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Clinton campaign hands over 10 million contacts to DNC: report
BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 04/16/17 04:12 PM EDT 167
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Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign provided an email list with more than 10 million names to the Democratic National Committee in order to help its efforts in the upcoming midterm elections, as well as the next presidential race, according to a Sunday Huffington Post report.
The DNC announced on Sunday the contribution, which is reportedly the equivalent of $3.5 million worth of data, according to the Federal Election Commission.
The Huffington Post reports that the 10 million new voter contacts will provide a major boost to DNC outreach.
“This information will help candidates up and down the ballot engage with voters and win seats from the school board to the Senate,” Xochitl Hinojosa, communications director for the DNC, told the news site. “We’re seeing momentum and energy across the country, and this investment will help us harness the energy and turn it into votes.”
Clinton promised on the campaign trail to help rebuild Democratic Party infrastructure if elected, which largely fell to the wayside during the Obama administration.
Former President Barack Obama used his own outside group, Organizing for Action (OFA), to fulfill the DNC’s traditional role. While Obama’s presidential win in 2008 also led to more Democratic seats, some party officials worried that the local races would be a lower priority than those Obama chose to support. And to the DNC’s chagrin, the OFA did not provide the committee with its complete email list until 2015, well into his second term.
Clinton’s contribution will help the Democratic infrastructure target progressive voters in the 2018 midterm elections.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who also ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, has not yet turned over his campaign’s email list, which is believed to include millions of people who do not identify with the Democratic Party.
But the Vermont senator’s team reportedly fears that the contacts on the list could be misused by the DNC or that it would irk the contacts who supported Sanders but not necessarily the party ticket he ran on.
Clinton campaign hands over 10 million contacts to DNC: report
BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 04/16/17 04:12 PM EDT 167
© Getty Images
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign provided an email list with more than 10 million names to the Democratic National Committee in order to help its efforts in the upcoming midterm elections, as well as the next presidential race, according to a Sunday Huffington Post report.
The DNC announced on Sunday the contribution, which is reportedly the equivalent of $3.5 million worth of data, according to the Federal Election Commission.
The Huffington Post reports that the 10 million new voter contacts will provide a major boost to DNC outreach.
“This information will help candidates up and down the ballot engage with voters and win seats from the school board to the Senate,” Xochitl Hinojosa, communications director for the DNC, told the news site. “We’re seeing momentum and energy across the country, and this investment will help us harness the energy and turn it into votes.”
Clinton promised on the campaign trail to help rebuild Democratic Party infrastructure if elected, which largely fell to the wayside during the Obama administration.
Former President Barack Obama used his own outside group, Organizing for Action (OFA), to fulfill the DNC’s traditional role. While Obama’s presidential win in 2008 also led to more Democratic seats, some party officials worried that the local races would be a lower priority than those Obama chose to support. And to the DNC’s chagrin, the OFA did not provide the committee with its complete email list until 2015, well into his second term.
Clinton’s contribution will help the Democratic infrastructure target progressive voters in the 2018 midterm elections.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who also ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, has not yet turned over his campaign’s email list, which is believed to include millions of people who do not identify with the Democratic Party.
But the Vermont senator’s team reportedly fears that the contacts on the list could be misused by the DNC or that it would irk the contacts who supported Sanders but not necessarily the party ticket he ran on.
Clinton campaign hands over 10 million contacts to DNC: report
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