Possible Clues:

• One in a blue state majority: Abbr.
• Type on the left side?: Abbr.
• DNC member
• BHO, for one
• JFK, but not LGA
• F.D.R. or J.F.K., e.g.
• Ballot ID
• 'Roll ___ bones!'
• Those people, in reggae songs
• Party label