Submitted by Adrian Garcia The Cumberland County Democrats hosted a meeting in which they went over their strategy for the upcoming year. This primarily focused around electing more Democrats to local office and inspiring citizens to become more involved in the electoral process. Matt Roan, the Chair of the club, went over the need for Precinct Committee Persons. A role which involves being the coordinator for your voting district. This person is the point of contact for the Democrats in their area to answer any questions, help local candidates, and coordinate with the county level party. This is distinct from Democratic clubs in that PCPs are elected to represent constituents, with the next election coming up in 2026. Usually the election is a formality in our area, as only one person runs, and the PCP has already had discussion with local clubs and the county party. PCPs are almost always members of their local club(s), and are often in leadership positions.
Roan also emphasized that the county party is willing to provide seed funds to anyone wishing to start a municipal club. To that end, John Flood announced that he is helping to re-start the Walden Democrats, which may soon morph into the Silver Spring Democrats. They are conducting a meeting this coming Tuesday the 11th at Walden Hall.
It was also mentioned that the Cumberland County Democrats issue a quarterly newsletter, and are always looking to write about any group doing good deeds locally.
A few members of the audience spoke, and the consensus seemed to be:
- Do more social events.
- Stop trying to appeal to centrists/republicans, it doesn’t work.
- But also accept those who are willing to admin they were wrong about Trump.
- The messaging to the left should be: If you don’t like the Democrats, join up and change them.