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The adjective form of Democrat is Democratic. Perhaps as a German the author is unaware that usages like "all the democrat votes are ignored" are repeating the

The adjective form of Democrat is Democratic. Perhaps as a German the author is unaware that usages like "all the democrat votes are ignored" are repeating the Republicans' deliberately insulting word choice. Edit: thanks to currymj below for the link to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)

noodlenotes 6y ago
"Democratic" is confusing because it could mean either "relating to democracy" or "relating to the Democratic party" whereas "Republican" almost always refers to the party. I don't blame anyone for using a less ambiguous word and this is the first I've heard of "Democrat" being an insult.
- jki275 6y ago
  Nobody has ever heard of it other than people looking for something to be offended about.
- Izkata 6y ago
  Likewise here; I switched to "Democrat" because of a confusing conversation I once had with someone some time ago.
nl 6y ago
> The adjective form of Democrat is Democratic. This doesn't seem to be widely supported. Vox.com (a left-leading outlet) uses "Democrat voters" frequently, eg: "...while 82 percent of Democrat voters named the pandemic the top issue.." https://www.vox.com/2020/11/4/21548770/exit-polls-election-trump-voters-economy-pandemic https://www.vox.com/2020/11/4/21548770/exit-polls-election-t...
- currymj 6y ago
  it is absolutely true that “Democrat party” as opposed to “Democratic party” is a Republican shibboleth for some reason. Democrats themselves don’t seem to think about it much but there is a portion of conservative media that is very careful to always say “Democrat party”. see here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)
  - nl 6y ago
    Ha, I never knew. What strange behavior on their part.
1337shadow 6y ago
Democratic: Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people. Democrat: A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics. One adjective for persons another for process. In some cases both would be correct but the meaning will differ. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democrat https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democrat https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democratic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democratic Good, that's consistent with my French and Greek, sorry for checking but your comment really surprised me ! Didn't realize it was a joke until having already checked...

noodlenotes 6y ago

"Democratic" is confusing because it could mean either "relating to democracy" or "relating to the Democratic party" whereas "Republican" almost always refers to the party. I don't blame anyone for using a less ambiguous word and this is the first I've heard of "Democrat" being an insult.

jki275 6y ago
Nobody has ever heard of it other than people looking for something to be offended about.
Izkata 6y ago
Likewise here; I switched to "Democrat" because of a confusing conversation I once had with someone some time ago.

nl 6y ago

> The adjective form of Democrat is Democratic. This doesn't seem to be widely supported. Vox.com (a left-leading outlet) uses "Democrat voters" frequently, eg: "...while 82 percent of Democrat voters named the pandemic the top issue.." https://www.vox.com/2020/11/4/21548770/exit-polls-election-trump-voters-economy-pandemic https://www.vox.com/2020/11/4/21548770/exit-polls-election-t...

currymj 6y ago
it is absolutely true that “Democrat party” as opposed to “Democratic party” is a Republican shibboleth for some reason. Democrats themselves don’t seem to think about it much but there is a portion of conservative media that is very careful to always say “Democrat party”. see here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)
- nl 6y ago
  Ha, I never knew. What strange behavior on their part.

1337shadow 6y ago

Democratic: Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people. Democrat: A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics. One adjective for persons another for process. In some cases both would be correct but the meaning will differ. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democrat https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democrat https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democratic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/democratic Good, that's consistent with my French and Greek, sorry for checking but your comment really surprised me ! Didn't realize it was a joke until having already checked...