Editing Democratic National Committee (section)

==Role==
The DNC is responsible for articulating and promoting the Democratic platform and coordinating party organizational activity. In particular, it organizes and calls for the [[Democratic National Convention]] held every four years to nominate candidates for [[President of the United States|President]] and [[Vice President of the United States]], and is subsequently responsible for the [[Presidential campaign]]. The DNC is more focused on campaign and organizational strategy than [[public policy]]. According to Boris Heersink, "political scientists have traditionally described the parties' national committees as inconsequential but impartial service providers."<ref>Boris Heersink, "Trump and the party-in-organization: Presidential control of national party organizations." ''Journal of Politics'' 80.4 (2018): 1474-1482.</ref><ref>Cornelius P. Cotter and Bernard C. Hennessy, eds. ''Politics without Power: The National Party Committees'' (2009) [https://www.amazon.com/Politics-without-Power-National-Committees/dp/0202363171/ excerpt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014093724/https://www.amazon.com/Politics-without-Power-National-Committees/dp/0202363171|date=October 14, 2021}}</ref>

In presidential elections, it supervises the national convention and, both independently and in coordination with the presidential candidate, raises funds, commissions polls, and coordinates campaign strategy.<ref name="DNC organization" /> Following the selection of a party nominee, the public funding laws permit the national party to coordinate certain expenditures with the nominee, but additional funds are spent on general, party-building activities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Funding of Presidential Elections |publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]] |date=February 2005 |url=http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/pubfund.shtml#General |access-date=October 29, 2006 |archive-date=February 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222110433/http://www.cfinst.org/pr/111005.html#General |url-status=live }}</ref> There are state committees in every state, as well as local committees in most cities, wards, and towns (and, in most states, counties).

When the president is a Democrat, the party generally works closely with the president and the White House largely controls the committee.