DPI to receive small monthly bump from DNC
Tuesday, Jul 11, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller
* The Democratic Party of Illinois raised over $6.6 million last year, so this is a drop in the bucket…
In October, the DNC will give a $10,000 monthly grant to each state party, running through the 2018 midterms — a one-third increase over its 2016 commitments, which came when the party’s presidential campaign was winning the money wars. […]
The DNC is also launching a State Party Innovation Fund, with $10 million earmarked for grants that state parties can compete for by organizing and modernizing; funds, according to the party, will be devoted to “innovation, best practices and organizing in base, rural, millennial and youth communities, in addition to help with building technical infrastructure.”
Among the aids already available: Knock 10, a phone app designed to streamline the process of door-knocking to encourage extremely early voter persuasion. (A common post-election critique of Hillary Clinton’s campaign was that it failed to do early persuasion, letting a voter advantage slip away in the three states that decided the election.) “Anyone can use the app, but only Democratic state parties get the data back and already state parties have begun to take advantage of this app to get more people involved in their communities,” said the DNC in a statement.
I’m not exactly holding my breath that DPI will compete for those new innovation funds, either. It’s notorious for being the most Luddite organization in the land. And it’s a state party in name only, existing mainly to win Illinois House races.
I mean, can you imagine this conversation?…
Staffer: Mr. Speaker, the DNC has this cool new phone app called Knock 10.
Speaker: What is a ‘phone app’?
Staffer: It’s a software application for mobile phones.
Speaker: As you are aware, I have no knowledge of mobile phones. I prefer my rotary.
Staffer: But lots of people have mobile phones, Mr. Speaker, sir.
Speaker: I have a Knock 10 idea for you, young man. Please leave my office immediately and go knock on ten doors in Mr. Moylan’s district.
- Anon0091 - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:35 pm:
It’s so cute that anyone entertains the idea that DPI would do anything a real state party would.
- Baloneymous - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:38 pm:
Rich fires up a “knock” knock joke. Love it
- The 647 - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:40 pm:
Only ten doors?
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:41 pm:
===Staffer: Mr. Speaker, the DNC has this cool new phone app called Knock 10.
Speaker: What is a ‘phone app’?
Staffer: It’s a software application for mobile phones.
Speaker: As you are aware, I have no knowledge of mobile phones. I prefer my rotary.
Staffer: But lots of people have mobile phones, Mr. Speaker, sir.
Speaker: I have a Knock 10 idea for you, young man. Please leave my office immediately and go knock on ten doors in Mr. Moylan’s district.===
This is restaurant-quality, spit-take hilarity.
Great stuff.
To the Post,
Madigan is about knocking on doors, TV and Radio, and Mail programs.
Convincing Madigan now with a $10K taste of money isn’t going to make MJM head to the nearest Apple Store.
Shoe leather and bodies… you feed the apps, (appetizers), they don’t use Apps.
- Norseman - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:45 pm:
Fake news Rich. Haven’t you heard that the Speaker loves his new princess touch tone phone.
- Arsenal - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:45 pm:
This seems like the original idea was to limit the money to completely moribund state parties, but then some of the more powerful state chairs demanded they get their beaks wet, too. I have no inside knowledge that this is the case, it’s just that why else would the DNC waste the money?
- Wtf - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:45 pm:
Is the speaker bringing in the DNC to prove there is something that polls worse than himself.
- EVanstonian - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 1:47 pm:
Knock 10 is only available in the Apple store, so no Android users knocking doors.
Are we sure the Silicon Valley types prefer Democrats?
- NoGifts - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 2:22 pm:
They’d be better off giving out grants to improve computer system security! LOL
- I'mDone - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 3:10 pm:
The new money from DNC would be better spent going to the Illinois Democratic County Chairman’s Association. Since DPI refuses to act like a state party anymore, IDCCA has taken up the slack.
- A guy - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 3:43 pm:
Can’t beat those solutions from the top.
- A guy - Tuesday, Jul 11, 17 @ 3:59 pm:
$10K/month. Must be some line item it’ll cover. Not coffee or donuts. Maybe napkins.