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It's a box you check. For the most part people check it so they have access to vote in the primaries and have more of a say in who their representative might be. Just because someone checked that box doesn't mean they all believe in the same things. A good example is Donald Trump was a Democrat because he said their policies were better for the economy. That doesn't mean he was a better person when he had that box checked, he was still sexually assaulting women left and right and taking flights with Epstein. That said, a Democrat from Kentucky, is probably a lot further right leaning than a Democrat from California. Democrats don't have a set of beliefs they all believe in. It just means they are left of wanting a dictatorship at this point.