![]() ![]() Yes, they get a lot done in a short period of time and do a great job under the circumstances. The campaign organizer model isn’t much better kids are flown in to an unfamiliar area to work on a campaign for a few months, and then they’re gone. People in the 21st century simply have too many demands on their time to build an effective political party. The completely volunteer model doesn’t work. They usually have zero help from the national or state organization, even in blue states, outside of the two months before Election Day (sometimes). These leaders end up mostly stuck with the elements of our party that is more content to complain than work. Here’s the rub, almost universally, about Democratic organizations in areas controlled by Republicans: they are run by volunteers who have a million other things going on in their lives. “They’re so unorganized here.” “They don’t do anything.” “I was the youngest person in the room by thirty years.” “Things were so much better in why can’t they just be like that?” ![]() Longtime activists and leaders are starved of energy and have generally given up hope below the federal level events are poorly attended, which is a self-defeating cycle the organization functions more like a liberal social group than anything resembling an electorally focused machine.įor most people, the judgment comes swift and harsh. Anyone who has been involved with such a municipal or county Democratic organization outside of the months preceding a Presidential election knows what I mean. The Democratic Party is in relative shambles in large part because we are almost completely unorganized outside of counties and cities that lean our way. I don’t have a clever introduction, so I’ll just get into it. ![]()
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