50 State Strategy Overview
How Democrats can and will win in every state, every county, and every precinct.
The Democratic Party is committed to winning elections at every level in every region of the country, and we're getting started right now with a massive effort to fund organizers on the ground in every state.
The ultimate goal? An active, effective group of Democrats organized in every single precinct in the country. Here's what we're doing to get there:
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The Democratic Party is hiring organizers chosen by the state parties in every state -- experienced local activists who know their communities. |
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We bring those organizers together for summits where they can learn from each other the best practices for getting organized to win elections. |
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Armed with the knowledge they've shared with each other, Democratic organizers return to the states and recruit and train leaders at the local level. |
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Those local leaders recruit more leaders and volunteers until every single precinct in their area has a trained, effective organization of Democrats dedicated to winning votes for Democrats. |
In less than a year, the DNC has hired and trained over 176 field organizers, communication directors and researchers and placed them in state parties to build election teams, launch coordinated campaigns, and move on the Democratic message. Under Governor Dean, the DNC has also held political organizer trainings for 40 state party teams and sponsored in-state trainings around the country for Democratic leaders and activists. This allows state parties to begin early voter ID and voter persuasion, recruit volunteers, and run neighbor-to-neighbor canvasses, phone banks and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Democrats will win in 2006 and beyond because the DNC put feet on the street early -- an unprecedented move that has made marginal races competitive, drilled the Democratic message down to the grassroots, and built a ground team unmatched in the history of the Democratic Party.
