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SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATS IN 2017 Planting the Seeds of Progress WHERE WE ARE, AT A GLANCE National elections dealt a blow to Democrats, putting us in a role of blocking and blasting the Republican agenda while we plan for 2018 and

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATS IN 2017

Planting the   Seeds of   Progress

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WHERE WE ARE, AT A GLANCE

⬧ National elections dealt a blow to Democrats, putting us in a role of blocking and blasting the Republican agenda while we plan for 2018 and 2020 ⬧ The presidential race highlighted a need to  redefine and realign the Party’s platform & message ⬧ Meanwhile … after years of major progressive lawmaking in California, voters rewarded Democrats with supermajorities in the State Legislature ⬧ And while we had some close and   tough losses in San Diego County,   the vast majority our local candidates   won, and our Democratic registration   has never been higher

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WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT

Our Mission:  

The San Diego County Democratic Party engages voters and elects Democrats to advance equality,

pportunity, sustainability, and prosperity for all.

Our Tactics and Tools:   ⬧ Grassroots organizing and volunteer coordination ⬧ Candidate recruiting, training, and support ⬧ Communications ⬧ Issue advocacy and community engagement ⬧ Infrastructure and technology ⬧ Organizational development (including Dem. Clubs) ⬧ Sustainable funding to continue growth

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SDCDP PROVIDED KEY SUPPORT

⬧ More than 500 GO Team and other Party   volunteers made 100,000 door-knocks   and phone calls to inform and turn out  

ur voters in the General Election

⬧ Coordinated campaign offices   supported candidates and volunteers   in Escondido, Chula Vista, La Mesa,   Kearny Mesa, and Solana Beach ⬧ Official slate mailers were sent to 330,000 Democratic households, personalized to list just the endorsements in each voter’s precinct

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MORE CANDIDATE SUPPORT …

⬧ The new online Campaign   Toolbox gave candidates   round-the clock access to   training, vendor contacts,   templates, best practices,   and other resources ⬧ More than 100 candidates and campaign workers attended sessions in the County Party’s training program, covering field, communications,   technology, fundraising, and management ⬧ 60 campaigns received direct help with voter data management, customized lists, and targeting strategy from two staff members and a data volunteer

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… AND MORE SUPPORT

⬧ The County Party raised and spent   more than $1.4 million on “member   communications” to Democrats in   support of local candidates in 2016,   including direct mail and canvassers ⬧ Most counties raise less than %80,000. ⬧ Our list of endorsements was emailed  to more than 100,000 Democrats, and   get-out-the-vote robocalls (in English   and Spanish) were sent to   70,000 new and infrequent voters ⬧ Digital ads targeted to Democrats, in   English and Spanish, helped drive   more than 100,000 pageviews on   the Party website in the final month.

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LOOKING AHEAD: WHAT’S NEXT?

⬧ Outreach to newly elected officials through the Democratic Leadership Network: provide resources and tools for building constituencies, encouraging mentorship, advancing mutual policy goals ⬧ Focus shifting to mid-term elections: statewide, congressional, and local races for 2018 ⬧ New County Central Committee seated in January for year term. Emphasis in 2017 on strategic planning, candidate training, listening to Democrats and building grassroots resistance activism, etc.  ⬧ The work that never stops: recruiting, training, fundraising, communicating, organizing

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SOME CHALLENGES WE FACE

⬧ Immediate need to combat the worst actions of the new administration harming the most vulnerable – including pushing back at the state and local levels ⬧ Need to address grief, anger, blaming, mistrust, etc. among Democrats / progressives – and channel energy into productive   ways to work toward  shared goals ⬧ Spiral of reality-denial,  lies, and fake news   threatening the integrity   and functioning  

f our democracy

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BUT … THERE’S A PATH FORWARD

⬧ Excesses of new administration may prompt electoral backlash and long-term damage to Republicans ⬧ Nationally, lessons learned from 2016 may reenergize and reshape the Democratic Party in positive ways ⬧ At the state and local levels, demographics and registration trends strongly favor   Democrats and progressive policies ⬧ California laws taking effect soon   will substantially increase voter   registration, turnout, and education ⬧ For San Diego Democrats, the period of   frustration during the last Republican   presidency led to transformational growth and change

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OUR “BLUE” NEW VOTERS

San Diego County Registered Voters (Nov. 2016)

All Voters New Voters*

* Registered for the first time in 2016 – 10% of all voters in the county

DEM REP NPP

MISC

42% DEM 36% 34% NPP 27% 18% REP 30%

6% MISC 5%

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY VOTER STATS

⬧ 64% of all registered voters in the county are now Permanent Mail Voters ⬧ 29% are 18-35 years of age (vs. 22% in 2014) ⬧ 21% are Latino ⬧ 32% registered or reregistered in 2016 ⬧ 77% turned out in 2016 – about the same as in 2012 and 2004, down from the peak of 84% in 2008

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NEW CA LAWS TO AID VOTERS

These state laws will take effect between 2017 and 2020: ⬧ Any person, not just household or family member, can drop

ff a voter’s ballot (as long as not paid or coercive)

⬧ Registration by default through DMV; those skipping party preference step will be flagged as “Unknown,” not NPP ⬧ Automatic re-registration through DMV   when voters move within the state ⬧ Technology to help people with disabilities  vote electronically, print, and return ballot ⬧ Same-day registration on Election Day   (only at county voting offices) ⬧ All voters will be sent mail ballots, and more/earlier dropoff locations added (some counties by 2018, all by 2020)

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INDIVISIBLE GRASSROOTS GUIDE…

⬧ San Diegans can join the Indivisible Movement. ⬧ Developed by former Congressional Staffers ⬧ Teaches effective tactics used by Tea Party Groups ⬧ Sustained local action targeting Congress Reps.

1 How grassroots advocacy worked to stop President Obama. 2 How your MoC thinks and how to use that to save democracy. 3 Identify or organize your local group.  4 Advocacy tactics that actually work. 5.Town halls.

6. Non-town hall events.
7. District office sit-ins/meetings.  
8. Coordinated calls.

⬧ Contribute to advocacy organizations ⬧ Make the most of every organizing opportunity

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATS IN 2017