DNC Expands Footprint in Arizona, Georgia, Utah

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Politics
Sep 1 2016, 4:41 pm ET


DNC Expands Footprint in Arizona, Georgia, Utah

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/dnc-expands-footprint-arizona-georgia-utah-n641611

by Alex Seitz-Wald


The Democratic National Committee is launching a new field program to expand its footprint beyond the typical battleground states where Hillary Clinton campaign's already has a large infrastructure.
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"Democrats are competing across the country and building for the future," said Brandon Davis, the Clinton-installed chief of staff at the DNC. "In states from Georgia to Arizona, demographics and politics are changing quickly — and Democrats are making the investments to make gains now so that we can take majorities later."

The DNC program, which is designed to live on beyond Election Day,.........

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Unlike the Republican National Committee, Democrats have not typically run their field programs primarily through the DNC, but instead have transferred money to state parties to hire organizers.

The DNC recently opened a headquarters in Phoenix..........

In the short term, the goal is to take advantage of Donald Trump's weakness in so-called expansion states by boosting Clinton and forcing Republicans to spend precious resources defending them.

Trump, for instance,....................