Democratic Choice (Dominican Republic)

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{{Infobox Political party

| colorcode = #482b20

| president = José Horacio Rodríguez

| name = Democratic Choice

| native_name = Opción Democrática

| logo = Logo-OD.png

| logo_size = 200px

| leader1_title = Vice President

| leader1_name = Alexandra Sued

| leader2_title = General Secretary

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| leader3_title = Founder

| leader3_name = Minou Tavárez Mirabal

| secretary_general = Miguel Alejandro Martínez

| foundation = {{start date and years ago|2014|11|21}}

| headquarters =

| position = Centre-left

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| colors = brown, blue, green, red, white and yellow

| slogan = ¡Hagamos que suceda!

| website = {{url|https://od.org.do/}}

| country = the Dominican Republic

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Democratic Choice ({{langx|es|Opción Democrática}}, OD) is a center-left political party in the Dominican Republic,{{cite web |title=La renuncia de Minou Tavárez Mirabal del PLD |url=http://acento.com.do/2014/opinion/editorial/8142938-la-renuncia-de-minou-tavarez-mirabal-del-pld/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807100930/http://acento.com.do/2014/opinion/editorial/8142938-la-renuncia-de-minou-tavarez-mirabal-del-pld/ |archive-date=2016-08-07 |access-date=2015-10-25 |work=Acento}}{{cite web |title=Opción Democrática nombre del nuevo partido de Minou Tavárez |url=http://frontera25.com/opcion-democratica-nombre-del-nuevo-partido-de-minou-tavarez/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090533/http://frontera25.com/opcion-democratica-nombre-del-nuevo-partido-de-minou-tavarez/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2015-10-25 |work=frontera25.com}}founded in 2015 by Minou Tavárez Mirabal and other volunteers.

History

Democratic Choice (OD) was announced as a result of Mirabal's split from the Dominican Liberation’s Party in a public letter to the media.{{cite web|url=http://diariodigital.com.do/2014/05/21/minou-tavarez-explica-en-carta-su-renuncia-del-pld/|title=Minou Tavárez explica en carta su renuncia del PLD|work=DiarioDigitalRD|date=22 May 2014 }}

Definitions

Democratic Choice is a party of Dominican citizens which claims to be without restrictions based on socioeconomic status, religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender, or any other condition. The party’s central focus is the construction of an able democratic society to exhibit humanity's highest aspirations and to satisfy the spiritual needs and materials of the Dominican people in a setting of fraternity, freedom, and justice.[http://opciondemocratica.com/index.php/somos/declaracion-de-principios DECLARACIÓN DE PRINCIPIOS]

Symbolism

The symbol of the party is a flower made up of the letters O and D. The symbol’s colors are blue, yellow, green, and red.

Election results

= Presidential elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|Election ! rowspan="2" \|Candidate ! colspan="2" \|First Round ! colspan="2" \|Second Round ! rowspan="2" \|Result
Votes !% !Votes !%
2024 \|Virginia Antares Rodríguez \|25,204 \|0.58% \|{{N/A}} \|{{N/A}} \|Lost {{N}}

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! rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Candidate

! colspan="2" |First Round

! colspan="2" |Second Round

! rowspan="2" |Result

Votes

!Votes

2024

|Virginia Antares Rodríguez

|25,204

|0.58%