Democratic State Party

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Democratic State Party
Kentucky Democratic Party has created a home for Kentucky Democrats. Democratic Party has dominated the state for a long time. However, the recent elections provided few republicans replacing the Democrats. The party has enhanced unity and strength of the Democrats thus influencing the electorate in a positive way. The party is committed to serving the people and addressing the state’s issues based on the concepts outlined constitution. Through its leadership, the party has ensured that the conservative principles are implemented and working to elect Democrats at every level of the government.
Discussion
The party is committed to implementing constitutional policies; through its structural organization, it has been able to meet the Kentuckian needs. The party structure involves the member, Precinct Committee Officer, Legislative and county districts and the democratic national committee (Self 1). Governance is conducted according to the constitution of the US and Commonwealth of Kentucky. Citizens can join the party without discrimination. The party provides that the members should not be forced to vote in a particular way during elections. Instead, it allows the exercise of sovereign freedom of choice to its citizens (Ireland & Kentucky 4). The electorate often determines the leaders to elect, and it is a right exercised by every citizen in the state.
The state of Kentucky share has some legal similarities with other states.

For instance, West Virginia is a strong democratic state similar to Kentucky. Furthermore, the state is often split between the two parties of Republican and Democrats representatives (Self 1). Republicans are shown to have acquired dominance in state leadership thus retaking the legislature. Both states have the governor, lieutenant governor, and the attorney general. Therefore, the governance of the state has similar documents regarding the leadership. However, Virginia elects its officials on the odd-numbered years thus making it different from Kentucky. The parties choose its state officers by conducting elections after every four years.
The committees manage the function of the state party. Committees are often nominated and elected at their respective conventions which are conducted during the party reorganization (Ireland & Kentucky 4). If a person is interested in being part of the committee, he or she should meet the requirement of joining the party and elected based on his or her support from the voters. The leadership history of Kentucky and its party progress have further been outlined on the website. It connects the current leadership relates to the past governance in the state.
Kentucky has been traditionally known to be democratic. However, the recent elections show that it is gradually becoming a Republican. As compared to the previous years, Republicans took over the state Senate since the year 2000. Further analysis shows that the state has a significant number of representatives of Democrats at the state level while the national level is represented more by the Republicans.
The site provides information on the past leadership has significantly influenced the current leadership (self 1). The first vice president, Richard Johnson, was a Democrat from Kentucky. He influenced the Democratic Party and ensured that the civil rights were protected. The local party officials involve Robert M, who is the chairman of the president’s commission on the White House Fellowship. The leaders ensure that the governance is conducted according to the guideline provided in the constitution.
Conclusion
Conclusively, the Kentucky Democrats party is the dominant party in Kentucky. Its leadership is acquired through elections. The Committees ensures that the party serves the people as required by the constitution.
 

Works Cited
Self Ben. A new home for Kentucky Democrats is coming. Retrieved on 8th February, 2018 from https://kydemocrats.org/Ireland, Robert M. and Kentucky. The Kentucky State Constitution. Oxford University Press, 2011. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=678184&site=ehost-live.