Campaign Democrats are not the same as Party Democrats, at least in Georgia. 

These are usually completely different people. The Campaign Democrats are the (paid or unpaid) door-knockers, canvassers and regional staff during election year. They put a strong material, physical investment in their desire to get candidates elected. They are the idealists who want to get involved whether or not their candidate(s) get elected. 

Often, the campaign Democrats want to get involved in the steering of the party in the off-year, and are rudely surprised by how terrible the Party Democrats are at their job. 

The Party Democrats are the ones who are supposed to organize the county/district/state galas, raise money, organize meetings, and have a working knowledge of Robert’s Rules of Order. They usually screw things up despite their best intentions, miss meetings, hold their events rather late, and are rather rude and defensive when they are called out on their crap. But they are the grand old patricians of the party (or the hires of the patricians) who may or may not have paid their dues at some point within the last 40 years.

Party Democrats ignore how dilapidated the party structure is, and won’t ever change the bylaws until the bylaws’ antiquity and poor design bite them in the ass. 

tl;dr:

Love most of our Democratic candidates and our campaigners. 

Hate this party, though. 😤😡🙄