National Democrats Gamble big to ‘Come Out On Top’ In 2022

In Florida, various races are expected to be closely watched such as the Senate race between Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) and Florida Rep. Val Demings (D). 2022 also marks the gubernatorial race between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and both Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) and Florida Rep. Charlie Crist (D), who previously served as Governor of the state as a Republican. Democrats are looking to gain control of the House and Senate while the GOP is strategizing the expand their control. In an email distributed by the Biden/Harris team, the team informed of the grassroots effort the Democratic party is mobilizing to “come out on top come Election Day 2022.”

“Earlier this year, the DNC announced that we’re investing $20 million in the grassroots, $23 million in our state parties, and $25 million in protecting the right to vote,” the email informs. The financial initiatives are efforts to “lift Democrats to victory in 2022 and 2024.”

With the investments, the DNC has committed to “investing in embedding voter protection and organizing staff in key states like Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.”

Moreover, in fighting on the political landscape, Democrats argue that “thanks to the GOP, the battle in 2022 is not just over who we vote for, but whether we can vote at all.” In turn, the DNC is implementing the “biggest voter protection program ever to educate, register, mobilize, and protect voters.”

The DNC is targeting “predominantly Republican-led states through the Red State Fund to put the GOP on defense.”

In early 2021, the DNC and Democratic state parties announced “a historic four-year agreement that will guarantee more investment into Democratic state parties and grassroots infrastructure than ever before.”

Thus, the Red State Fund was created, which provides “$23 million to state parties as part of  the DNC’s 2022 midterm strategy, and creates a first-of-its-kind program to focus additional investments in historically red states to build on Democrats’ 57 states and territories strategy.”

The investments are being highlighted at a time when new voter registration numbers indicate that registered Democrats in the state of Florida are dwindling.

According to POLITICO’s Matt Dixon, “there were 700,000 more Democrats than Republicans when Barack Obama won the state in 2008.” The numbers according to information from the end of August inform that there are 23,055.