Who are the majority of DNC voting members?
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« on: February 22, 2017, 08:07:44 AM »

Are they regular citizens who are active in the party... or are they mainly elected officials?
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2017, 09:37:27 AM »
« Edited: February 22, 2017, 09:44:57 AM by Confused Democrat »

The members of the DNC break down as follows (number of members from said group are in parentheses):

  • (100) Every state chair and highest ranking officer of opposite sex in that state party
  • (200) Delegates allocated based equally on state population and on Democratic vote for President, with weighting for women and minority groups
  • (75) Additional at-large delegates
  • (3) The Chair of the Democratic Governor's Association, plus two other Governors selected by the DGA (at least one of whom is the opposite sex of the Chair of the DGA)
  • (4) The Democratic leader of the House and the Democratic leader of the Senate, and two others selected by the Conference (both of whom need be the opposite sex of the leaders)
  • (9) Current DNC Office Holders - The Chair, Treasurer, 5 Vice Chairs, National Finance Chair,   Secretary
  • (3) Chair of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors, plus two others as selected by the conference (at least one of whom must be the opposite sex of the Chair)
  • (3) Young Democrats - The Chair of YDA and two members as selected in their biannual conference (opposite sex requirement for at least of them)
  • (3) Chair of the Democratic County Officials, plus two members as selected by the organization (opposite sex requirement for at least of them)
  • (3) Chair of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, plus two members as selected by the organization (opposite sex requirement for at least of them)
  • (3) Chair of the National Democratic Municipal Officials Conference, plus two members as selected by the organization (opposite sex requirement for at least of them)
  • (3) President of the National Federation of Democratic Women, plus two members as selected by the organization
  • (2) President and Vice President of the College Democrats, who must be of opposite gender
  • (2) Chair and Vice Chair of the National Association of Democratic State Treasurers
  • (2) Chair and Vice Chair of the National Association of Democratic Lieutenant Governors
  • (2) Chair and Vice Chair of Democratic Attorneys General Association plus one member
  • (2) Chair of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee, plus one member
  • (2) Chair of the National Democratic Seniors Coordinating Council, plus one member
  • (20) Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Washington, DC, Democrats Abroad, Deputy Chairs

This list is from 2005 so it might be a little different now, but this is the general makeup of who is voting.
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