It’s another Saturday, so for those who tune in, welcome to a diary discussing the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic Campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up anytime: Just visit our group or follow Nuts & Bolts Guide. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about, and with the help of other campaign workers and notes, we tackle subjects that people who want to assist a campaign want to know.
One of the joys of running this series has been continuing conversations with candidates, their campaign teams, and political consultants regarding what has worked for them in campaigns. Based on these meetings, I continue to look for ways to refine and grow this series. Over the years, we’ve discussed what makes a campaign work and the inner workings of the Democratic Party.
In January this year, a newly elected official sent me email, and this statement stood out: “I had so much help during the campaign. Now that I’m elected, it seems all those resources just went away.”
Republican advocacy groups and conservative PACs run retreats and camps for those elected to everything from the school board to the state house. For offices lower down on the ballot, however, Democratic officials have organizations such as Democratic Municipal Officials (DMO), but newly elected Democratic officials don’t have remotely the same level of resources to help them actually govern.
How can we all work to fix this?
from Daily Kos http://bit.ly/2K7bXmb
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