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Subject: DEMOCRATIC PARTY (U.S.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BEST INTERESTS, by PHIL WEIDMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A registered democrat
Last Line: Shouldn't we vote for the %best interests of everyone
Subject(s): Democratic Party (u.s.)


LECOMPTON'S BLACK BRIGADE, by CHARLES GRAHAM HALPINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Single-handed, and surrounded by lecompton's
Last Line: Through all the coming years.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'reilly, Miles
Subject(s): Democratic Party (u.s.); Douglas, Stephen A. (1813-1861); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Political Conventions; Slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Serfs


STATE OF THE UNION: 13. ELECTION REPORT, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was a numbers game from the start
Last Line: It was, by all accounts, a numbers game
Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P.
Subject(s): Democratic Party (u.s.); Elections; Political Campaigns


THE DEMONSTRATION, by GREGORY ORR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They bob above us all afternoon
Last Line: Their spells had summoned up.
Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Conventions; Democratic Party (u.s.); Elections; Protest, Social; Racism; Assemblies; Meetings; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


THE NEW IDEA, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Last fall I heard a candidate stand on a
Last Line: With broken backs.
Subject(s): Democratic Party (u.s.); Elections; Freedom; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Liberty