WHO WE ARE
The Democratic Party was established in 1848.  Democrats believe in our nation's founding principles, that every person in this nation deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, irrespective of race, faith, or birthplace.  We believe that health care is a right for all.  We believe a woman's decisions about her own body are hers to make.  We believe that our schools should be free from gun violence.  We believe that Social Security and Medicare programs should be protected.  We believe that we have a moral obligation to protect the environment and act as good stewards of the planet.

WHAT HAVE DEMOCRATS ACCOMPLISHED?

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• 21.3 million people signed up for healthcare under the American Care Act (Obamacare) in 2024.  This included 4.2 million Floridians, the most of any state in the U.S., and a jump at just under 1 million.​

• Through the Inflation Reduction Act, prescription drug prices were capped at $2,000 per year for seniors on Medicare and Medicare was given the power to negotiate prescription drug prices while also reducing government health spending. Insulin was capped at $35.00 per month for seniors.  Imposed a 15% minimum corporate tax on some of the largest corporations in the country, ensuring that they pay their fair share. This bill made the largest investment ever in combating the existential crisis of climate change.  It lowered families’ energy costs by hundreds of dollars each year.   

• Stopped a 30-year streak of federal inaction on gun violence by passing the Safer Communities Act which provided funding for school safety and crisis intervention programs, as well as red flag laws, enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21, allowed more time for background checks, added to database individuals not allowed to buy firearms.  

• The Infrastructure & Jobs Act.  The bi-partisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act meant historic investment to modernize our roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports, airports, broadband, and drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. This legislation did not raise taxes on everyday Americans and created good-paying union jobs. 

• Under President Biden, the United States added 9 million jobs—the highest number of jobs added in any president’s first 17 months. The unemployment rate was brought down to a historic low of 3.6 percent and more Americans were employed in the private sector than at any time during the previous administration. Child poverty was cut in half through the American Rescue Plan.

• The CHIPS & Science Act: This bi-partisan act strengthened American manufacturing and innovation, lowered the cost of everyday goods, created good-paying jobs, bolstered our economic and national security by bringing substantial computer semiconductor manufacturing back to the USA. 

• The PACT Act:  The bi-partisan PACT Act is the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans in more than 30 years.  

Still fighting:

For women’s right to choose, without interference from politicians, police and prosecutors.

Defending the right to vote.  Against Republican voter suppression.

Protecting Democracy.  Against the January 6 insurrection, against white nationalism, domestic terrorism and authoritarian government, stacking the courts, stacking elections offices and state legislatures.