What does the Democratic Party stand for?

What does the Democratic Party stand for?

Matthew Jones (Political Science Instructor) gives expert video advice on: What does the Democratic Party stand for?; How did the Democratic Party start?; How has the Democratic Party evolved since Andrew Jackson? and more...

One would be diplomacy, or one word you could kind of use would be more of a 'globalist' approach, or a diplomatic approach to foreign policy. Another would be civil liberties or civil libertarianism, which gets on the idea of civil rights, civil liberties and that sort of thing. And then another one would be support for the welfare state. You can put it negatively as 'big' government or something like that but it's the idea of government stepping in to help certain people who are losing out in the free market, is one way to put it and that sort of thing. So it's support for welfare programs and government programs and that sort of thing. And that's kind of the three main pillars, of course there are many more that goes into it but those are kind of the three main pillars that we could lump into the Democratic Party.