26/01/2026
TALK BACK TOUR’S TOP 12
SUGGESTIONS TO GROW OUR PARTY
#1: Define the Party - MDP will publish and promote a living statement of what the Party stands for and stands against.
#2: Improve and expand communications - MDP will grow and sharpen its communications content and expand its reach.
#3: Engage young people - MDP will seek to grow and support MD Young Dems and High School Dems chapters in every county.
#4: Find people to run in new places and support them - MDP is running Contest Every Seat, a 17-county effort to recruit and support candidates where Republicans hold power.
#5: Do more training and capacity building 1 MDP is doing regional trainings, the Chesapeake Campaign Academy, a one-day statewide organizing summit, and hosting trainers from DNC and allied organizations in 2026.
#6: Work in alliances with other organizations 1 Listening sessions are underway with labor and business allies and sessions are planned with other groups in 2026.
#7: Organize in rural places - MDP will expand staff support and services to rural communities in 2026 and beyond, especially where we have candidates running.
#8: Engage African American voters -
MDP will expand efforts to grow African American engagement in Party activities at every level in 2026 and beyond.
#9: Practice the politics of inclusion, and call out Republicans for their identity politics of exclusion - MDP will protect, defend, and engage all people, always, and WIll never be bullied into practicing exclusion.
#10: Give people, especially young people, a reason to be a Democrat, and sign them up - MDP will launch a campaign to increase Democratic Party voter registration in 2026.
#11: Hold our elected officials accountable - MDP does not attack our own, but we educate, we empower, and we elevate the voices of our people.
#12 Get big money out of politics - Yes! This is the holy grail, the one victory that can lead us to economic justice.
BONUS: Do more, and stop asking me for money! — We must, and we will, do more. But we do need money!
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