givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The goal of the modern DNC is just enough majority to gain control, but not enough that voters would call for them to actually fix the things their do it’s like broken.
Because that involves losing House/Senate seats in “red states” they’ve just abandoned them.
Things like the “victory fund” exacerbate because what little is turned back over to states, is usually days before the election when it’s hard to be utilized or even after the election.
Because the max state donations are being routed straight to the presidential candidate, it also dries up available contributions directly to a state.
silence7@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
The DNC has remarkably little power over any of this; organizing at the local level happens locally and that’s really hard to do when it’s so far from attaining anything like power at the municipal or county level.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Except the victory fund is taking all the money away from state parties…
Who are the ones who do what you’re saying the DNC doesn’t do…
silence7@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
The victory fund is joint fundraising committee for the campaign, the DNC, and the state parties. They’re not being left out.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
politico.com/…/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774/
The only reason that came out, is moderates were so mad Hillary lost, they all left the DNC and a progressive got to see the books.
HVF became BVF became HVF, the only thing that significantly changes is the name the amount of money a single person can give, just under a million now btw.