61]	United States Presidency	75	75
2012 [62]	United States House of Representatives	71	71
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	70	70
2014 [63]	United States House of Representatives	69	69
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	68	68
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	72	72
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	70	70
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	65	65
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	66	66

Jewish Americans

See also: National Jewish Democratic Council

• 
  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
• 
  Senator Jon Ossoff
• 
  Senator Ron Wyden
• 
  Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• 
  Representative Jerry Nadler

Jewish Americans are a stronghold for the Democratic Party, with more than 70% of Jewish voters having cast their ballots for the Democrats in the 1992 through 2016 presidential elections. Of the 29 Jewish Senators and Representatives who served in the 114th Congress, 27 were Democrats. ^[64] Among American Jews are people who consider themselves religious believers of one denomination or another as well as people who are explicitly or implicitly secular.

National exit polling among self-identified Jews

Year	Branch	% of Democratic vote among self-identified Jews
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	82	82
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	70	70
1984 [65]	United States Presidency	68	68
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	70	70
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	68	68
1988 [65]	United States Presidency	67	67
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	73	73
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	79	79
1992 [65]	United States Presidency	77	77
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	77	77
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	74	74
1996 [56]	United States Presidency	78	78
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	79	79
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	76	76
2000 [66]	United States Presidency	79	79
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	64	64
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	78	78
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	74	74
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	89	89
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	88	88
2008 [61]	United States Presidency	78	78
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	71	71
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	69	69
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	66	66
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	71	71
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	72	72
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	79	79
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	76	76

Muslim Americans

• 
  Representative Ilhan Omar
• 
  Representative Rashida Tlaib
• 
  Representative André Carson
• 
  Attorney General of Minnesota Keith Ellison

Muslims make up about 0.6% of Americans and in the 2008 presidential election, 89% of Muslim Americans voted for Barack Obama. ^[67] They also tend to be socially conservative, but the younger generation of Muslim Americans tends to be more socially liberal. ^[68]

After the September 11 attacks, many Muslim Americans experienced hostility and discrimination, ^[69] and many right-wing religious and political leaders attacked Islam both as a violent religion and as a threat to American values. ^{[70] [71]} Furthermore, most Muslim Americans opposed the Iraq War, solidifying their shift to the Democratic Party. ^[72]

Islamic convert Keith Ellison was elected as the first Muslim member of Congress in 2006. He was elected as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district. In 2018, Ellison was elected as the Attorney General of Minnesota. ^[73]

A 2017 Pew Research Center report found that majority (66%) of American Muslims identify with or learn toward the Democratic Party. ^[74]

According to exit polls for the 2018 midterm elections, 78% of Muslim voters supported Democratic candidates. 46% considered themselves liberal on social issues, while 35% considered themselves socially conservative. 40% considered themselves liberal on fiscal issues, while 43% considered themselves fiscally conservative. ^[75]

The majority of American Muslims that ran for political office in 2018 were Democrats. ^{[76] [77]} The first two Muslim women to serve in Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, are both Democrats.

A 2021 survey conducted by YouGov/CCES showed that nearly 84% of Muslims voted for Biden in 2020. ^[46] Another survey conducted by Emgage/Muslim Public Affairs Council in 2021 similarly showed a majority of Muslim voters (86%) backing Biden in the 2020 election. ^[78]

Voters with higher education

See also: College Democrats of America and Law School Democrats of America

A majority of voters with higher education, particularly those with a Bachelor's degree or higher, have tended to vote for the Democratic Party since the 1990s. ^{[79] [80]}

Postgraduate education

See also: Educational attainment in the United States

United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (AB, MA, DPhil, and JD)

United States Representative Jerry McNerney (BS, MS, and PhD)

National exit polling among people with postgraduate education

Year	Branch	% of Democratic vote among people with postgraduate education
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	56	56
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	53	53
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	55	55
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	57	57
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	51	51
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
2000 [81]	United States Presidency	52	52
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	47	47
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	53	53
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	55	55
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	59	59
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	57	57
2008 [32]	United States Presidency	58	58
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	52	52
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	56	56
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	55	55
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	58	58
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	57	57
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	65	65
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	62	62
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	60	60

Economic groups

Lower income families

National exit polling among families with income less than $30,000, and between $30,000–49,999

Year	Branch	% of Democratic vote among families with income less than $30,000		% of Democratic vote among families with income $30,000–49,999
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	-	-	52	52
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	-	-	49	49
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	-	-	53	53
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	-	-	53	53
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	-	-	52	52
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	61	61	52	52
1992 [20]	United States Presidency	-	-	41	41
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	55	55	45	45
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	58	58	50	50
1996 [23]	United States Presidency	-	-	49	49
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	56	56	49	49
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	58	58	51	51
2000 [81]	United States Presidency	-	-	49	49
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	60	60	50	50
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	62	62	52	52
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	-	-	50	50
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	65	65	57	57
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	68	68	59	59
2008 [32]	United States Presidency	-	-	55	55
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	57	57	52	52
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	64	64	57	57
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	60	60	52	52
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	53	53	51	51
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	57	57	56	56
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	63	63	57	57
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	54	54	56	56
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	54	54	56	56

