The Democracy Party of Iran (Persian: حزب مردمسالاری‎‎) is an Iranian reformist political party that split from the Islamic Iran Solidarity Party in 2000.The party was founded by its current Secretary-General Mostafa Kavakebian and publishes Mardomsalari newspaper.The party has been a member of Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front, as well as Reformists Front.In 2008, they formed 'Popular Coalition of Reforms' and were allied with National Trust Party.

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The measure of the level of democracy in nations throughout the world published by Freedom House and various other freedom indices, the Middle Eastern countries with the highest scores are Israel, Tunisia, Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, and Kuwait. Countries that are occasionally classified as partly democratic are Egypt and Iraq. The remaining countries of the Middle East are categorized as authoritarian regimes, with the lowest scores held by Saudi Arabia and Yemen.Freedom House categorizes Israel and Tunisia as "Free", Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait and Morocco "Partly Free", and the remaining states as "Not Free" (including Western Sahara, which is controlled by Morocco). Events of the so-called "Arab Spring" such as the Tunisian Revolution may indicate a move towards democracy in some countries which may not be fully captured in the democracy index. In 2015, Tunisia became the first Arab country classified as free since the beginning of Lebanon’s civil war 40 years ago.Theories are diverse on the subject. "Revisionist theories" argue that democracy is slightly incompatible with Middle Eastern values. On the other hand, "post-colonial" theories (such as those put forth by Edward Said) for the relative absence of liberal democracy in the Middle East are diverse, from the long history of imperial rule by the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France and the contemporary political and military intervention by the United States, all of which have been blamed for preferring authoritarian regimes because this simplifies the business environment, while enriching the governing elite and the companies of the imperial countries. Other explanations include the problem that most of the states in the region are rentier states, which experience the theorized resource curse.

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Democratic camp (Chinese: 民主派), other names are referred to Democrats, opposition camp, is used to indicate the people who want a democratic constitution in Hong Kong, it includes the Pan-democracy camp and the Localists.

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Democrat In Name Only (or DINO in acronym form) is a pejorative term for any member of the modern-day United States Democratic Party whose words and actions are thought to be insufficiently liberal. The terms "Fox News liberal", "Fox Democrat," and "Fox News Democrat," have also been used in this context.The term was created as an analogous opposite to the acronym RINO (Republican In Name Only), which refers to more liberal and progressive members of the United States Republican Party.

Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία, Dēmokratía literally "rule of the commoners"), in modern usage, is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority". Democracy was originally conceived in Classical Greece, where political representatives were chosen by a jury from amongst the male citizens: rich and poor.

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Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία, Dēmokratía literally "rule of the commoners"), in modern usage, is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority". Democracy was originally conceived in Classical Greece, where political representatives were chosen by a jury from amongst the male citizens: rich and poor. The English word dates to the 16th century, from the older Middle French and Middle Latin equivalents.According to political scientist Larry Diamond, democracy consists of four key elements: (a) A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections; (b) The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life; (c) Protection of the human rights of all citizens, and (d) A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.In the 5th century BC, to denote the political systems then existing in Greek city-states, notably Athens, the term is an antonym to aristocracy (ἀριστοκρατία, aristokratía), meaning "rule of an elite". While theoretically these definitions are in opposition, in practice the distinction has been blurred historically. The political system of Classical Athens, for example, granted democratic citizenship to free men and excluded slaves and women from political participation. In 1906, Finland became the first government to harald a more inclusive democracy at the national level. In virtually all democratic governments throughout ancient and modern history, democratic citizenship consisted of an elite class until full enfranchisement was won for all adult citizens in most modern democracies through the suffrage movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently, only 4 places in the world actually claim NOT to be democracies: Vatican City, Saudi Arabia, Burma, Brunei.Democracy contrasts with forms of government where power is either held by an individual, as in an absolute monarchy, or where power is held by a small number of individuals, as in an oligarchy. Nevertheless, these oppositions, inherited from Greek philosophy, are now ambiguous because contemporary governments have mixed democratic, oligarchic, and monarchic elements. Karl Popper defined democracy in contrast to dictatorship or tyranny, thus focusing on opportunities for the people to control their leaders and to oust them without the need for a revolution.

