Well, also, a heck of a lot of Republican voters have become so infuriated with their representatives lack of performance and representation many have decided simply to stop donating. They either use their money in more targeted ways for specific candidates or just stop donating altogether.
Also, our Republican election orgs have done an historically piss poor job at laying ground games, fielding viable candidates or just supporting candidates in the field. And They’ve always sucked at messaging. Until that whole universe of the RNC and NSRC gets a complete overhaul Republican candidates are left sorely wanting of any real support. And if you’re a MAGA candidate, it’s even worse!
The bulk of these text begs are composed in such a manner that one can only conclude this candidate and/or team isn't prepared to represent me in any government capacity.
The fraud of the Democrat party indicates that their policies and marketing practices are stopping short of goals. Money laundering seems to be more lucrative for them now of days. And MSM is silent on AOC using her campaign funds to pay for her $18,725 psychiatric treatments. Wouldn’t you think her ACA policy would cover that?
I get over 20 text campaign texts a day, much less end of quarter texts. It is beyond wasteful as I have NEVER made a contribution in response to a text message. And then there is the wasted money on hard mail, just garbage.
The hard mail I like is from my local and state party which comes with important information. I think we should all be kept better informed by our party partners, but too few people actually contribute to those.
I was routinely getting 50 texts a day. It went to 300 in the days before election. Most of it from ppl I never heard of. All because I was a monthly Trump donor thru Winred. The “stop” text back just made it worse. Finally I cancelled my credit card, deleted the winred account and paid for a McAfee spam text filter. Stopped my Trump donations which I would have continued. A year later I am down to 12 a day with 2 getting thru the filter. It is a form of torture. I only donate by check to my local candidates now.
Yes. Another thing I think that could be used, if done properly if to ask for small dollars anywhere from $3 upwards right after passing an actual law. 1. It lets everyone know what you are doing. Don't bother if it is just a messaging bill only. 2. It gives you an idea how popular that was. The biggest things for me is that I give generously at the beginning because I am trying to send a message. However, I tend to have 3 to 5 non-negotiable issues I want fixed or addressed and fast. I don't think it's too much to ask for a national voter id law that can be checked. It has 86% support. Yet here we are. When that starts to happen, my wallet closes. I'll still vote for Republicans because I am NOT leaving my fate up to Democrats, especially in their form since 2010ish. I am not selfish enough to do that or sit out, but I'm not giving money to people who were handed every single node of government and behave like the Indiana and Mississippi RINOS I know so well.
Like so many others commenting, I no longer open ANY texts from campaigns. Don't give a damn who sends them. I also make a point of going to candidate pages on X and telling them I refuse to give one penny to anyone texting me and I have a long memory. It's at the point of thinking about going to a phone without texting.
The texts are endless and hitting stop does nothing except change the sending number the time. I’m done giving money to republicans. If they can’t oust Thune and pass bills then they are useless
The parties will remain a problem until people start engaging with them. This is especially true locally and at state level. We are electing millionaires and billionaires from the outside because we have neglected keeping our parties healthy and accountable. Civics lessons are neglecting the importance of these fundamental bodies.
I have no problem with successful business people being elected. That would be my preference. At least they’ve proven they know how to be productive. The only way to raise humanity from is base state of abject misery/poverty is increasing productivity.
One missing ingredient: stop sharing donor lists! If I knew which campaign abused me this way, I would never support it again. I no longer even read texts for state and local candidates that are not in my state and locale. I just immediately delete them, marking them as spam. I mean, they could just start with “May we add you to our distribution list?”
I have had it with the daily panicked appeals. I have been "discovered" by every Rerpublican in the United States. I delete about 100 emails from these folks every day. And when the scorekeepers report my bad behavior they send in the staffers. And they can get pretty nasty. As a result, I have a new email address. All the robo calls go to my landline which goes to voice mail after two rings and I have a call blocker. As for mail, I stop in the garage on my way back from the mailbox and dispose of the campaign mail. At this point I may never donate to any candidate again.
One thing that also came out of this is that most small donors are female. (You always refer to the donor as “her.”) that never occurred to me. Tho, I would guess the big donors are mostly male.
OMG,this is so needed. Now when you type STOP, the reply does NOT SEND. So you are insulted at least thrice: 1 by the vapidity of their message (not even an appeal); 2, their asking if you are fed up enough to want off the list? If so, fill out this survey and contribute again; and 3 the sytem REJECTS your STOP message.
And if you notify WINRED that you want off their lists, they say they have no control over messages other than those signed and sent directly by them. My reply is I want off YOUR list that you obviousy rent out-- and it never works.
WinRed is what started to drive me away from republicans. Reading X every day shows me that giving money to republicans is tantamount to flushing it down the toilet.
Every day I see Thune calling the senate to order then dismissing it just to keep the presidents nominations hostage.
John Thune has done more to destroy the Republican Party in the last year than any Democrat. Then the R's have the audacity to ask me for more money to accomplish nothing. They will get their wish when I change to the vaunted (I) designation instead of (R).
Republican emails get immediately marked as SPAM and deleted. I doubt they will get the message.
You nailed it (as usual)! I see ALL CAPS on a text message and delete without opening it. These senders don't even try to sound like we're a team...they beg, shame and scold.
Well, also, a heck of a lot of Republican voters have become so infuriated with their representatives lack of performance and representation many have decided simply to stop donating. They either use their money in more targeted ways for specific candidates or just stop donating altogether.
