[BellStar]

especially if said votes are presumably going to be Democratic "with a decidedly leftist tilt favoring more and bigger government."

presumably going to be Democrat with a decidedly leftist tilt ............ ...sorry its a pet peve ...

[clawrence3]

You have a pet peve (sic) that leads you to misuse the English language? "Democrat" is slang - I prefer "Demoncrat" for that - but, the proper adjective is "Democratic" Party. There is even a spell-check feature here at FR which is my pet PEEVE : P