During the primaries, Limbaugh in particular had endorsed a plan to do whatever it took to prolong the Democrats ' nomination by encouraging political conservatives to cross over to the Democrats and voting for the trailing candidate, a plan he calls " Operation Chaos ".

Over the years, the Tribune has endorsed Democrats for lesser offices, including recent endorsements of Bill Foster, Barack Obama for the Senate and Democrat Melissa Bean, who defeated Philip Crane, the House of Representatives ' longest-serving Republican.

Despite being endorsed by Tory Democrats Lord Randolph Churchill and John Eldon Gorst, the Liberal government was unwilling to grant Chamberlain its full support and the Bill was withdrawn in July 1884.

Many Cleveland Democrats, including most Democratic newspapers, refused to support Bryan, but Vice President Stevenson loyally endorsed the ticket.

Both were endorsed by the Democrats and the Canterbury First party.

Even more surprisingly, he was officially endorsed by the Democrats, whose party he had denounced for decades.

It sometimes formed coalitions with labor unions, and in 1896 the Democrats endorsed their presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan.

During that time, he also became a leading national spokesman for liberal populist and progressive Democrats and endorsed Jesse Jackson for president in 1988.

Instead, the Republican Committee endorsed two Democrats --- one a former Councilman, the other an incumbent Councilwoman --- and they were not opposed for the Republican nomination in the primary despite their being registered Democrats.

It has endorsed Republicans and Democrats.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, like most Arkansas Democrats, Snyder endorsed former U. S. Senator and former First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton ( D-New York ) for President.

After Obama was elected President and Democrats increased their majorities in the House and Senate, he endorsed Republican Saxby Chambliss in the Senate run-off against Democrat Jim Martin and criticized Obama over " spreading the wealth ".

Andrew Sullivan, a conservative gay political columnist and blogger who endorsed George W. Bush in 2000, has been critical of the HRC, calling it " a patronage wing of the Democratic party, designed primarily to get its members jobs in future Democratic administrations or with Democrats on the Hill ".

In the 2006 general election, held on April 9 and April 10, 2006, the Democrats of the Left endorsed the candidacy of Romano Prodi as Prime Minister of Italy.

He endorsed George W. Bush for President in 2000, one of the first Democrats to do so ; the two had been friends for many years.

Others, including Kweisi Mfume and Jack B. Johnson said that the featuring of three Prince George's County Democrats on the front of the mailer suggested that they all had endorsed Ehrlich and Steele, which was not the case.

In 2004 the organization endorsed and supported Democrats ( known as the Dean Dozen ) on the federal, state, and county levels.

The organization has endorsed Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper and Congressmen Jim Oberstar, Joe Donnelly, Steve Driehaus and many other pro-life Democrats for the 2010 midterm elections, and its PAC raised over $ 42, 000 in 2010.

He was endorsed by former mayors Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch, Jeanine Pirro, Herman Badillo, former congressman Reverend Floyd Flake, Reverend Calvin Butts, and many prominent local Democrats who chose to cross party lines.

He had been endorsed by both the Democrats and the Independent ticket.

In 2010, McIntyre was one of six Democrats in Congress to be endorsed by Americans for Legal Immigration ( ALIPAC ), which has been accused of being backed by white supremacist groups.

At the Nashville Convention in 1850, which Trousdale had endorsed, southern Democrats called for secession should the United States implement the Wilmot Proviso, banning slavery in territory acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War.

Though the Republican legislative candidates won more popular votes, the Democrats won more seats, and the legislature re-elected Douglas to the Senate.

Atchison was very popular with his fellow Senate Democrats.

" now became a popular rallying cry among Democrats

Several previously successful parties such as Latvian Way and the Social Democrats did not reach the 5 % threshold of the popular vote needed to be in the parliament.

Attempting to repeat their earlier successes, the Whigs nominated popular General Winfield Scott, who lost decisively to the Democrats ' Franklin Pierce.

Before any of the scandalous activity became widely known, Harding's popularity began to ebb, but he responded with determination to run for re-election, despite strong support emerging for the very popular Henry Ford for the Democrats.

As Democrats convened in Baltimore in June 1852, four major candidates vied for the nomination: Lewis Cass of Michigan, the nominee in 1848, who had the backing of northerners in support of the Compromise of 1850 ; James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, popular in the South as well as in his home state ; Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, candidate of the expansionists and the railroad interests ; and William L. Marcy of New York, whose strength was centered in his home state.

Both major parties courted General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the most popular general of World War II and a favorite of Democrats.

Calhoun had been assured that the northeastern interests would reject the Tariff of 1828, exposing New England ( pro-Adams ) congressmen to charges that they selfishly opposed legislation popular among Jacksonian Democrats in the west and Mid-Atlantic States.

Senator Richard Russell, Jr. of Georgia was popular in the South, but his support of segregation and opposition to civil rights for blacks made him unacceptable to Northern and Western Democrats.

During the 1876 presidential election, Tilden won the popular vote over his Republican opponent, Rutherford B. Hayes, proving that the Democrats were once again competitive in the American political process following the Civil War.

The Australian Democrats ( formerly Australia's third party ) strongly support a move towards a republic through a system of an elected Head of State through popular voting.

The institution is also popular with politicians and MPs to launch new policy, legislation and manifesto pledges, prominently with the launch of the Liberal Democrats Manifesto Conference under Nick Clegg on 12 January 2008.

Regardless, the Democrats still won the popular vote.

Presidential candidate James K. Polk used this popular outcry to his advantage, and the Democrats called for the annexation of " All Oregon " in the 1844 U. S. Presidential election.

Progressive Party nominee Henry A. Wallace drew off a nearly equal number of popular votes ( 1, 157, 172 ) from the Democrats ' left wing, although he did not carry any states.

When McCarthy scored 42 % to Johnson's 49 % in the popular vote ( and 20 of the 24 N. H. delegates to the Democratic national nominating convention ) in New Hampshire on March 12 it was clear that deep division existed among Democrats on the war issue.

In the 1996 election, the BC Liberals won the popular vote but won fewer seats than the New Democrats.

In 2009, the NDP came a close second to the BC Liberals, with a 45 %- 42 % popular vote, with 35 New Democrats elected to the BC Liberals 49.

Specifically, Dion was the most popular musician in the female demographic, as well as among all Democrats, those who live in the eastern United States and southern United States, and those who have incomes between US $ 35k and US $ 74. 9k.

The Conservative Party again won the constituency at the 2010 general election with a 60. 4 % share of the vote ; the next most popular party were the Liberal Democrats, represented by Tim Starkey, with 28. 5 % of the vote and Labour, Anthony Gajadharsingh with 5. 6 %.

It was not universally popular with the electorate, which may have been a factor in the Social Democrats ' defeat in the 2001 parliamentary election.

For example, in 2000 as the United States Green Party candidate, Nader garnered 2. 7 % of the popular vote and, as a result, is considered by many U. S. Democrats to have tipped the election to George W. Bush.

Carper's independent, New Democrat approach made him popular among voters, but caused grumbling among old line Democrats, particularly union leaders, who complained that not enough of them were being awarded patronage jobs after the many years of Republican control.