Also, our Republican election orgs have done an historically piss poor job at laying ground games, fielding viable candidates or just supporting candidates in the field. And They’ve always sucked at messaging. Until that whole universe of the RNC and NSRC gets a complete overhaul Republican candidates are left sorely wanting of any real support. And if you’re a MAGA candidate, it’s even worse!
The bulk of these text begs are composed in such a manner that one can only conclude this candidate and/or team isn't prepared to represent me in any government capacity.
The fraud of the Democrat party indicates that their policies and marketing practices are stopping short of goals. Money laundering seems to be more lucrative for them now of days. And MSM is silent on AOC using her campaign funds to pay for her $18,725 psychiatric treatments. Wouldn’t you think her ACA policy would cover that?
I get over 20 text campaign texts a day, much less end of quarter texts. It is beyond wasteful as I have NEVER made a contribution in response to a text message. And then there is the wasted money on hard mail, just garbage.
The hard mail I like is from my local and state party which comes with important information. I think we should all be kept better informed by our party partners, but too few people actually contribute to those.
I now mark all political texts as "delete/scam".
Thank you for that excellent breakdown. Send it to your candidate of choice. 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸
What if we don't have a worthy candidate to choose?
I agree with you. It’s hard sometimes finding the right person. Politics is so nasty that I think good people shy away. I wouldn’t want to do it.
I was routinely getting 50 texts a day. It went to 300 in the days before election. Most of it from ppl I never heard of. All because I was a monthly Trump donor thru Winred. The “stop” text back just made it worse. Finally I cancelled my credit card, deleted the winred account and paid for a McAfee spam text filter. Stopped my Trump donations which I would have continued. A year later I am down to 12 a day with 2 getting thru the filter. It is a form of torture. I only donate by check to my local candidates now.
Never forget to contribute to your local and state party. Reliable candidates require these to be healthy.
YES, this same message also goes to charities that I donate MONTHLY too, who hit me up way too often for MORE. Enough.
Yes. Another thing I think that could be used, if done properly if to ask for small dollars anywhere from $3 upwards right after passing an actual law. 1. It lets everyone know what you are doing. Don't bother if it is just a messaging bill only. 2. It gives you an idea how popular that was. The biggest things for me is that I give generously at the beginning because I am trying to send a message. However, I tend to have 3 to 5 non-negotiable issues I want fixed or addressed and fast. I don't think it's too much to ask for a national voter id law that can be checked. It has 86% support. Yet here we are. When that starts to happen, my wallet closes. I'll still vote for Republicans because I am NOT leaving my fate up to Democrats, especially in their form since 2010ish. I am not selfish enough to do that or sit out, but I'm not giving money to people who were handed every single node of government and behave like the Indiana and Mississippi RINOS I know so well.
Like so many others commenting, I no longer open ANY texts from campaigns. Don't give a damn who sends them. I also make a point of going to candidate pages on X and telling them I refuse to give one penny to anyone texting me and I have a long memory. It's at the point of thinking about going to a phone without texting.
The texts are endless and hitting stop does nothing except change the sending number the time. I’m done giving money to republicans. If they can’t oust Thune and pass bills then they are useless
Never ever to winred. They are the RNC. Worse than the Dems. The RNC is full of squishes…
True that. I hate the Republican Party as much as the Democrat Party. The Party’s are the problem.
The parties will remain a problem until people start engaging with them. This is especially true locally and at state level. We are electing millionaires and billionaires from the outside because we have neglected keeping our parties healthy and accountable. Civics lessons are neglecting the importance of these fundamental bodies.
I have no problem with successful business people being elected. That would be my preference. At least they’ve proven they know how to be productive. The only way to raise humanity from is base state of abject misery/poverty is increasing productivity.
One missing ingredient: stop sharing donor lists! If I knew which campaign abused me this way, I would never support it again. I no longer even read texts for state and local candidates that are not in my state and locale. I just immediately delete them, marking them as spam. I mean, they could just start with “May we add you to our distribution list?”
I have had it with the daily panicked appeals. I have been "discovered" by every Rerpublican in the United States. I delete about 100 emails from these folks every day. And when the scorekeepers report my bad behavior they send in the staffers. And they can get pretty nasty. As a result, I have a new email address. All the robo calls go to my landline which goes to voice mail after two rings and I have a call blocker. As for mail, I stop in the garage on my way back from the mailbox and dispose of the campaign mail. At this point I may never donate to any candidate again.
One thing that also came out of this is that most small donors are female. (You always refer to the donor as “her.”) that never occurred to me. Tho, I would guess the big donors are mostly male.
OMG,this is so needed. Now when you type STOP, the reply does NOT SEND. So you are insulted at least thrice: 1 by the vapidity of their message (not even an appeal); 2, their asking if you are fed up enough to want off the list? If so, fill out this survey and contribute again; and 3 the sytem REJECTS your STOP message.
And if you notify WINRED that you want off their lists, they say they have no control over messages other than those signed and sent directly by them. My reply is I want off YOUR list that you obviousy rent out-- and it never works.
I'd really like to sue them.
WinRed is what started to drive me away from republicans. Reading X every day shows me that giving money to republicans is tantamount to flushing it down the toilet.
Every day I see Thune calling the senate to order then dismissing it just to keep the presidents nominations hostage.
John Thune has done more to destroy the Republican Party in the last year than any Democrat. Then the R's have the audacity to ask me for more money to accomplish nothing. They will get their wish when I change to the vaunted (I) designation instead of (R).
Republican emails get immediately marked as SPAM and deleted. I doubt they will get the message.
You nailed it (as usual)! I see ALL CAPS on a text message and delete without opening it. These senders don't even try to sound like we're a team...they beg, shame and scold.