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In case you missed it, last week David Jarman put out an excellent piece of writing regarding the structure of the Democratic party. It’s a great breakdown of how the national infrastructure is built. Knowing how some of the national infrastructure is built, though, doesn’t tell us much about what expectations a campaign can reasonably have of a county, state and national party in regards to their efforts to win an election.
This week, I’m going to take time to talk just a bit about what resources come to a candidate through these organizations, and how to make the most of the resources that are available.
Over the last decade or so, party infrastructure has not held up particularly well. Donors give straight to candidates or outside organizations, and the party apparatus, which is your state and county party organizations, really aren’t deep pockets for a candidate. This is also true of the national party organization.
In a single day, or through the course of a federal campaign, most candidates should significantly out raise a state and county organization. With county and states not having deep financial pockets to support all of the candidates under them, what purpose do these organizations have for a campaign?
First, we have to start looking at the pyramid. In David Jarman’s post, he talks about how the organizations are oriented for federal races, but when it comes to the party infrastructure, it is far more important to know what tools are available because they exist.
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