Democrats activate weeklong voter drive to offset critical registration losses [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Mon 15 Sep 2025 06.01 EDT
Last modified on Mon 15 Sep 2025 11.20 EDT


The Democrats are launching a weeklong bid to register voters nationwide, particularly in battleground House districts as their party grapples with increasing numbers of Americans registering as Republicans.

The nationwide trends in party registration – detailed in an article published in August by the New York Times – heightened concern that the Democrats’ drubbing in the 2024 election was not the one-off result of a chaotic presidential campaign won by Donald Trump and the Republicans, but rather signs of a broader shift by voters away from Democrats.

While the party has in past years left voter-registration efforts in the hands of outside groups, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair, Ken Martin, said now is the time to get directly involved again with a drive he dubbed the National Voter Registration Week of Action.

“Across 27 states and territories, Democrats will be hosting a combined 50 events to register voters and hold Republicans accountable for selling us out to their billionaire backers. We’re building the infrastructure necessary to win everywhere. The work continues now,” Martin said.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/democrats-weeklong-voter-drive