No. That's their own chosen name after complaining about a campaign commercial which had the word "democrats" scroll across the screen. Of course the last part of the last syllable (rats) was the final word fragment to exit the screen.
So since I had to explain it to you: Reason #1 why most Jews are democRATs!
And, I will remember to add this time, with apologies to our pro-life conservative Jewish friends.
Ah. No wonder I didn’t get it. I’ve never been a Democrat.