Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
November 6, 2018

FINAL STATS: MIDTERMS IN REVIEW: DCCC Left It Out On The Field

Following the Women’s March, the DCCC immediately realized the importance of grassroots mobilization and announced the March into ’18 Republican accountability project, which started by hiring full-time, local organizing staff in 20 Republican-held districts – well before we had candidates running.

The DCCC harnessed grassroots energy across the country and geared it towards House Republicans accountability. The DCCC was successful. Our unprecedentedly early field program expanded throughout 2017 and our organizers played pivotal roles in establishing relationships with local grassroots groups, holding vulnerable Republicans accountable to their constituents for their harmful agenda, and forcing key retirements that put seats on the map.

Field Stats Through GOTV, not including Election Day: 
  • Total Field Staff: 1350 field workers
  • Number of Constituency Organizers: 23 constituency organizers
  • Total Voters Conversations: 32 million
  • Voters of Color Conversations: 8 million
  • Total Organizers: 2500
  • GOTV Shifts: 120k (not including election day)
  • Doors Knocked: 26 million
  • Calls: 30 million
District Examples: 
  • In CA-10, 200,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
  • In CA-25, 200,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
  • In VA-07, 131,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
  • In NY-19, 175,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
  • In ME-02, 104,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
  • In NJ-07, 120,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
  • In TX-32, 105,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
  • In IL-06, 100,000 doors knocked in just GOTV weekend, not including Election Day
Early Vote: 
  • Thanks to successful organizing of early voting in our targeted Red to Blue districts, at least 8.4 million votes have already been cast compared to 3.9 million votes cast at this time in 2014, an incredible 113% increase.
  • We’ve seen exciting increases in voter participation across Hispanic, African American, AAPI and millennial voters.
    • Hispanic: 180% increase over 2014
    • African American: 136% increase over 2014
    • AAPI: 345% increase over 2014
    • Millennials: 261% increase over 2014
Training Program
  • Total People Trained: 15,631
  • Trainings: 387 trainings (both online & in person)
DCCC’s Online Toolbox: https://toolbox.dccc.org/take-action/
  • Total Number of Precinct Captains: 836
  • Volunteers Who Signed Up Via Toolbox: 2,243
  • Site Visitors: 50,000
  • Calls made with the Toolbox Call Tool: Over 10,000 calls
  • Grassroots Partnerships: 3,000 grassroots partnerships
Historic Candidate Investments:
  • Investment in 85 districts, with at least ~$100K per district
  • Investment in female candidates: $ 63.2M
  • Investment in candidates of color: $39M
  • Investment in veteran candidates: $25.59M
  • Investment in LGBTQ candidates: $9.23M

more
https://dccc.org/final-stats-midterms-review-dccc-left-field/