DNC Announces Unprecedented Investments in State Democratic Parties

[rogue emissary]

WASHINGTON – The Democratic National Committee (DNC) today announced the details of new unprecedented investments along with the Association of State Democratic Chairs (ASDC) to give local Democratic leaders, activists and organizers the resources they need to grow, get out the vote, and win elections.

The new investments dramatically boosts the DNC’s existing State Participation Program (SPP). Beginning this October, all state parties will receive a monthly $10,000 investment from the DNC through 2018, which is a 33 percent increase over the base funding levels from 2016 and a 100 percent increase over 2015. This is a historic commitment to party building at the grassroots level.

In addition to the revised SPP, the DNC has made an unprecedented investment in local Democratic organizing by establishing a $10-million State Party Innovation Fund (SPIF), the largest-ever DNC investment in state parties and their organizing efforts. Under the program, state parties will compete for grants to create and support grassroots engagement programs for millennial and youth voters, rural and base constituencies, and other electoral organizing efforts to win elections. The SPIF grant program also includes $500,000 in dedicated grants for Democrats Abroad, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the territories.

http://demrulz.org/news/dnc-announces-unprecedented-investments-in-state-democratic-parties
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So is this a good first step, or not enough? I've been trying to pay more attention to the party and staying involved during the off presidential elections. Of course, Va has critical governors race coming up in November.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. YES!!!!!!

[haele]

2. Finally....

The Ground Game is the only way Democrats can win.

Haele

[msongs]

3. good news if it is to be used to elect local, regional, and state candidates nt

[elleng]

4. Good, and so is this: Liberals target the Rust Belt:

'Democrats should be able to win in all these places'

As the Democratic Party struggles to find its moorings after losing a handful of special House elections this spring, liberal activists say the party’s future in Washington, D.C., isn’t in moving centrist, but rather in moving left.

A trio of new political action committees — the People’s House Project, Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats — are looking for ways to support candidates with economically progressive platforms and to challenge the party establishment, especially in Rust Belt states where President Donald Trump saw much unexpected success last November.

The activists aren’t daunted by the odds.

“Democrats should be able to win in all these places,” said Krystal Ball, founder of the People’s House Project, which has endorsed its first candidate, Randy Bryce, an iron worker with an attention-getting advertising shtick who is running for House Speaker Paul Ryan’s seat in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District.

The People’s House Project says it will run candidates in every Republican-held district in 2018, with an emphasis on Midwestern and Appalachian states. A central tenant of the organization’s platform is that candidates cannot receive donations from big money donors, who Ball said have distorted the party’s messaging and intentions.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029303326

[BigmanPigman]

5. Hillary said that there wasn't any money in the DNC when shenran

and she had to put tons of her own money in. The DNC had better step up their game from local to federal levels. The Repubs have SOOOOO much money it is impossible to compete. I hope the small donations my relatives, neighbors and friends donate will be used to defete Repubs better. I don't need a "thank you" bumper sticker, I do need a Dem win however.

[Wiseman32218]

7. She was right, here is a link to a DNC fund raising story:

I know the source is very iffy, but it may have some truth to it.

http://observer.com/2017/07/democratic-national-committee-failing-unpopular-debt/amp/

[Wounded Bear]

6. This is a great first step...

I just hope it is not too late. Part of this money should also be diverted into activism and lawsuits fighting gerrymandering and voter suppression, not to mention voter tally system upgrades.

There is a lot of grass roots organizing going on out there, with Indivisible and the Emily's list work. The DNC should coordinate with them whenever possible.