Democratics and Republicanics

Have you ever had one of those little nonsensical things that just nags at you and nags at you and ...?

Why is it that a member of the Republican Party is called a  Republican , but a Democrat proclaims membership in the Democratic Party?

I mean, if the name of the party is Democratic, shouldn't the proper noun for a member of that party be a Democratic?  Or, should members of the Republican Party more properly call themselves Republicanics?

Actually, I had never heard of the Democrat Party being referred to as the "Democratic Party" until, maybe, 8 or 10 years ago.  Now, it has virtually replaced the original name.  This year they even had that term on the Texas ballots, which I am fairly positive is a new development.

As I said, this is not a big deal in the total scheme of national politics, but it does tend to grate.  It is just not consistent with the natural order of things.  It is probably one of the unintended consequences of Algore's invention of the internet.  It could, of course, be a conspiracy by some of the Democratics to subliminally suggest that the other parties are not little-d democratic, but, they wouldn't be that dumb.  Would they?

Wikipedia is, of course, no help.  The articles are most likely written by historians.  Enough said?

Anyway, it is not likely to be a concern for me much longer.  We Republicans are quickly center-lefting ourselves into oblivion, and the Democratics are speeding toward becoming The Global American Socialist Party. 

I guess we will then call them the Repugnants and the GASP's.