Democrats seize on protests, pandemic in push to flip statehouses
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) is pouring $50 million into their effort to flip state legislatures in 2020, homing in on states like Texas, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The committee raised more than $6.4 million in the first quarter of 2020, marking a 30 percent increase from the first quarter of 2018.
Democrats attribute the improvement, in part, to voters’ reaction to the state of national politics under President Trump's administration.
“The campaign environment as dictated by the national party leaders is very determinative in terms of turnout,” said Kurt Fritts, a Democratic strategist specializing in state legislative races. “What we have seen is that Democratic voters are very enthused. We expect extremely high turnout [in 2020].”
Democratic enthusiasm has been driven by Trump’s plummeting approval ratings, as well as their disapproval to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and racial tensions in the U.S. after the police killing last month of George Floyd.
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