Who We Are

AlGore.org is home to tens of thousands of grassroots activists working together to draft Al Gore in 2008. An all volunteer organization, the campaign is structured to function as a distributed, netroots organization – in fact AlGore.org has no payroll.

National network of activists

Using powerful open source software, the campaign organizes its community into effective hubs of activity, known as Gore Groups. Supporters form Gore Groups based on their location, issues of common interest, or the type of volunteer work they've chosen to assist the campaign with. Groups control their own blogs, calendars, chat times, internal mailing list, and other tools to build their communities and achieve their goals.

Distributed "bottom-up" campaigning

Building on the innovative work done in the Dean campaign, we cultivate online activists into an infrastructure that allows the best ideas and most talented people to rise organically to the top of our organization. The extraordinary excitement for a Gore candidacy that exists among the netroots (Gore took 68% of the vote in a poll at The Daily Kos) is being channelled into a draft campaign to ensure America's best candidate is in the race in 2008.

Campaign structure

Gore Groups are designed to function with a high degree of autonomy, leveraging the resources of the national campaign to enable them to focus directly on their work to elect Al Gore in 2008. The national campaign acts as a central hub providing quality printed literature, support materials, earned and paid media campaigns, etc. The national movement, in turn, benefits from the collective wisdom of tens of thousands of Gore supporters – often the most effective ideas originate from local activists.

Draft Campaign Goals

AlGore.org is building a massive grassroots campaign dedicated to delivering the Democratic nomination for Al Gore in 2008. Major milestones will include:

• Establishment of 1,000+ local Gore Groups meeting monthly in every state in the union
• Pledge drive to establish millions of dollars of financial support available to an eventual Gore candidacy
• Identification and activation of hundreds of thousands of Gore supporters, engaged in doorbelling, phone banking, fundraising, and other volunteer work

Draft Gore 2008 Finances

Printed literature, bandwidth, legal fees, postage, conference calls, and dozens of other expenses are part of running a national campaign. Consequently, AlGore.org ambitiously raises funds through it's political action committee "The People, Not The Powerful '08" which covers all campaign expenses.

Political Action Committee

AlGore.org is paid for by "The People, Not The Powerful '08" and is not authorized by any candidate or any candidate's committee. Donations to the grassroots draft campaign's PAC are not tax deductible. As the PAC does not coordinate with Vice President Gore, donations to our campaign are not expected to affect contribution limits to an eventual Gore committee.

AlGore.org's Relationship to Al Gore

Although campaign chairman Dylan Malone befriended the Vice President seven years ago when Gore's intervention preserved life saving medical care for his critically injured son, Ian-- Al and Tipper were not consulted in the decision to launch the draft Gore movement. However, numerous "inner circle" Gore staffers from his tenure at the White House and the 2000 campaign have generously gave of their time and expertise when asked to aid the campaign.