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|seats2_title = Seats in the US House |seats2 = |seats3_title = OK statewide offices held |seats3 = |seats4_title = Seats in the OK Senate |seats4 = |seats5_title = Seats in the OK House |seats5 = |website = }} The Oklahoma Democratic Party is an Oklahoma political party affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. Along with the Oklahoma Republican Party, it is one of the two major parties in Oklahoma politics. The Oklahoma Democratic Party describes itself as neither liberal or conservative, but "squarely in the center of the political spectrum."〔(Mission and By-Laws ) Oklahoma Democratic Party (accessed February 11, 2010).〕 The party mission statement goes on to say: Unlike the far left, we know that less government is sometimes a better government, and that government cannot solve every difficulty faced by our society. But, unlike the far right, we understand there is a role for government to play in finding solutions to our country's problems.〔 The party has dominated local politics in Oklahoma almost since the days of early statehood in 1907. In national politics, the party became a dominant force beginning with the presidential election of 1932 and the Franklin D. Roosevelt political re-alignment. Since 1932, the majority of members of Congress from Oklahoma have been Democrats, and of the 27 men and women who have been elected to the office of Governor of Oklahoma, 22 have been Democrats.〔(Oklahoma Government ), Oklahoma Historical Society (accessed February 11, 2010).〕 However, the party has fared poorly since 1994. Democrats lost five out of six congressional races that year and since then have only won a single seat back, only to lose it again in the 2012 election. In response, the traditionally disorganized Oklahoma Democrats have taken steps to create a more organized state party, hiring a professional executive director in 1995.〔Gaddie, Ronald Keith. (Democratic Party ), Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed February 11, 2010).〕 Even so, Democrats continued to lose ground in the 2000s, losing control of both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Senate. In 2008, Oklahoma gave the lowest percentage of any state's vote to national Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential election. As of January 15, 2013, there are 962,072 registered Democratic voters in Oklahoma.〔(2013 Registration Report ), Oklahoma State Election Board (accessed May 12, 2013)〕 In the 2012 general election, the party was successful in defending all incumbents in the Oklahoma Legislature and defeating two Republican House members. ==History== The Oklahoma Democratic Party dominated state politics for much of Oklahoma history, with its strength in greatest concentrations in the southeastern part of the state, known as "Little Dixie" because of the post-Reconstruction migration of people from southern states such as Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas.〔 Upon statehood, all but one of the Congressional seats was held by Democrats. The Democrats won eighteen of the twenty-one gubernatorial elections since its statehood in 1907. The Democratic Party held on average 81 percent of the seats in the state legislature between 1907 and 1973.〔Carney, George O., "(McGuire, George O. (1865-1930) )," ''(Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture )'' (accessed May 28, 2010).〕 With the onset of the Great Depression, the party gained even more influence for several decades. The first legislature, dominated by Democratic party members, passed legislation that made it nearly impossible for African-Americans to seek elective office.〔Bruce, Michael L. "Hamlin, Albert Comstock (1881-1912)" http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HA015.html, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. (accessed April 17, 2013)〕 Democratic opposition to deficit spending in the late 1930s marked a growing conservative movement in the party, which led to a 1941 constitutional amendment requiring legislators to pass a balanced budget.〔Everett, Dianna. (Budget-Balancing Amendment ), Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 11, 2013)〕 The growing conservative movement in the party also led to the rejection of many New Deal programs after initial acceptance in the early 1930s.〔Bryant Jr., Keith L. (New Deal ), Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 9, 2013)〕 After the federal Voting Rights Act and congressional reapportionment in Oklahoma in the 1960s, black state lawmakers returned to the Oklahoma Legislature, this time many aligning with the Democratic Party and hailing from Tulsa or Oklahoma City.〔Franklin, Jimmie Lewis. (African Americans ), (Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture ) (accessed May 11, 2013)〕 Since the 1980s the party has seen a decline as Christian fundamentalists have shifted to the Republican Party. The Democratic Party has not attained more than 41 percent of the vote for president. As of 2000 about 55 percent of Oklahoma voters registered as Democrats.〔Gaddie, Ronald Keith. "Democratic Party." Oklahoma Historical Society. Ed. Nancy L Bednar. Oklahoma Historical Society. Ed. Ronald Keith Gaddie. Web. Nov. 7 2011. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/D/DE013.html.,〕 The party continues to decline in strength in both the Oklahoma Legislature and executive branch. For the first time since statehood, Republicans hold all statewide-elected offices starting in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oklahoma Democratic Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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