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=== Moderates === {{see also|New Democrats (United States)|New Democrat Coalition|Blue Dog Coalition}} Moderate Democrats, or [[New Democrats (United States)|New Democrats]], are an ideologically [[Centrism|centrist]] faction within the Democratic Party that emerged after the victory of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[George H. W. Bush]] in the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DLC: The New American Choice Resolutions |url=http://www.dlc.org/ndol_cid211.html?kaid=86&subid=194&contentid=1251 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140111224830/http://www.dlc.org/ndol_cid211.html?kaid=86&subid=194&contentid=1251 |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |work=Democratic Leadership Council}}</ref> Running as a New Democrat, Bill Clinton won the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]] and [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]] presidential elections.<ref>Alvarez, R. Michael, and Jonathan Nagler. "Economics, Entitlements, and Social Issues: Voter Choice in the 1996 Presidential Election." ''American Journal of Political Science'' 42, no. 4 (1998): 1361.</ref> They are an economically [[Economic liberalism|liberal]] and "[[Third Way]]" faction that dominated the party for around 20 years, until the beginning of [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama's presidency]].<ref name="blue-dog-regroup"/><ref name="vox.com">{{cite web |last1=Yglesias |first1=Matthew |title=Bill Clinton is still a star, but today's Democrats are dramatically more liberal than his party|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/7/26/12280198/democrats-changed-since-1992 |website=Vox |date=July 26, 2016 |access-date=May 31, 2022}}</ref> They are represented by organizations such as the [[New Democrat Network]] and the [[New Democrat Coalition]]. The [[Blue Dog Coalition]] was formed during the [[104th United States Congress|104th Congress]] to give members from the Democratic Party representing conservative-leaning districts a unified voice after the Democrats' loss of Congress in the [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections|1994]] [[Republican Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dumain |first1=Emma |date=May 12, 2015 |title=20 years in, Blue Dogs not ready to roll over |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/blue-dogs |website=rollcall.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://ross.house.gov/BlueDog/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120405021833/http://ross.house.gov/BlueDog/history.htm |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |website=ross.house.gov/BlueDog/ |publisher=Blue Dog Coalition}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bendavid |first=Naftali |date=July 28, 2009 |title='Blue Dog' Democrats hold health care overhaul at bay |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> However, in the late 2010s and early 2020s, the Coalition's focus shifted towards ideological [[centrism]]. One of the most influential centrist groups was the [[Democratic Leadership Council]] (DLC), a nonprofit organization that advocated centrist positions for the party. The DLC disbanded in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 7, 2011 |title=Democratic Leadership Council will fold |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/Democratic_Leadership_Council_will_fold.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626020036/http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/Democratic_Leadership_Council_will_fold.html |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=September 18, 2011 |website=Politico}}</ref> Some Democratic elected officials have self-declared as being centrists, including former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President [[Al Gore]], Senator [[Mark Warner]], Kansas governor [[Laura Kelly]], former Senator [[Jim Webb]], and President [[Joe Biden]].<ref name="Members - New Democrat Coalition">{{cite web |title=Members – New Democrat Coalition |url=https://newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov/members |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907005152/https://newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov/members |archive-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Hale |first=Jon F. |date=January 1, 1995 |title=The Making of the New Democrats |journal=Political Science Quarterly |volume=110 |issue=2 |pages=207–232 |doi=10.2307/2152360 |jstor=2152360}}</ref> The New Democrat Network supports socially liberal and fiscally moderate Democratic politicians and is associated with the congressional [[New Democrat Coalition]] in the House.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Democrat Coalition |url=http://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308074931/https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/ |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref> [[Annie Kuster]] is the chair of the coalition,<ref name="Members - New Democrat Coalition" /> and former senator and President [[Barack Obama]] was self-described as a New Democrat.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 10, 2009 |title=Obama: 'I am a New Democrat' |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2009/03/obama-i-am-a-new-democrat-019862#ixzz3o9jykSUe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419161022/http://www.politico.com/story/2009/03/obama-i-am-a-new-democrat-019862#ixzz3o9jykSUe |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=April 16, 2017 |work=Politico.com}}</ref> In the 21st century, some former Republican moderates have switched to the Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tatum |first=Sophie |title=3 Kansas legislators switch from Republican to Democrat |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/kansas-legislature-republican-democrat/index.html |website=CNN |date=December 20, 2018 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030091356/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/kansas-legislature-republican-democrat/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Weiner |first=Rachel |title=Charlie Crist defends party switch |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2012/12/10/charlie-crist-defends-party-switch/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225143218/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2012/12/10/charlie-crist-defends-party-switch/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Susan |title=Meltdown On Main Street: Inside The Breakdown Of The GOP's Moderate Wing |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/23/753404051/meltdown-on-main-street-inside-the-breakdown-of-the-gops-moderate-wing |work=[[NPR]] |date=August 23, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617124126/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/23/753404051/meltdown-on-main-street-inside-the-breakdown-of-the-gops-moderate-wing |url-status=live }}</ref>
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