It is capitalized when it forms part of the proper noun.
Example: The Democrat is a weekly newspaper in Tate County.
Only when it is used in the name of a political movement - Christian Democracy, Social Democracy, and then usage varies, and it may only take a capital in the name of a particular political party —> the Christian Democrats, for example. You'd be safest to leave it in lower-case.
No, democracy is not capitalized. A democracy is a form of government, as is a republic, theocracy, Dictatorship, and so forth, and is defined by the relationship between the leaders and the governed. In a true democracy, every person has a vote.
Political parties using words that describe forms of government, such as the Communist Party, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party, do capitalize the terms in the context of their names.
Only if it's at the beginning of a sentence.
Lowercase republican refers to a system of political thought; uppercase Republican refers to the Republican Party.----------> Edit/addition: Political Parties: Capitalize the name of a political party and the word "party." Use lower case for a general political philosophy. ex.: Democrat, Republican, German Social Democratic Party. Fred's parents were staunch Republicans; at their urging he joined the Party. (richmond.edu)Yes, because it is a propernoun.
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It is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun Examples: Some people wants to support a republican form of government. The Republican Party envisions a vibrant economy.
Yes it should be capitalized.
my father is a democrat but my mother is a republican
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No, you should not. You should only capitalize a word when it is at the start of a sentence or when it is a proper noun.
Lowercase republican refers to a system of political thought; uppercase Republican refers to the Republican Party.----------> Edit/addition: Political Parties: Capitalize the name of a political party and the word "party." Use lower case for a general political philosophy. ex.: Democrat, Republican, German Social Democratic Party. Fred's parents were staunch Republicans; at their urging he joined the Party. (richmond.edu)Yes, because it is a propernoun.
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When you're referring to the party. A Democrat is someone who belongs to the Democratic Party; a democrat is someone who believes in democracy. Democrats (big D) are democrats, but not all democrats (small D) are Democrats -- some of them are Republicans.
It is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun Examples: Some people wants to support a republican form of government. The Republican Party envisions a vibrant economy.
You only capitalize with if it begins a sentence. Example:With recent rains, crops should grow well.
Unless it is the first word in a sentence, then you don't need to capitalize "tobacco."