Editing Democracy for America (section)

{{Short description|Vermont-based political action committee}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Democracy for America
| image                    = Democracy For America for logo.png
| founded                  = 2004
| defunct                  = 2022
| membership               = 1 million+
| headquarters             = [[Burlington, Vermont]]
| key_people               = [[Howard Dean]], [[Jim Dean (DFA)|Jim Dean]]
| leader_title             = Chair
| leader_name              = [[Charles R. Chamberlain]]
| leader_title2            = Chief Executive
| leader_name2             = [[Yvette Simpson]]
}}
'''Democracy for America''' '''(DFA)''' was a [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[political action committee]] headquartered in [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], [[Vermont]]. Founded by former [[Democratic National Committee]] Chair [[Howard Dean]] in 2004, DFA led public awareness campaigns on a variety of public policy issues, trains activists, and provided funding directly to candidates for office, until it ended operations in 2022.<ref>{{ Citation
 | last=Gillespie
 | first=Elizabeth (for the AP)
 | title=Dean promises his group will raise money, recruit candidates
 | publisher=USA Today
 | date=March 18, 2004
 | url =https://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-03-18-howarddean-newsite_x.htm
 | access-date = 2009-07-12
 }}</ref><ref name="wine">{{cite news |last1=Lippman |first1=Daniel |title=Wine tasting in Napa and a staff revolt: How a progressive powerhouse went kaput |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/18/democracy-for-america-yvette-simpson-00074451 |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=Politico |date=18 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> At its peak, the organization had dozens of local chapters and more than a million members in the United States and internationally.