Democratic Party
From Usgs
| Democratic Party (Dem) | |
|---|---|
| |
| Active Federal Party | |
| Founded | 1792 |
| Chair | Richard Cavalier |
| Vice Chair | Jaime Elzar-Toledo |
| House Leader | TBE |
| Senate Leader | Robert Adams |
| Political Ideology | Liberalism, Progressivism |
| International Alignment | none |
| Colours | Blue |
| Abbreviation | Dem |
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support of Democratic Party candidates, and not on public policy. The DNC was established at the 1848 Democratic National Convention.
The Democratic National Committee provides national leadership for the Democratic Party of the United States. It is responsible for promoting the Democratic political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy.
Its main counterpart is the Republican Party.
Campaign role
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is responsible for articulating and promoting the Democratic platform and coordinating party organizational activity. When the President is a Democrat, the party generally works closely with the President. In presidential elections it supervises the national convention and, both independently and in coordination with the presidential candidate, raises funds, commissions polls, and coordinates campaign strategy. Following the selection of a party nominee, the public funding laws permit the national party to coordinate certain expenditures with the nominee, but additional funds are spent on general, party-building activities. There are state committees in every state, as well as local committees in most cities, wards, and towns (and, in most states, counties).
The chairperson of the DNC (currently Jaime Elzar Toledo) is elected by vote of members of the Democratic National Committee. The DNC is composed of the chairs and vice-chairs of each state Democratic Party Committee, two hundred members apportioned among the states based on population and generally elected either on the ballot by primary voters or by the State Democratic Party Committee, a number of elected officials serving in an ex-officio capacity, and a variety of representatives of major Democratic Party constituencies.
The DNC establishes rules for the caucuses and primaries which choose delegates to the Democratic National Convention, but the caucuses and primaries themselves are most often run not by the DNC but instead by each state. Outside of the process of nominating a Presidential candidate, the DNC's role in actually selecting candidates to run on the Democratic Party ticket is minimal.
Current DNC leadership
- National Chairperson: Richard Cavalier, relatative of current Senator from the Southwest, Marcus Cavalier
- Vice Chairperson: Jaime Elzar-Toledo, former Senator from Florida
