enough with the text messages begging for campaign donations

[moonshinegnomie]

all it does is turn me off from even considering a donation in the future. I get them for congressional races across the country. 4 different ones so far today. all the constant begging does is make me want to ignore all candidates. im not "chipping in" to help candidates 2000 miles away from my house. iden in 20

I donated to biden in 2020 and again in 2023. Beto in texas,assorted other races around me. but no more. im tired of my phone notifying me of a text message multiple times a day begging for money

STOP IT...

[hauckeye]

1. I get tons of those too 😡

[33taw]

2. I hear you. I delete them in droves.

I know funding races outside my location matter, but the requests are getting nuts.

[pazzyanne]

37. I block/ unsubscribe all but the ones I plan to vote for.

I'm on a limited income so those donations are part of my budget. My cell phone number is a carefully guarded secret but someone got it and put it out there, I have a very limited data plan and the bill tripled in one month. I am not amused! Needless to say no donations until that bill is paid.

[33taw]

60. That is awful. I just hit delete, but am never charged. Who is your carrier?

[Beartracks]

3. OMG, yes. And every days seems to be Another. Urgent. Deadline.

We're getting like 20-40 a day.

We're already donating to several campaigns and/or PACs -- and even THOSE are still hitting us up all the time.

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[maptap22]

4. Some of them are a bit threatening too.

[intheflow]

25. I got one of those!

“You agreed to get text messages from the DNC…” after I texted my thousandth STOP to stop the texts. The whole tone was patronizing, very off-putting. Like, yeah I agreed to get some texts, but not ALL texts for every freaking race in the country, I didn’t agree to being spammed! That’s when I just started blocking and deleting them.

[NanaCat]

42. I never agreed to the texts in the first place.

That's what really chaps my hide.

[RandySF]

5. I just reply STOP.

[Chakaconcarne]

8. Does that worK? I kinda feel like any reaction on my part only elicits more...

May be a coincidence, but I've just ignored and deleted and they seem to slow a bit.

It all started when I donated to Joe through my phone... Before then I NEVER got text solicitations.

[moonshinegnomie]

9. and then i get more from another number for a different candidate

the dems really need a option to stop all unsolicited messages from candidates outside of my district

[NanaCat]

43. Funny, I never hear from my own rep!

But maybe because I know where his office is and mail him a check during his usual guaranteed-win campaign. Our district is so blue it's electric, but I still give because I appreciate the job he does.

[MOMFUDSKI]

11. Me

Too

[applegrove]

6. Are you not happy that it works for some people

who like to give little bits? All you have to do is ignore it or unsubscribe. Not a huge price to pay to be able to continue to live in a democracy.

[moonshinegnomie]

7. if it was an occasional ask i wouldnt mind

but multiple times a day from across the country? yes i can unsubscribe but its supremely annoying when my phone goes off multiple times a day with what i consider spam text messages. and i know im not alone.

[intheflow]

26. Unsubscribe doesn't work.

I unsubscribed from them all for months. They still keep coming.

[NanaCat]

44. They don't have the right to bombard us 20 times a day

They just don't. Some of us want our phones to be free for emergencies, or not distracting us from things that interest us more. Like a life of peace and quiet.

It's like people hanging on the doorbell all day trying to rip--trying to get money from me for whatever. I don't go to their house and bug them, so why are they bugging me? If I wanted your rando texts or you on my bloody front porch, I'd give you my number or invite you to bloody tea. If I didn't give you my number or invite you onto my property, then who the bloody fuck are you to disrupt my peace and quiet?

LEAVE ME THE BLOODY FUCK ALONE.

[applegrove]

56. Well I hope you unsubscribe each time for a week and see if that helps.

[WhiteTara]

10. James Carville is the worst

you can't even get him to stop when you type in STOP. He just keeps on. During the last Nevada campaign, he texted every night at 11:00 pm!!!

[NanaCat]

45. If your provider allows it, report it as junk

Otherwise, I always block the number. That seems to have solved many of my rando political texts.

[WhiteTara]

47. I don't know how to block messages

his are always some non phone number.

[moonshinegnomie]

12. i live in texas. just a few states ive gotten solicitations from this week

new jersey
north carolina
washington
maryland
arizona

[CrispyQ]

13. Yes. It's a turnoff.

Our election process is an industry in itself. It's disgusting, really. Years ago there was a bumper sticker, We have the best democracy money can buy.

[brooklynite]

14. Would you like to go back to "fat cat" donors?

If you want campaigns to rely on grassroots micro-donations, you're going to have to accept that this (and emails) are the way campaigns raise the money they need (if they didn't get a good return, they wouldn't do it).

