JFK or LBJ

The answer

DEM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEM answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• PRES (5 uses in xd)
• INITS (2 uses in xd)
• INIT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DEM

Every other clue in this collection answered by DEM, most used first.

• Rep.'s rival - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Rep.'s opponent - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• FDR or JFK - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Rep.'s counterpart - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• GOP rival - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Bones" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Brooklynese pronoun - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• LBJ's party - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Rep. rival - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Pol. party - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• AOC, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• GOP opponent - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Rep.'s foe - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Rep. foe - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• JFK info - ETA, used 87 times
• JFK alternative - LGA, used 63 times
• JFK predecessor - DDE, used 34 times
• JFK Library architect - PEI, used 26 times
• JFK posting - ETA, used 26 times
• JFK posting - ARR, used 24 times

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