Voters without college degrees

See also: educational attainment in the United States

Representative Ritchie Torres

Voters without a college degree, also referred to as "working class" voters in many sources, continue to be a large part of the Democratic coalition. Economic insecurity inclines many voters without college degrees to have left-leaning views on economic issues. However, many Democratic voters without college degrees differ from liberals in their more socially conservative views. Democratic voters without college degrees are more likely to belong to an ethnic minority. ^[82]

Since 1980, ^[83] there has been a decline in support for the Democratic Party among white voters without college degrees. ^{[84] [85] [86]} In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama carried 40% of white voters without college degrees to John McCain carrying 58%. ^[87] In the 2012 presidential election, Obama carried 36% of white voters without college degrees to Mitt Romney carrying 61%. ^[88] In the 2020 presidential election, Biden carried 32% of white voters without college degrees to Donald Trump carrying 67%. ^[89]

Organized labor

President of the American Federation of Labor Liz Shuler

Since the 1930s, a critical component of the Democratic Party coalition has been organized labor. Labor unions supply a great deal of the money, grassroots political organization, and voting base of support for the party. Union membership in the United States has declined from an all-time high in 1954 of 35% to a low of 11% in 2015. After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the McGovern–Fraser Commission set up the modern system of primaries. It also removed organized labor from its structural position of power in the Democratic Party and opened it up democratically to the voters.

National exit polling among union members

Year	Branch	% of Democratic vote among union members
2000 [81]	United States Presidency	62	62
2004 [58]	United States House of Representatives	65	65
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	61	61
2006 [59]	United States House of Representatives	68	68
2008 [90]	United States House of Representatives	65	65
2008 [91]	United States Presidency	61	61
2012 [92]	United States Presidency	58	58
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	56	56
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	60	60

Gender demographics

Female voters

See also: National Federation of Democratic Women

• 
  Former Secretary Hillary Clinton
• 
  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• 
  Senator Tammy Duckworth
• 
  Senator Amy Klobuchar
• 
  Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester

National exit polling among women

Year	Branch	% of Democratic women vote
1976 [10]	United States Presidency	52	52
1980 [11]	United States Presidency	46	46
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	58	58
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
1984 [14]	United States Presidency	42	42
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	57	57
1988 [17]	United States Presidency	49	49
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	55	55
1992 [20]	United States Presidency	45	45
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	53	53
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	55	55
1996 [23]	United States Presidency	55	55
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	53	53
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
2000 [81]	United States Presidency	54	54
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	50	50
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	53	53
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	51	51
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	56	56
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	57	57
2008 [32]	United States Presidency	56	56
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	49	49
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	56	56
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	55	55
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	52	52
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	54	54
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	59	59
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	57	57
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	57	57

LGBT+ voters

See also: Stonewall Democrats

• 
  Secretary Pete Buttigieg
• 
  Senator Tammy Baldwin
• 
  Representative Becca Balint
• 
  Representative Mark Pocan
• 
  Governor Jared Polis

Since the 1970s, LGBT Americans have been a key constituency in the Democratic Party. In 1971, the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club was formed as the first organization for LGBT Democrats in the nation. During the 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Ted Kennedy alleged that President Jimmy Carter was not doing enough for LGBT rights. LGBT voters contributed to Kennedy's victory in California's primary.

Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama both heavily targeted LGBT voters. Exit polling from 1990 to the present shows that LGBT voters overwhelmingly prefer the Democratic Party over the Republican Party. In the 2012 election exit polls, Obama won 76% of LGBT voters. In the 2016 election exit polls, Hillary Clinton won 78% of LGBT voters. In the 2018 election exit polls, Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives won 82% of LGBT voters.

In January 2021, Oklahoma State Representative Mauree Turner became the first openly non-binary state legislator.

National exit polling among LGBT Americans

Year	Branch	% of LGBT Democratic vote
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	78	78
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	77	77
1992 [20]	United States Presidency	72	72
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	74	74
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	73	73
1996 [23]	United States Presidency	69	69
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	67	67
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	68	68
2000 [26]	United States Presidency	71	71
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	76	76
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	77	77
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	75	75
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	81	81
2008 [91]	United States Presidency	70	70
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	69	69
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	79	79
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	76	76
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	76	76
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	78	78
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	79	79
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	82	82
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	73	73
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	66	66

Transgender Americans

Virginia Delegate Danica Roem

At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, Jane Fee of Minnesota was the first transgender delegate to a Democratic National Convention. The 2008 national Democratic Party platform for the first time included "gender identity" in the party platform, the first explicit inclusion of transgender people in the national Democratic Party platform. In 2009, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) added gender identity to the DNC's non-discrimination policy and DNC Chair Tim Kaine appointed Barbra Casbar Siperstein the first openly transgender member of the DNC. In 2010, President Obama became the first president to appoint an openly transgender person to political positions in the United States federal government. In 2012, Trans United for Obama, the first partisan transgender issues group was formed to reelect President Barack Obama. ^[93] During the 2015 State of the Union Address, President Obama became the first U.S. president ever to use the term "transgender". ^[94] At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person to address a Democratic National Convention. ^[95] A 2015 United States Transgender Survey found 50% of transgender Americans identified as Democrats and 48% as independents. When asked about their political views, 55% described themselves as very liberal, 27% liberal, 15% moderate, 2% conservative, and 1% very conservative. ^[96] Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine was the first openly transgender person to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation. ^[97]

