The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on Wednesday a new voter contact and volunteer training program that aims to reach more than 1 million infrequent voters in the first quarter of 2026, as both parties gear up for the midterm elections.
The initiative, called Local Listeners, is designed to target likely Democratic supporters who voted in 2020 but did not vote in 2024, the party said in a news release. The DNC described it as its most aggressive voter engagement effort to start a midterm year, with an approach centered on listening to voters early in the cycle.
Under the program, volunteers will take part in a seven-week training course that includes sessions on active listening and “having difficult conversations about politics,” according to the DNC. The party said volunteers will also be trained to collect qualitative information from voter conversations, which it said will be shared with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to help inform messaging in targeted congressional districts….
DNC Targets 2020 Voters Who Skipped 2024 With New Outreach Push
