Democrats Increasing Party Resources to Rebuild Party
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez told The Washington Post that the Democratic Party is starting to rebuild.
The Democrats are pouring their resources into grassroots efforts. Perez said the party is launching a State Partnership Program to rebuild local parties.
“For too long, we poured our resources into races at the top of the ticket instead of organizing at the grass roots and building a deep bench of talent,” Perez said.
“This unprecedented investment in our state parties is the first major step in our effort to get back to basics and rebuild the Democratic Party from the ground up.”
The Post reports, “The DNC will give a $10,000 monthly grant to each state party, running through the 2018 midterms — a one-third increase over its 2016 commitments, which came when the party’s presidential campaign was winning the money wars.”
The DNC is also launching a State Party Innovation Fund. The fund has $10 million earmarked for grants that state parties can compete for by organizing and modernizing.
The money will be used for “innovation, best practices and organizing in base, rural, millennial and youth communities, in addition to help with building technical infrastructure.”
There is already new technology created to help streamline the door-knocking process, Knock 10. The goal is to encourage early voter persuasion.
