- Date: 2/9/2005
- Time: 6:30pm
- Location: Doyle Park Recreation Center (www.doylepark.com)
- Phone: 858-581-7170 (Doyle Park Front Desk)
- Our Guest speaker was Jesse Durfee. Mr. Durfee is the chair of the
San Diego County Democrats. He discussed Democratic party's
structure and plans for the future. - Meeting Flyer
Directions from 5 North:
Exit Nobel and turn RIGHT. Turn RIGHT on Regents Road and the Doyle
Recreation Center will be on your left hand side.
Directions from 5 South:
Exit La Jolla Village Drive and turn LEFT. Turn RIGHT on Regents Road
and the Doyle Recreations Center will be on your left hand side after
Nobel Drive.
Directions from 805/15:
Exit La Jolla Village Drive or Miramar Road and head WEST (towards La
Jolla). Turn LEFT on to Regents Road and the Doyle Recreations Center
will be on your left hand side after Nobel Drive.
As you may recall, Mr. Dufree is the chairman of the San Diego County
Democratic Party. Mr. Dufree discussed the structure of the Democratic
Party at the local level and the various ways each and every one of you
may participate in formulating the Democratic Party's agenda and
platform for the future.
Some of the interesting facts Mr. Dufree provided were regarding the
political makeup of San Diego County. As many of you may have heard,
San Diego is often referred to as a Republican stronghold. However, the
facts prove otherwise.
For example, there are 605,000 registered Republicans in the County of
San Diego. In contrast, there are 524,000 registered Democrats. That is
a difference of 81,000 registered voters. 330,000 registered voters
declined to state their political party affiliation. Mr. Dufree stated that
this group statistically votes Democratic.
To further emphasize how close the divide is on our county, there are
only 93 more registered Republicans in Del Mar than Democrats. 93
registered voters! There are 1,000 more registered Republicans in La
Mesa than Democrats. However, in the City of San Diego the registered
Democrats out number the Republicans by 40,000 registered voters. All
of the South Bay cities are predominately Democratic as well.
Mr. Dufree stated that the Democratic party needs to get over its
inferiority complex in San Diego County. There is a shortage of people
willing to run for elected office under the Democratic ticket. He stated
that 98 Republicans were elected to local positions last election compared
to 28 Democrats. However, this gap was due to many of the Republicans
running unopposed.
Mr. Dufree stated that the DNC's goal for the future is to develop a clear
message (a 30 second elevator speech). He further stated that some of
the largest donors to Democratic Party candidates are local, and most live
in La Jolla. The DNC has also developed a radio program to be aired
weekly on Mondays from 5pm to 6 pm on 1040 AM.
