Inside the Democrats’ Plan to Fix Their Crumbling Data Operation

Inside the Democrats’ Plan to Fix Their Crumbling Data Operation

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https://www.wired.com/story/democrats-fix-crumbling-data-operation/

In July of 2017, as Raffi Krikorian settled into his new office at the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton’s words were still ringing in his ears. Just a few months before, the former secretary of state and recently defeated Democratic nominee for president had sat on stage at Recode’s technology conference and mercilessly bashed the Democratic Party’s data infrastructure.

“I get the nomination. So I’m now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party,” Clinton explained. “I mean it was bankrupt, it was on the verge of insolvency, its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong.”