A petition to the Democratic National Committee
REFORM
the DNC
It isn’t rigged. It isn’t incompetent. It was built for elections that don’t exist anymore.
Five changes, before the 2028 primaries.
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The resolution
In 2026 it is easier to find someone who will admit to liking Donald Trump than the DNC. The left says it rigs elections. Moderates say it couldn’t manage its way out of a paper bag. Both are wrong. The people there are smart, they care, and they have been fighting with one hand tied behind their backs for years.
The problem is the machine, not the people running it. The DNC was built for election cycles that no longer exist in this country, and in 2024 traditional campaigning failed us. So we rebuild it for the audience we actually have — and we earn back the trust of a base that is still willing to give it. We call on the Democratic National Committee to adopt the following:
Article I
Take no corporate or PAC money
Clinton, Biden, and Harris all outraised Trump. They beat him once. Across three campaigns that is $4.4 billion against his $2.55 billion — a two-to-one cash advantage that did not buy us victory. The DNC is broke anyway, and taking the money has not fixed that. Swearing it off would send a jolt through this party and show the faithful something they need to see: unlike the GOP, we live our values.
Article II
No candidates over 70
The Constitution sets no age or term limits. That is no reason the Democratic Party can’t take a stand. No one over 70 gets party support as a candidate for national office — period, full stop. Four Democrats have died in office since 2025, eight since 2022, and with margins this tight every loss makes this administration harder to stop. Voters have asked for this. It is an easy win, and it is how we get younger voters back.
Article III
Build an army of clips
We are getting crushed on digital by a cabal of billionaires funding creators who don’t play by our rules. So staff a team that hunts clips 24/7 and pushes them across a vast network of accounts — at a fraction of the cost of TV ads nobody watches. Open the DNC’s studio to progressive groups and creators around the clock, not just for cable hits. In red states, creators may be the only way to rebuild without spending millions on party infrastructure. This is how we compete everywhere.
Article IV
Pay creators like the professionals they are
Stop sending creators press releases and start making them part of the movement. Pay them — it’s a job. Give them the information and let them make their own work, without narrow guidelines and suffocating talking points. If you wouldn’t do it to a CNN producer, don’t do it to a creator. And fund the groups already building the next generation: Chorus, which trains creators to become self-sufficient, and Run for Something, which trains people on the left to run.
Article V
Make it a movement again
The 2008 Obama digital program made supporters feel like they were part of something, not a line item. Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani proved it still works: run an authentic digital campaign and people give. Panic and fear juice short-term numbers and exhaust supporters in the long run. Retire the subject lines that read “PANIC” and “We are devastated!!!” and build a grassroots program that treats people like they believe in something.