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The Democracy Party of Iran (Persian: حزب مردمسالاری‎‎) is an Iranian reformist political party that split from the Islamic Iran Solidarity Party in 2000.The party was founded by its current Secretary-General Mostafa Kavakebian and publishes Mardomsalari newspaper.The party has been a member of Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front, as well as Reformists Front.In 2008, they formed 'Popular Coalition of Reforms' and were allied with National Trust Party. In 2012 elections, they were allied with Worker House.

The "democracy sausage" is a colloquial name given to the Australian tradition of holding a fundraising sausage sizzle at polling places on election day.The democracy sausage has become so well recognised and expected in Australian culture, that in the 24 hours leading up to the 2 July, 2016, federal election Twitter changed its emoji for #ausvotes from a ballot box to a sausage lying on a slice of white bread topped with sauce. In December 2016, the Australian National Dictionary Centre selected "democracy sausage" as its Australian Word of the Year for 2016.Australians always vote on a Saturday, and voting is compulsory, so there is always a big voter turnout. Many of the polling places are located at schools, community halls and churches, so the groups whose facilities are used for polling booths often take advantage of the large amount of people coming to their location, and set up stalls to raise funds for their groups. For many community groups this is the biggest fundraising event of the year.Sausages on bread are not the only items sold at the election day stalls, voters can also purchase cakes, drinks and other food items such as vegetarian and gluten free options. Various websites and social media accounts have been set up to help the public locate which polling booths have stalls and what will be available at them, so that they can choose a polling location according to their food choices. In the 2 July 2016 federal election, one such site recorded 2301 polling booths as having sausages and/or cakes available, and another recorded 2094, each of which is over one-third of the total number.Some cake stalls sell themed sweets which are named as a play on politicians' names such as; Alba-Cheesy Cakes, Malcolm Turnovers, Plebislice, Jacqui Lambingtons, Tanya Plibiscuits, Malcolm Turnballs, and Richard Di Nutella Fudge.In 1989, Peter Dowding, then Premier of Western Australia, was forced to deny accusations the Labor Party was bribing voters with free sausages and drinks before the state election that year. Police investigated whether a 'free family sausage sizzle' held a week before the election breached the Electoral Act. The saga continued when Dowding accused state Liberal Party leader, Barry MacKinnon, of being photographed during the campaign wearing a barbeque hat and apron 'being involved in the dissemination of sausages'.

Democrat Party (Persian: فرقه دموکرات‎‎) was a social democrat political party in Qajari Persia, during the constitutional period. It was one of two major parliamentary parties at the time, alongside it's rival, the Moderate Socialists Party.Initially an offshoot of the Transcaucasia-based Social Democratic Party, it severed direct ties with Baku and dropped "Socialist" from the name in deference to the conservative public. Its ideology, however, remained heavily borrowed from the old party.
Democrat Party (Persian: فرقه دموکرات‎‎) was a social democrat political party in Qajari Persia, during the constitutional period. It was one of two major parliamentary parties at the time, alongside it's rival, the Moderate Socialists Party.Initially an offshoot of the Transcaucasia-based Social Democratic Party, it severed direct ties with Baku and dropped "Socialist" from the name in deference to the conservative public. Its ideology, however, remained heavily borrowed from the old party. It was largely composed of middle-class intellectuals and stood for the separation of church and state.In 1918, the party had split definitively to Pro-Reorganization Democrats (Persian: دموکرات‌های تشکیلی‎, translit. Demokrāthā-ye taškīlī‎) led by Bahar; and Anti-Reorganization Democrats (Persian: دموکرات‌های ضدتشکیلی‎, translit. Demokrāthā-ye żedd-e taškīlī‎).