develocrat 

noun:

De-vel-o-crat (Deh-VEL-o-krat)

1) An elected person with policy and taxing power for an incorporated government such as a city, county, or state with either a voting record of decisions that favor real estate related businesses, and/or draws most of their financial support from real estate related businesses

2) A political philosophy based on real estate business decision models

Who should we vote for in the next election: a progressive Democrat who stands for sustainable growth, or a develocrat who hasn't ever seen a new house they wanted to stop from being built?

develocrat by Progressive Pitbull February 25, 2008

devilcrat 

A derogative term for members of the Democrat party.

Gore? I would not trust him as President, he is a devilcrat.

devilcrat by lola2011 August 27, 2011

dedemocratize 

To destroy democratic norms, and the power of the voters to determine their destiny. This is done by limiting the rights of the public to vote, limiting certain types of people from voting such as minorities, or parts of the US such as Puerto Rico or Washington DC, limiting access to polling, gerrymandering districts, giving certain voters more value than others, removing people from the voter rolls, not registering people who registered, limiting times when people can vote, limiting polling places, greatly expanding the time it takes for people to vote especially on election day, having faulty voting machines, poll taxes, literacy tests, faulty ballots and voting machines, tossing ballots, etc. In some cases like Washington DC and Puerto Rico, they have no representatives in Congress.
In some cases, de-democratization can occur after a free and fair election when the politician does not carry out their oath of office and gives greater weight to certain special interests. In some cases, a politician may have extreme biases and fail to allow a fair competition of ideas during public participation and legislative debate. In some cases, this is because the politician took bribes, was given special favors, made significant campaign contributions, or because of inappropriate political pressure from the party.

In the US, to dedemocratize ore democracy is as old as our constitution. From the start woman, most blacks, and even non-land owners were not allowed to vote . Senators were originally appointed by politicians, and the president has never been chosen directly by the people.

dedemocratize by mlhiss November 25, 2019