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发帖数: 29846 | 1 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) barely has more cash than it does
IOUs, and it is being outraised month after month by its Republican
competitor.
Its $24 million debt from the 2012 presidential election, only recently paid
down, has squeezed investments in the next White House race. Underdeveloped
party resources such as voter data files could become a serious
disadvantage for the eventual nominee, particularly if that person is not
front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, who would enter a general election
contest with her own outreach network.
Those fundraising realities are top of mind as Democratic officials, donors
and activists meet Thursday through Saturday in Minneapolis. Clinton,
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and former
Sens. Jim Webb of Virginia and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island are scheduled
to speak to attendees Friday.
Federal Election Commission reports tell a disappointing story for the party
had almost no money in special accounts, including one designated for its
convention. It had about $7.6 million in available cash and $6.2 million in
debts and loans.
The Republican National Committee, coming out of years in the red, posted $
63 million in receipts through June, leaving it with $16.7 million cash on
hand and $1.8 million in debts and loans. Party fundraising dominance has
flipped: At this point before the 2012 election, the DNC was outpacing the
RNC.
Republicans also have been far more active in using the accounts created
last year by Congress that enable donors to give at higher levels, investing
about eight times what Democrats have.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC's chairwoman, said she isn't worried.
"We are building the organization now to make sure that whoever our ultimate
nominee is, they are in the best possible position to win next November,"
she said in a statement, "and we are confident we will have the resources we
need."
Raymond Buckley, chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, said that
while state parties will always want more, he's happy with the investments
the national committee has made across the country.
"A successful 2016 is going to depend on what's on the ground locally," he
said, adding that the DNC's assistance to state parties, in the form of
enhanced voter files and leadership training, is "light years" ahead of
where it was in previous years.
But the DNC's financial situation has given others pause. The Clinton
campaign is still working out a joint fundraising agreement with the party,
in part because of perceived disorganization at the DNC. The next nominee is
likely to send a new leadership team to the DNC.
The role of the parties has diminished over the past five years as super
PACs and nonprofit policy groups that don't reveal their donors have risen
to prominence. Unlike candidates and the political parties, those outside
groups aren't constrained by contribution limits. Donors now have more
choices about where to send their money and often see outside groups as a
better way to influence elections.
President Barack Obama — the de facto leader of the Democratic Party — has
contributed to the array of options.
After his 2012 re-election, his campaign formed a policy shop called
Organizing for Action rather than folding back into the Democratic National
Committee. That group raised about $5 million in the first six months of the
year and maintains control of a social network and email list of millions
of Democratic supporters, making it somewhat of a second DNC.
Still, Obama is a top draw for the party. He has spoken at 19 DNC
fundraisers this year, more than his Republican predecessor George W. Bush
did in his seventh year of office. Obama also is on track nearly to match
President Bill Clinton's prodigious fundraising pace from 1999, when he
attended 44 DNC fundraisers.
"The president is the most effective fundraiser there is," said Brendan
Doherty, an associate professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, who researches
presidential fundraising. "No one in political life is able to command more
donors, and no one can better serve the party."
The DNC is poised to quicken its fundraising pace. Top party financiers meet
Friday in Minneapolis. In late September, the DNC will host an LGBT gala in
New York, a major fundraiser. And Democratic presidential debates, which
begin in October, also may foster donor interest in the party. | b******i
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