Democratic Party of Georgia

Democratic Party of Georgia
Basic facts
Location:	Atlanta, Ga.
Type:	Political party
Affiliation:	Democratic
Top official:	Nikema Williams, Chair
Website:	Official website

The Democratic Party of Georgia is the Georgia political party affiliate of the national Democratic Party. The group is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Background[edit]

Georgia has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.

Platform[edit]

The party's stated platform is composed of 7 main issues:^[1]

• Economic Security
  "Historically, Democrats have stood for the idea that wealth and status should not be an entitlement to exploitation. Democrats recognize that our country and our economy are strongest when they provide opportunity for all Americans—when we grow our country from the bottom up. Democrats are committed to repairing a decade of economic damage by spurring job creation, rebuilding our infrastructure, investing in clean-energy technologies, and restoring fairness and opportunity to our economy."

• Education
  "Georgia Democrats believe quality public schools are vital to Georgia’s future in a competitive world. We want every child in Georgia to have the life-long education necessary to succeed through access to a high quality public education."

• Health Care
  "We believe that access to quality, affordable healthcare is a basic, human right. Providers, industry leaders, policymakers, and the general public must join together to implement necessary, fundamental reform and restructuring. Affordable, quality healthcare is essential to our economic security, a productive and successful workforce, healthy children, and a strong society."

• Natural Resources
  "Stewardship and protection of the earth is our sacred trust. We have a responsibility to leave our children and grandchildren an earth that is safe, livable and healthy for generations to come. We should be able to eat the fish in our waters, and to know the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the foods we eat are safe so that our children will have a healthy future."

• Public Safety
  "Georgia Democrats believe all our citizens have the right to safety and security and the efforts to protect this right is one of the main responsibilities of state and local governments."

• Justice
  "Georgia Democrats are firmly committed to upholding and protecting the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Georgia. We uphold every citizen’s right to equal and impartial justice under the law."

• Integrity in Government
  "Georgia Democrats believe that it is a privilege to serve in elected office, and all who serve should be held to the highest ethical standards. Government derives its power not from the special interests or from major campaign contributors, but from the people. We insist on fairness, openness and integrity in our government and a fair and trustworthy election process."

Rules and bylaws[edit]

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See also: Rules of the Georgia Democratic Party

The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections. The following is a selection of the Georgia Democratic Party's rules. This selection focuses on the structure and governance of the party:^[2]

• All meetings of each body of the Georgia Democratic Party is open to the public, unless a body votes to go into executive session.
• The Georgia Democratic Party has seven state party officers: one Chair, four Vice-Chairs, one Treasurer and one Secretary.
• One-half of delegates and one-half of alternates for the state convention are elected by the appropriate County Committee, and the remaining delegates and alternates are elected by a county caucus.

Convention[edit]

The 2016 state convention for the Georgia Democratic Party, when the party selects its delegates for the Democratic National Convention, took place on May 14, 2016.^[3]

National convention delegate allocation, 2016[edit]

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

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Ballot access laws

Primary election

Caucus

Delegate

A political party formally nominates its presidential candidate at a national nominating convention. At this convention, state delegates select the party's nominee. Prior to the nominating convention, the states conduct presidential preference primaries or caucuses. Generally speaking, only state-recognized parties—such as the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—conduct primaries and caucuses. These elections measure voter preference for the various candidates and help determine which delegates will be sent to the national nominating convention.^[4][5][6]

The Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, the governing bodies of the nation's two major parties, establish their own guidelines for the presidential nomination process. State-level affiliates of the parties also have some say in determining rules and provisions in their own states. Individuals interested in learning more about the nomination process should contact the political parties themselves for full details.

Georgia had 117 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 102 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.^[7][8]

Fifteen party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.^[7][9]

Leadership[edit]

As of July 2022, the executive director of the Georgia Democratic Party was Scott Hogan.^[10]

The website for the Georgia Democratic Party lists the following individuals as the party's state leadership as of July 2022:^[11]

State political party revenue[edit]

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following maps display total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic and Republican state party affiliates from 2011 to 2016. The blue map displays Democratic state parties and the red map displays Republican state parties. Click on a state below to view the state party's revenue per capita totals:

Total Democratic and Republican state political party revenue per capita in the United States, 2011-2016

Recent news[edit]

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See also[edit]

• Democratic Party
• Georgia

External links[edit]

• Georgia Democratic Party Website
• Georgia Democratic Party on Facebook
• Georgia Democratic Party on Twitter

Footnotes[edit]

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