What 10 Signatures Reveal About the Direction of Today’s Democrat Party. Out of 212 House Democrats, only about 10 were willing to sign a simple pledge that says “we are capitalist, not socialist.” And yet almost the entire Democrat caucus in Washington wouldn't put their name on it. Back in June, moderate Democrats like Reps. Tom Suozzi and Adam Gray tried to pull their party back toward the middle. This doesn't mean the Democrat Party has officially become the Democratic Socialist Party.