ABC-7 Listens: 03.05.16

vote on super tuesday? did you vote in the democrat or democratic primary? what’s the difference? a lot according to one viewer. here’s rick cabrera with your abc-7 listens. i’m sure you’ve heard us talk about it a lot in recent months … the democratic primary. and that is floyd’s primary concern. “why do so many of the medi news ‘talking heads’, including you, insist on replacing the word democrat with ‘democratic?’ “th election for the liberals you covered tonight were in the democrat primary – not democratic primary. “th participants are not democratic candidates – they are democrat candidates; not a democratic race but the democrat race; not a democratic campaign but the democrat campaign, etc. “are the republican part and its members not democratic? the proper word should be used everywhere that is correct.” you are right … republican party members are democratic based on the definition of democratic: democratic: of, relating to, or supporting democracy or its principles. but that’s not the only definition. it can also mean … democratic: of or relating to the democratic party. you see the party’s name is the democratic party … that’s the name the organization chose back in 18-28. as a result … the events the party holds are the democratic primary, the democratic convention and those running for office are democratic candidates. and that works because democratic is an adjective. while democrat is a noun. ultimately, newscasters have no right to change the party’s name … especially a name nearly 2 centuries old. rick cabrera. abc-7 listens. a lot