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Every time i go out and meet another democrat and they say thank you so much for coming, i can't wait to vote. >> add to that swing left manpower, money. they set up innovative district funds. you donate to a district, not a person, and the eventual primary winner gets the cash. in cal 25, that's katie hill. >> it is my great pleasure to hand over this check from the grassroots. >> thank you so much. >> you beat a slew of other people on election night. how much money did you have left? >> we had almost nothing left. we spent pretty much down to zero. >> the group gave her $164,000, with more ...

>> reporter: now they tell me it's cathartic, even addicting. >> i cannot go away. every time i go out and meet another democrat and they say thank you so much for coming, i can't wait to vote. >> reporter: add to that swing left manpower, money. they set up innovative district funds. you donate to a district, not a person. and the eventual primary winner gets the cash. in cal 25, that's katie hill. >> it's my great pleasure to hand over this check from the grassroots. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: you beat a slew of other people on election night. how much money did you have left? >> we...

With just four months to go before the midterm elections, democrats today are getting a major boost from some new political players. hundreds of grassroots groups borne out of donald trump's election are now channeling their anger and frustration into political action. one group in particular known as swing left has come up with a bit of a unique plan to flip the house blue. msnbc's chris jansing got an exclusive look inside their campaign. >> reporter: in a broadway theater packed with celebrities. the night's unlikely star is a freelance writer turned political power player. he's ethan todre...

Grassroots. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: you beat a slew of other people on election night. how much money did you have left? >> we had almost nothing left. we spent pretty much down to zero. >> reporter: the group gave her over $160,000, with more coming in every day. swing left is now in 78 congressional districts in 29 states. whole families are turning out like the bartletts. why swing left? >> it takes a village to flip a house. so -- >> reporter: did you make that up, it takes a village to flip a house? >> i guess i just did. >> reporter: that's pretty good. back on broadway, ethan...

Whitehill. after donald trump won, he felt just like these folks did. >> i was feeling, you know, despondent and depressed. >> reporter: like new yorkers he lives in a deep blue congressional district in western massachusetts. >> i was looking for a place where i could make a difference, and i found a new york 19 just across the border. >> reporter: he also found out that 75% of americans have a congressional swing district within 50 miles and believed that if he could convince those blue district democrats to help out in their nearest winnable district the house of representatives could swing...