How come the GOP gets a ".GOP" domain name?

[AmyStrange]

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How come we don't get one?

.DEM sounds good.
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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Dems could get one too. But personalized extensions like that are very pricey.

[AmyStrange]

2. Really?

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Hmmm... you mean you can pay ICANN to make your own personalized domain name legit?

Cool. Learn something new everyday.

Thank you
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[Rosco T.]

4. The Price STARTS at $185,000

[AmyStrange]

7. Ha, you beat me to it.

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Thanks for collaborating my search result.
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[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Yes, you can, if you're loaded and can meet ICANN's requirements.

I remember reading about it some years ago.

[AmyStrange]

8. If the repubs can get one, it should be a breeze for the Dems.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

9. They could if they wanted to but IMO it's not a necessity at all.

[AmyStrange]

10. You're right

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it's not a necessity, but just imagine:

DU.dem

Personally, I like it.
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[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. I like it too, actually. But it's a luxury.

[AmyStrange]

5. $185,000.00 is what I saw in a quick search (from 2012)

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That is pricey, but not THAT pricey.
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[AmyStrange]

3. Interesting article on that...

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https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-gop-domain-123931624.html
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[blogslut]

12. We do have a gTLD

.democrat

It was established by ICANN in 2014

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings

It doesn't cost a lot to register a domain with the .democrat gTLD. The price of the SLD (second level domain name) depends on many factors, primarily, whether or not the name is already registered.

[AmyStrange]

13. Thank you...

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That's long, and the .gop is short.

I can't find any sites that use .democrat.

Most Democratic Party sites use .org, even the DNC.
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[blogslut]

14. I would research further but I'm lazy.

I'm going to guess that .dem was refused as a USA political party TLD, because it's too generic of a word?

[AmyStrange]

15. I'm lazy and I don't care either

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a deadly combo
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[AmyStrange]

16. It's funny and ironic that we're progressives but don't have domain name, while...

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the old farts (GOP) do.

Irony is such a cruel mistress.
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