WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY DEMOCRATS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS!

Established in 1953, the University Democrats is the largest and oldest political organization at UT-Austin and the leading force of progressive student activism in the state of Texas. Today, we are the largest College Democrats chapter in the country — working tirelessly to bring CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN to UT, the state of Texas, and the entire nation.

Last semester we worked hard to build a strong organization that would be ready to tackle the challenging spring 2010 semester. As Texas continues to change and inch closer to becoming blue we will need to step up and continue contributing to the progress our state has made.

Our focus will be on preparing and continuing to educate the next generation of student activists as we organize and mobilize students for important events such as the primary in March and the decennial census in April. All politics is local, and as such it is our responsibility to provide a student voice for issues like comprehensive immigration reform and the future of our environment as they are brought up for debate in Congress.  

But success cannot be reached without us taking an active role in the process. As President Obama said, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time." This is our time and our moment to make our mark on history and we have pledged to be at the forefront of the movement to change Texas politics for the better.  

It is truly a great time to be a young Democrat in Texas as a Democratic majority in the State House is on the horizon and the Governor’s Mansion is within our reach.  With our strong and committed team of student activists we are ready to organize our campus to bring change to our state as we move forward with initiating our plan, BLUEPrint for Texas. Our mission is to turn Texas blue from the ground up by mobilizing students on our campus to: 

• TRAVEL to swing districts across Texas to work for candidates.
• DISTRIBUTE voter registration cards in key neighborhoods.
• REGISTER new voters.
• KNOCK on doors for key candidates.
• CALL households on behalf of Texas Democrats.
• MOBILIZE young people to vote early.           

Join us as we continue to STAND UP & CHANGE TEXAS!