One of my pet peeves. Ronald Reagan always called it the Democrat party, Democrat policies, Democrat congressman - and so did my parents. President Trump does it too - “democratic” sounds so wrong to me unless someone is actually referring to the democratic process.
My wife will tell you I’m constantly correcting the TV whenever someone says ‘democratic’: “Democrat!!!!!”
Think of it, and say it, this way “Democrat tick”
A tick being a blood sucking, disease bearing insect.