Confessions of a Former Democratic Party Member
PRESS SUBMIT TO UPDATE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. Click . And just like that, I am no longer a registered Democrat. I thought long and hard about this decision. As someone who has worked professionally on two Democratic campaigns and volunteered for countless others, my allegiance lies with the party. Barack Obama is the person who first convinced me that hope can be a much more powerful emotion than fear. I faced death threats in 2016 because I had the audacity to be a White man working for Hillary Clinton in Donald Trump's backyard of Palm Beach County. In 2022, I helped Massachusetts elect its first woman governor, breaking a smaller version of the glass ceiling that I had desperately tried to break at a national level six years earlier. I was an active campaign volunteer in 2020 and 2024, texting across multiple platforms to reach swing-state voters. I've even helped fundraise with the good people of this blog, as we collectively raised over $3,000 during the last presiden...
