Democratic National Committee

Examples of Democratic National Committee in the following topics:

• Organizing Campaigns and Elections

  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC), in particular, are the central organizations devoted to campaign and political activity in support of the Democratic and Republican Party candidates.
  • The DNC and RNC establish connections between followers of the Democratic and Republican parties with the respective leadership of each party.
  • The Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee connect voters with party leadership in a variety of ways.
  • Once a presidential candidate is chosen from each respective party, the Democratic and Republican National Committees provide crucial candidate support and party-building activities.
  • Name other activities that fall under the auspicies of the national political committees

• Coordinating and Promoting Party Policy

  • Democratic and Republican National Committees help coordinate and promote party policies but do not organize the creation of policies.
  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) help to coordinate and promote party policies, although they are not the central organizations that develop these policies.
  • The DNC and RNC coordinate party policy during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions where party platforms are adopted.
  • The Democratic and Republican Parties, additionally, maintain sophisticated websites where they can offer comprehensive overviews of various party policies.
  • Summarize the role the two national committees play in the formation and promotion of policy

• Hosting Conventions

  • The major political parties in the U.S. host the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to select candidates and rally supporters.
  • The two major political parties in the U.S. host the quadrennial Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention to determine their respective presidential and vice presidential candidates.
  • The Democratic National Committee administers the Democratic National Convention while the Republican National Committee administers the Republican National Convention.
  • Subsequently, the more modern focus of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions has been to unify each respective party by having delegates vote on issues that the nominee can incorporate into their presidential campaign.
  • Presidential nominating conventions, like the Democratic National Convention, host influential speakers to increase party unity.

• Using Electoral Politics

  • One example of an interest group using electoral politics is the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC).
  • (For more information on these views see the article "Political Views of Lyndon LaRouche," as well as the main article titled "Lyndon LaRouche. " An overview of LaRouche's organizations is in "LaRouche movement. ") The highest group within the NCLC is the "National Executive Committee" (NEC), described as the "inner leadership circle" or "an elite circle of insiders" that "oversees policy. " The next most senior group is the "National Committee" (NC), which is reportedly "one step beneath the NEC. "
  • In 1979, LaRouche changed his political strategy to allow him to run in the Democratic primaries, rather than as a third party candidate.
  • This resulted in the USLP being replaced by the National Democratic Policy Committee (NDPC) a political action committee unassociated with the Democratic National Committee.
  • LaRouche was the leader of the National Caucus of Labor Committees, an interest group that later developed a distinct political party that nominated LaRouche for president of the U.S.

• Informing the Public

  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) provide an important link between the Democratic and Republican leaders and the general public.
  • Both Democratic and Republican parties have developed sophisticated websites that provide extensive information about voting logistics, candidates and officeholders, and issue positions.
  • These party websites also provide a means for direct participation in the DNC or RNC by providing information on volunteer activities and other opportunities to contribute to the Democratic and Republican Parties.
  • Describe the role the national committees play on behalf of the major political parties

• Selecting Candidates

  • The Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee create the rules governing the caucuses and primaries in which the field of presidential nominees is narrowed.
  • The presidential candidates of the two major political parties in the United States are formally confirmed during the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention.
  • In recent years, presidential nominees have been known well in advance of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions due to changes in election laws, earlier primary elections and caucuses, and the manner in which political campaigns are run.
  • Bush and Dick Cheney were declared the official presidential and vice presidential candidates at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

• Congressional Campaign Committees

  • Congressional Campaign Committees exist for both Democrats and Republicans, and work to elect candidates from each party to the House of Representatives.
  • The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States House of Representatives, working to elect Democrats to that body.
  • The structure of the committee consists, essentially, of the Chairperson, their staff, and other Democratic members of Congress that serve in roles supporting the functions of the committee.
  • After Emanuel's election as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Chris Van Hollen became committee chair for the 110th Congress, and thus for the 2008 elections.
  • The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is the Republican Hill committee which works to elect Republicans to the United States House of Representatives.

• State and Local Party Organization

  • National consists of the quadrennial national convention, the party's national chairpersons, and the party's national committee.
  • The basic structure of a political party would be National Committees, Leadership, National Conventions, States and Localities, and informal groups.
  • National Committees are the national policy creators of each party.
  • Informal groups would be groups like interest groups or the National Federation of Democratic Women.
  • Democrat or Republican) has the president in their party.

• Red States vs. Blue States

  • The terms "red state" (Republican-voting) and "blue state" (Democratic-voting) were standardized during the 2000 US presidential election.
  • Other networks alternated red and blue between the Democratic and Republican Parties every four years.
  • Interestingly, though, there was no coordinated media effort to designate Democratic states blue and Republican states red on the 2000 election night and neither party's national committee has officially accepted the red and blue color designations.
  • The Republican and Democratic Parties within a given state may have platforms that depart from national party platforms.
  • For example, in the 2008 presidential election Democratic candidate Barack Obama captured the majority vote in many red states that had not voted Democratic in many years, such as North Carolina, Indiana, and Virginia.

• The National Party Organization

  • American political parties have no formal organization at the national level and mainly raise funds through national committees.
  • Third parties have achieved relatively minor representation at national and state levels.
  • At the federal level, each of the two major parties has a national committee that acts as the hub for fundraising and campaign activities.
  • However, the national committees do not have the power to direct the activities of members of the party .
  • The four major committees are part of the Democratic and Republican parties and each work to help members of their party get elected to each house.