New DNC vice-chair David Hogg on reaching young voters: ‘We need to be a tsunami of content’
The Parkland shooting survivor wants to craft a more authentic message to reach the young and working-class voters who supported Trump in November
Fri 7 Feb 2025 09.00 EST Joan E. Greve
Note: Excerpted from The Guardian 2.7.25
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/dnc-vice-chair-david-hogg
David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland shooting turned gun safety and youth leadership advocate, won his race for one of the Democratic national committee’s vice-chair positions on Saturday, becoming the first member of gen Z to take on a national leadership role within the party.
As he assumes his position, Hogg, 24, has set his sights on crafting a more authentic message to reach the young and working-class voters who supported Donald Trump in November, and he warned that Democrats will remain shut out of power unless they respond to the most pressing priorities of their constituents.
“Part of what I want to do, too, is show young people that the party does care about them, that we are fighting for them, and that things are not just going to be the same after this election,” Hogg told the Guardian.
Democrats’ poor performance in November, when they lost not only the White House but both chambers of Congress, has sparked much introspection among party leaders. In Hogg’s view, Democrats failed in the presidential election because they lost touch with what voters wanted, ignoring their concerns until it was too late to course-correct.
I want to show young people that the party does care about them, that we are fighting for them…
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