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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal organization governing the . The Democratic National Committee provides national leadership for the Democratic Party of the United States. It is responsible for promoting the Democratic political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. Its main counterpart is the Republican National Committee . CAMPAIGN ROLE The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is responsible for articulating and promoting the Democratic platform and coordinating party organizational activity. When the President is a Democrat, the party generally works closely with the President. In presidential elections it supervises the national convention and, both independently and in coordination with the presidential candidate, raises funds, commissions polls, and coordinates campaign strategy. Following the selection of a party nominee, the public funding laws permit the national party to coordinate certain expenditures with the nominee, but additional funds are spent on general, party-building activities.1 There are state committees in every state, as well as local committees in most cities, wards, and towns (and, in most states, counties). The chairperson of the DNC (currently Howard Dean) is elected by vote of members of the Democratic National Committee. The DNC is composed of the chairs and vice-chairs of each state Democratic Party Committee, two hundred members apportioned among the states based on population and generally elected either on the ballot by primary voters or by the State Democratic Party Committee, a number of elected officials serving in an ex-officio capacity, and a variety of representatives of major Democratic Party constituencies. Dean ran against numerous candidates to win his position in early 2005. Rather than focusing just on close "swing states," Dean proposed the "50 State Strategy". His goal is for the Democratic Party to be committed to winning elections at every level in every region of the country, with Democrats organized in every single voting precinct in the country. A 50 State Strategy . Retrieved on 2007-02-17 . The DNC establishes rules for the Caucuses and Primaries which choose delegates to the Democratic National Convention , but the caucuses and primaries themselves are most often run not by the DNC but instead by each state. Outside of the process of nominating a Presidential candidate, the DNC's role in actually selecting candidates to run on the Democratic Party ticket is minimal. DNC FUNDRAISING In the 2001-2005 election cycle, the DNC and its affiliated committees (which includes numerous local committees and committees formed to coordinate expenditures for specific districts or races) raised a total of US $162,062,084, 42% of which was . In the 2005-2006 election cycle, the DNC raised a total of US $61,141,823, all of it hard money. Most contributions came from small donors, giving less than $250, who accounted for over 80% of total dollars raised in the first half of 2006. Scream 2: The Sequel . Retrieved on . The DNC also relies on the monthly contributions of over 35,000 small-dollar donors through what is know as the Democracy Bonds program, set up by Howard Dean in the summer of 2005 2006 Democracy Bonds . Retrieved on 2007-08-02 .. In 2002, the , 2002. CURRENT DNC LEADERSHIP
DNC NATIONAL CHAIRPERSONS 1 General Chairperson List from http://rulers.org/usgovt.html#parties REFERENCES SEE ALSO
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