Democratism

Democratism, short-form Demball, is an economically center-right, civically moderate, and culturally center-left ideology, hanging around the center of the political compass, exclusive to the United States. Demball advocates for social and economic equality, along with a welfare state, providing government regulation in the economy to promote public interest. In terms of economic policy, Demball believes in environmental protection, support for organized labour, maintenance and expansion of social programs, affordable college tuition, universal healthcare, equal opportunity, and consumer protection. In terms of social policy, Demball supports LGBT rights, criminal justice, immigration reform, stricter gun laws and (sometimes) the legalization of marijuana.

Democratism frequently clashes with Republican Conservatism, being bi-partisan on every single issue.

History
The early version of Democratism spun off from the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, which split over the choice of who would succeed president James Monroe. The Democratic Party was founded by Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, both of whom supported Jeffersonian principles. Its original rival, the American System, went bust over the issue of slavery in the 1850s. In 1854, anti-slavery Democrats left the party and joined with some anti-slavery Whigs to form Demball's fiercest rival, the Republicans.

Up to this point, Demball supported limited government, state sovereignty and slavery, while opposing banks. Following the Civil War, that all changed when Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected into presidency in 1932, came forth with a wealth of government programs called the New Deal. New Deal liberalism meant the regulation of business and the promotion of labour unions, as well as federal spending to aid the unemployed, help distressed farmers and undertake large-scale public works projects. The opponents to the new deal started calling themselves " Conservatives".

Until the 1980s, the Democrats were divided between two factions: liberals in the North, and conservatives in the south. After Roosevelt's death, these already quite opposing groups grew even more polarized. This eventually led to most conservatives jumping ship to the Republican Party, thanks in part to the Southern strategy, a republican electoral strategy to increase their white voterbase by promoting racism and pushing against civil rights.

In modern times, the Democratic Party remains with social liberalism, with some more leftist factions within it. Their most recent victory was the election of Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States in 2020.

Personality and Behaviour
Democratism is generally quite passive towards any ideologies near it, but extremely abrasive towards extremists and conservatives. He deeply cares about equality and equal rights, but not for conservatives. Everything he does has to oppose Republican Conservatism; this goes both ways. Leftists hate him for being too moderate, and rightists hate him for being too progressive. He only truly gets along well with &  but not so much with. Democratism is most friendly with its fellow liberals, and even then disagreements come up about how some of Demball's party members have " extreme" ideas. Overall, Demball is not really well-liked amongst his peers.

Stylistic Notes
He will always try to oppose everything a conservative says, even if it makes no sense; this also applies vice versa. Democratism will wear a light blue tie if he tries to be formal or serious.

How to Draw
Drawing Democratism is quite simple:


 * 1) Draw a ball.
 * 2) Fill in the ball with light blue.
 * 3) Make a white circle within the ball, leaving enough space for the light blue to look like an outline, then fill in the white circle.
 * 4) Draw a D with the same color as the outline.
 * 5) Draw the eyes.
 * 6) Done! Now you can make comics about how conservatives are all scum and liberalism will prevail.

Friends

 * [[File:Clib.png]] - I owe it all to you, (great-) grandpa!
 * [[File:Glib.png]] - Your ideas are great, but your family is full of extremists :(
 * [[File:Libfem.png]] - All women are queens!
 * [[File:Lib.png]] - Commies and fascists hate us 'cause they ain't us. Biden 2020!
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] - A good friend, and a good ally!
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] - My bestest friend in the world!
 * [[File:3way.png]] - My pals from the UK.
 * [[File:Orlib.png]] - My pals from Germany.
 * [[File:Corp.png]] - I know I'm you but don't tell anyone!
 * [[File:Pinkcap.png]] - I don't openly call you by your name but we love diversity in media and corporations!
 * [[File:Bidenism.png]] Bidenism - My president! I'm so happy you won!

Frenemies

 * [[File:JackDem.png]] - Sorry dad, but I'm not like that anymore. And thanks a lot, Oklahoma really hates me for some reason.
 * [[File:Necon.png]] - Eeek! Go kill all the [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] scary bad people please! But when you come back fuck off!
 * [[File:Patcon.png]] - OMG Alt Right Extremists Trump Russian Spy!
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] - OMG Alt Left Extremists Tulsi Russian Spy! Aren't you just ?
 * [[File:Blacknat.png]] - #BlackLivesMatter, I think... anyways, back to enacting policies that hurt black people!
 * [[File:Socliber.png]] - OMG UBI is communism! Yang Chinese Spy! Aren't you just [[File:Dengf.png]] ?
 * [[File:Hcon.png]] [[File:Homocon.png]] - Your existence confuses me.
 * [[File:Liberalconservative.png]] - The only good conservatives.
 * [[File:Apolit.png]] - I like you when you vote for me.
 * [[File:Statlib.png]] - Good end goals, bad optics for elections.

Enemies

 * [[File:Conserv.png]] - I microwave my food for 44 seconds instead of 45.
 * [[File:Libertarian.png]] - Give Up Your Guns and Pay More Taxes!. So I can pay back my rich donors rather than use the money for the people residing in the country that I say I’ll do but never mean
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] - Literally Hitler.
 * [[File:Trumpism.png]] - LITERALLY. HITLER.
 * [[File:Stalin.png]] - Literally Stalin, that evil Russian! Also Putin!
 * [[File:Dsa.png]] - LITERALLY WORSE THAN STALIN!
 * [[File:Pop.png]] - This is extremely dangerous to our democracy!
 * [[File:3princ-col.png]] - No college for you! Yes on 16!
 * [[File:Leftpop-0.png]] - OMG MISOGYNIST BERNIEBRO COMMUNISTS! Aren't you just [[File:Chavismo.png]] ?

Wikipedia

 * Democratic Party
 * Andrew Jackson
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * New Deal
 * Barack Obama