The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on Feb. 4 a new voter contact and volunteer training program that aims to reach more than 1 million infrequent voters in the first quarter of 2026, before the midterm elections.
The initiative, called Local Listeners, is designed to target likely Democratic supporters who voted in 2020 but did not vote in 2024, the party said in a statement. The DNC described it as its most aggressive voter engagement effort to start a midterm year and said the approach is centered on listening to voters early in the cycle.
