====== US politics ======

===== Talking and writing about the political parties in the US =====


If you talk about the US political parties, you have to use their names and adjectives about their names with a **capital letter**: **R**epublican and **D**emocrat. That’s because both words can also have a general meaning outside of US politics. 

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^general meanings^^meanings in the context of US parties^^
^republican (noun)|a person who supports a republic as a form of government^Republican (noun)|a supporter or member of the US Republican party|
^republican (adj)|something that has to do with a republic^Republican (adj)|something that has to do with  the US Republican party|
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^democrat (noun)|a person who supports democracy^Democrat (noun)|a supporter or member of the US Democratic party|
^democratic (adj)|something that has to do with the principles of democracy^Democratic (adj)|something that has to do with the US Democratic party|