College Democrats is an organization located on several college campuses. Their main focus is to elect Democratic Party candidates and provide networking and leadership opportunities for student members. The chapters have served as a way for college students to connect with the Democratic Party and Democratic campaigns, and has produced many prominent liberal and progressive activists.
President Barack Obama, then a candidate in the Democratic Presidential Primary, addresses the 2007 CDA National Convention
Immediately leading up to election day, chapters are expected to participate in get out the vote (GOTV) activities, both on-campus and in surrounding communities.
Other activities are not centrally determined, and thus vary from chapter to chapter. Typical activities might include inviting guest speakers (often elected officials or party activists) to campus, organizing issue advocacy and lobbying efforts (like letter-writing campaigns or phone banks), and arranging service activities for members to attend.
College Democrats chapters also often organize social events (like sporting competitions with College Republicans chapters) and other recruitment activities.
During the election season, campus chapters typically partake in campaign work. These efforts generally include voter registration drives and dorm storms to register youth voters that have just gained voter eligibility. They also include providing youth manpower to campaigns for canvassing and phone banks. During presidential election years, chapters have organized proxy debates and run mock elections.
Presidential Primariesedit
Many chapters of the College Democrats took part in the 2016 Democratic Primary between Secretary Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). In the run-up to the campaign's launch, many students participated in Ready for Hillary PAC's efforts to build support for Clinton. The statewide organization in California actively supported the PAC and recruited supporters while many chapters hosted the PAC's Hillary Bus on their campuses to build support for Clinton.[2][3]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources College Democrats news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message College Democrats is an organization located on several college campuses Their main focus is to elect Democratic Party candidates and provide networking and leadership opportunities for student members The chapters have served as a way for college students to connect with the Democratic Party and Democratic campaigns and has produced many prominent liberal and progressive activists Many of these chapters are organized under the College Democrats of America the official youth outreach arm of the Democratic National Committee which claims over 100 000 college and university student members from across the United States Other chapters are organized under the Young Democrats of America and its College Caucus 1 Contents 1 Activities 1 1 Presidential Primaries 2 Notable College Democrats 3 See also 4 ReferencesActivities edit nbsp President Barack Obama then a candidate in the Democratic Presidential Primary addresses the 2007 CDA National Convention Immediately leading up to election day chapters are expected to participate in get out the vote GOTV activities both on campus and in surrounding communities Other activities are not centrally determined and thus vary from chapter to chapter Typical activities might include inviting guest speakers often elected officials or party activists to campus organizing issue advocacy and lobbying efforts like letter writing campaigns or phone banks and arranging service activities for members to attend College Democrats chapters also often organize social events like sporting competitions with College Republicans chapters and other recruitment activities During the election season campus chapters typically partake in campaign work These efforts generally include voter registration drives and dorm storms to register youth voters that have just gained voter eligibility They also include providing youth manpower to campaigns for canvassing and phone banks During presidential election years chapters have organized proxy debates and run mock elections Presidential Primaries edit Many chapters of the College Democrats took part in the 2016 Democratic Primary between Secretary Hillary Clinton D NY and Senator Bernie Sanders I VT In the run up to the campaign s launch many students participated in Ready for Hillary PAC s efforts to build support for Clinton The statewide organization in California actively supported the PAC and recruited supporters while many chapters hosted the PAC s Hillary Bus on their campuses to build support for Clinton 2 3 Notable College Democrats editName Notability Campus Madeleine Albright former United States Secretary of State Wellesley College Bryce Bennett member Montana House of Representatives University of Montana Evan Bayh former U S Senator from Indiana Howard Berman former U S Representative from California University of California Los Angeles Edward Casso former member Colorado House of Representatives University of Colorado Boulder David Cicilline U S Representative from Rhode Island Brown University Mark B Cohen member Pennsylvania House of Representatives University of Pennsylvania Lee Fang investigative journalist University of Maryland College Park Kirsten Gillibrand U S Senator from New York Dartmouth College David J Hale United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky Marina Keegan author playwright and journalist Yale University Chris Kelly former Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook John F Kennedy Jr son of President John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Brown University Amy Klobuchar U S Senator from Minnesota Yale University Paul Krekorian member Los Angeles City Council Matt Lesser former member Connecticut State Senate Wesleyan University Scooter Libby former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney Yale University Marko Liias member Washington State Senate Georgetown University Seth Magaziner U S Representative from Rhode Island Brown University Terry McAuliffe Governor of Virginia and former chair of the Democratic National Committee Catholic University of America Jonathan Miller former Kentucky State Treasurer John E Moss former U S Representative from California and California State Assembly Majority Leader Glenn Nye former U S Representative from Virginia Georgetown University Nancy Pelosi U S Representative from California and Democratic Leader Speaker of the House Trinity Washington University Dan Pfeiffer former senior advisor to President Barack Obama Georgetown University Hannah Pingree former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Mark Pocan U S Representative from Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Madison Jason Rae member Democratic National Committee Marquette University Stephanie Herseth Sandlin former U S Representative from South Dakota Brad Sherman U S Representative from California Eric Swalwell U S Representative from California Levar Stoney Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia James Madison University Mark Takano U S Representative from California Harvard University Jesse M Unruh former speaker of the California State Assembly and State Treasurer Alex Wagner American Journalist Brown University Mark Warner U S Senator from Virginia Steve Warnstadt former member Iowa Senate Drake University Debbie Wasserman Schultz Chair of the Democratic National Committee and U S Representative from Florida University of Florida Henry Waxman U S Representative from California Nan Whaley Mayor of Dayton OhioSee also editCollege Republicans Democratic Party Democratic National Committee High School Democrats of AmericaReferences edit History and General Information About the Young Democrats of America Young Democrats of America 2018 06 30 Archived from the original on 2022 04 21 Retrieved 2022 04 01 CA Young Democrats on Twitter Twitter Retrieved 2016 01 11 Penn State College Democrats Host Ready for Hillary Bus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title College Democrats amp oldid 1190229724, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
