The plan is backed by both Democratic megadonors as well as small-dollar donors giving online
Post worked at the DLCC as its field director in 2010, when Democrats lost close to 700 state legislative seats in a single night, a blowout she didn’t anticipate despite her troubling knowledge that Democrats were getting badly outspent while also facing blowback after Obama’s first two years in office. Post watched the midterm election results on a rainy night at an Irish bar in Harrisburg, Pa. — at one point quietly stepping outside, despondent, to lie down on the wet, cold concrete.
The DLCC is chiefly targeting states where flipping just a handful of seats will give Democrats a seat at the governing table in 2021. Six target states are currently under full Republican control, with Democrats locked out of both the governorship and state legislative majorities. And the group is particularly interested in states where state lawmakers have absolute power over the congressional maps and the governor has little influence, like North Carolina.
The DLCC and Civis Analytics have developed a modeling system that uses local demographics and data, including online surveys, to estimate the odds of winning individual state legislative races around the country, helping the committee direct its money optimally and keeping it focused on seats that can flip legislative chambers. The system helps the committee overcome the lack of polling in many state races.
Post is both the DLCC’s leader and its chief fundraiser, and she has convinced big Democratic Party donors to give millions to her effort. George Soros’ son, Jonathan, gave $1 million to the DLCC last year, and Sussman has donated more than $1 million to the committee since Trump’s election as well.
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