This is one of those Mandela Effect issues with me. My entire life I remember reading and hearing Democrat, but the last 2-3 years I keep seeing Democratic to describe the party and the person.
It's straight forward psychological warfare.
Here's a primer, of sorts...
Psychological warfare and the Trump Impeachment Jack Posobiec Explains | Crossroads
https://youtu.be/3I26oxabQLc (40 minutes)
Psychological warfare and the Trump Impeachment
Jack Posobiec Explains | Crossroads
The “Democrat Party” didn’t sound right to the dems,, so about 3 years ago they changed it to democratic.
I suppose they were trying to bond with “democratic republic”. No one calls ours a “democrat republic” form of gubmint..
....but I don’t delve into the democrat’s thinking process....very dangerous.