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The Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM) was a centrist faction, active in the 1970s within the Democratic Party of the United States.

The CDM was formed in December 1972, after the landslide victory of

1976 Democratic presidential primaries (during which he came first in Massachusetts and his home state, and second in Florida and Pennsylvania) and failed to win the Democratic nomination, which went to Jimmy Carter
.

The CDM received great support from the

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) and, as later groups (as the Democratic Leadership Council and the New Democrat Network), argued that, in order to win, the Democrats should return to a more centrist, big tent stance.[5] The CDM's manifesto was indeed titled "Come Home, Democrats" and declared that "The "New Politics" has failed".[6] The CDM also attracted members from the Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA), the moderate wing of the Socialist Party of America (SPA),[7][8][9] and, chiefly, the SPA's youth wing, the Young People's Socialist League (YPSL).[10][11][12]

Leading CDM members included

James Woolsey and Jim Wright.[13][14][15][16] Many of these were later associated with neoconservatism.[17] Some, including Aspin, Bentsen, Nunn, Richardson, Robb and Woolsey, participated in the Democratic Leadership Council and/or Bill Clinton's administration, while several others, including Kirkpatrick, Krauthammer, Kristol, Muravchik, Novak, Perle, Pipes, Podhoretz and Wolfowitz, eventually became Republicans and/or served under Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush
.

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References

  1. ^ Jacob Heilbrunn, They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, Doubleday, 2008, p.114.
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  4. ^ Kit Oldham, "Cyberpedia Library: Jackson, Henry M. 'Scoop' (1912–1983): HistoryLink.org Essay 5516", historylink.org (The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History), August 19, 2003, accessed May 17, 2007.
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  6. ^ "Come_home_democrats_1972 [neoconservatism.vaisse.net]". Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
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  13. ^ "Political Research Associates - Right Web - Coalition for a Democratic Majority". rightweb.irc-online.org. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13.
  14. ^ "Coalition for a Democratic Majority".
  15. ^ "Coalition for a Democratic Majority - SourceWatch".
  16. ^ "Coalition for a Democratic Majority".
  17. ^ Oldham, Kit (August 19, 2003). "Jackson, Henry M. "Scoop"". HistoryLink.org.
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