Young Democrats of America

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Young Democrats of America
PresidentQuentin Wathum-Ocama (MN)
FoundedMarch 4, 1932;92 years ago (1932-03-04) [1]
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Ideology Modern liberalism
Mother party Democratic Party
International affiliation International Federation of Liberal Youth
Website yda.org

The Young Democrats of America (YDA) is the youth wing of the Democratic Party of the United States. YDA operates as a separate organization from the Democratic National Committee; following the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, it became an independent 527 organization. [2] The group's membership consists of Democrats from ages 14 to 35, and its political activities include an emphasis on increasing the voter turnout of young people.

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Leadership

YDA membership elects seven national officers on a biennial basis at the organization's National Convention in odd-numbered years and two DNC representatives in even-numbered years. These officers maintain the day-to-day management of the organization. Most recently, officers were elected at the 2023 YDA National Convention in Las Vegas.

Between national conventions, the governing body of YDA is the National Committee which is composed of the president and two national committee representatives from each chartered unit, along with the chairs of the twelve constituency caucuses, eight regional directors, eight chairs of select committees, and the nine individually elected officers.

The President, Democratic National Committeeman, and Democratic National Committeewoman are members of the Democratic National Committee, and superdelegates to any Democratic National Convention occurring during their terms.

2023–2025 National Officers

2022–2025 Democratic National Committee Members

Ex officio National Officers

Past leaders

Democratic party leaders and Democratic elected officials who are former YDA National Officers include: [5]

National Convention, National Committee, and chartered units

The YDA organization is composed of "chartered units" with one from each U.S. state or territory. [6] YDA holds a National Convention every two years during the summer of odd-numbered years with complex rules for how many votes each chartered unit may cast. The YDA National Committee meets at least two times per year and consists of the President of each chartered unit, two representatives of differing gender identities from each chartered unit, and a number of other officers and committee and caucus chairs. [6]

National Convention locations

Past and Future YDA National Conventions were held in the below venues: [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Young Democrats of America – Marin County Young Democrats". WordPress . January 16, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ Connery, Michael. Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Democratic Majority, ig Publishing, 2008 ISBN   978-0-9788431-3-7
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "National Officers". October 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ "National Officers". Young Democrats of America. December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ "YDA past officers (1932-2021)". June 30, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Past Officers « YDA – Young Democrats of America". www.yda.org:80. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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