Other demographic data

Unmarried people

United States Senator Cory Booker

National exit polling among unmarried people

Year	Branch	% of Democratic unmarried vote
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	63	63
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	56	56
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	56	56
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	54	54
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	59	59
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	61	61
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	55	55
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	60	60
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	60	60
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	59	59
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	59	59
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	60	60
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	63	63
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	67	67
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	63	63
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	57	57
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	55	55
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	58	58
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	61	61
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	58	58
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	58	58

Younger voters

See also: Young Democrats of America and High School Democrats of America

• 
  United States Senator Jon Ossoff
• 
  Representative Sara Jacobs
• 
  Representative Maxwell Frost
• 
  Representative Jake Auchincloss

National exit polling among 18–29-year-old, and 30–44-year-old Americans

Year	Branch	% of 18–29-year-old American Democratic vote		% of 30–44-year-old Americans Democratic vote
1976 [10]	United States Presidency	-	-	52	52
1980 [11]	United States Presidency	-	-	38	38
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	59	59	54	54
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	51	51	54	54
1984 [14]	United States Presidency	-	-	42	42
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	51	51	52	52
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	54	54	54	54
1988 [17]	United States Presidency	47	47	46	46
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	52	52	53	53
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	55	55	53	53
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	49	49	46	46
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	55	55	50	50
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	50	50	50	50
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	51	51	49	49
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	51	51	45	45
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	56	56	48	48
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	61	61	54	54
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	65	65	55	55
2008 [32]	United States Presidency	66	66	52	52
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	58	58	48	48
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	61	61	52	52
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	60	60	52	52
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	55	55	51	51
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	55	55	50	50
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	57	57	53	53
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	67	67	58	58
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	60	60	52	52
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	62	62	53	53

Ideological bases

National exit polling among liberal and moderate Americans

Year	Branch	% of liberal American Democratic vote		% of moderate American Democratic vote
1976 [10]	United States Presidency	74	74	53	53
1980 [11]	United States Presidency	60	60	43	43
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	80	80	60	60
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	76	76	57	57
1984 [14]	United States Presidency	71	71	46	46
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	71	71	58	58
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	80	80	57	57
1988 [17]	United States Presidency	82	82	51	51
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	73	73	56	56
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	81	81	57	57
1992 [20]	United States Presidency	68	68	48	48
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	81	81	57	57
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	82	82	57	57
1996 [23]	United States Presidency	81	81	57	57
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	84	84	55	55
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	84	84	54	54
2000 [26]	United States Presidency	81	81	53	53
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	81	81	54	54
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	80	80	53	53
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	85	85	54	54
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	61	61
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	62	62
2008 [32]	United States Presidency	89	89	60	60
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	92	92	57	57
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	88	88	58	58
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	86	86	56	56
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	88	88	54	54
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	84	84	52	52
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	88	88	53	53
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	91	91	62	62
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	89	89	64	64
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	89	89	64	64

Registered Democrats

See also: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Governors Association, Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democrats Abroad, and National Conference of Democratic Mayors

Secretary of the Democratic National Committee Jason Rae

Current Chair of the Democratic National Committee Jaime Harrison

National exit polling among registered Democrats

Year	Branch	% of Democratic vote among registered Democrats
1976 [10]	United States Presidency	80	80
1980 [11]	United States Presidency	67	67
1982 [12]	United States House of Representatives	90	90
1984 [13]	United States House of Representatives	85	85
1984 [14]	United States Presidency	74	74
1986 [15]	United States House of Representatives	81	81
1988 [16]	United States House of Representatives	83	83
1988 [17]	United States Presidency	83	83
1990 [18]	United States House of Representatives	79	79
1992 [19]	United States House of Representatives	89	89
1992 [20]	United States Presidency	77	77
1994 [21]	United States House of Representatives	89	89
1996 [22]	United States House of Representatives	86	86
1996 [23]	United States Presidency	85	85
1998 [24]	United States House of Representatives	89	89
2000 [25]	United States House of Representatives	89	89
2000 [81]	United States Presidency	87	87
2002 [27]	United States House of Representatives	90	90
2004 [28]	United States House of Representatives	91	91
2004 [29]	United States Presidency	89	89
2006 [30]	United States House of Representatives	93	93
2008 [31]	United States House of Representatives	93	93
2008 [32]	United States Presidency	89	89
2010 [33]	United States House of Representatives	93	93
2012 [34]	United States House of Representatives	94	94
2012 [35]	United States Presidency	92	92
2014 [36]	United States House of Representatives	93	93
2016 [37]	United States Presidency	89	89
2016 [38]	United States House of Representatives	92	92
2018 [39]	United States House of Representatives	95	95
2020 [40]	United States Presidency	94	94
2020 [41]	United States House of Representatives	95	95

See also

• Factions in the Democratic Party (United States)

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