[moonshinegnomie]

15. there needs to be an opt out.

or even better an opt in if you want solicitations

[brooklynite]

17. You can't require them to, and they won't. So what's your other option?

[moonshinegnomie]

18. never donating another dollar

[brooklynite]

19. Fortunately, they apparently get enough contributions from other Democrats who aren't complaining.

[blue neen]

27. So, complaining about receiving too many donation requests is a no-no?

When one opens up their e-mail account and finds it filled with money requests from states and counties on the other side of the country-----I'd say complaining about it is warranted. The campaigns are not doing themselves a service; people are getting disgusted and vowing never to donate again.

I know I'm sick of it.

[brooklynite]

29. I'd argue that its a wast of time...

Either you contribute to candidates you support of you don't. Either you go through the effort to unsubscribe or you don't. Complaining about it doesn't seem to accomplish anything.,

[intheflow]

28. Many of use contribute regularly

without having to be spammed.

[Barry Markson]

22. I delete and report as spam

On Google messaging, I swipe right,
delete and report spam?
Yes.
It's gone.

I rarely get any more but my spam folder sure fills up.

[former9thward]

30. I would love to go back to fat cat donors.

I think in general the quality of candidates we got in the pre campaign finance reform 1970s days were better than we have gotten since. Now we have uncontrolled PACs who fulfill the role and that is not healthy.

[pazzyanne]

38. Great idea.

But MY budget can't work that way.

[brooklynite]

48. Fortunately, my budget can...

[pazzyanne]

58. You apparently do not live only on Social Security as some people have to. n/t

[NanaCat]

46. Oh FFS.

This is absolutely the most ridiculous take on the issue possible. Plenty of us here give--and give generously.

What we want is for them to respect our bloody privacy in return for our generosity. That is not too bloody much to ask, thank you very bloody much, Mr Miss the Entire Bloody Plot.

[brooklynite]

49. You're welcome to complain all you want...

...but doing it HERE rather than to the candidates you're being inundated by, seems pointless.

[SarahD]

16. Resistance is useless!

You will be assimilared!

[doc03]

20. I get them for people I never even heard of, I just delete them. nt

[Rebl2]

21. Why I

rarely give my cell # to anyone.

[bluestarone]

23. Most important election in my lifetime. I'll go further, most important election for Americas future

So i'm HAPPY they call for donations as much as they are. That tells me THEY also know how important it is. I give as much as i can, and hope others give as much as they can. I don't think of it as "BEGGING". Just do what you can and don't get so upset. Not that hard to just do what you can, and that's that.

[intheflow]

24. I'm just blocking them now.

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I’m getting fundraising texts from every state except the one I live in, some claim to be from Obama or Biden when I know damn well it’s political strategists sending the texts. I have gotten up to six in a day, usually I get around 3. It’s super obnoxious. Obviously not gonna change my vote, but ya know, we liberals aren’t stupid and when we want to make a campaign donation, we can figure out how to do it. The fundraising texts are just as spammy as Newt Gingrich’s direct mailers clogging up my mailbox in the ‘90s. At least then I could just laugh because he totally didn’t know his audience, but these texts are super annoying.

[emulatorloo]

31. Donate when you can, ignore when you can't. Try volunteering if you can't.

[japple]

32. Yes! I'm up to about 10 per day and I have made 3 nice donations to the Biden/Harris campaign.

I will donate to my state senate campaigns during in 2026. I will not donate via phone call/credit card, so I don't even bother to answer those calls. Sorry to all the volunteers that spend time trying to solicit donations. And that doesn't even mention email! It is so frustrating.

[calguy]

33. My experience as well

One donation is all it takes to put a target on your back. Very rude, in my opinion, to machine-gun donors with constant pleas for more of their money. A shitty way to show their appreciation is all I can say. Because of their rudeness, I am no longer a donor to any campaign.

[Mz Pip]

34. No point in hitting STOP

They all come from different numbers.

[Lucky Luciano]

35. I've never donated a penny to any candidates. Spam and text free indeed!

[GreenWave]

36. Some powerful people ask me for moolah!

Obama
Pelosi
for starters.
These are my treasured memories for those who think those emails were personal.

[intheflow]

39. ..

[Catherine Vincent]

40. Same here

I reply STOP and there's quite a few.

[drray23]

41. Im not sure what the problem is.

If you don't want to contribute ignore them. Meanwhile those of us who care more about Biden winning than being inconvenienced by text messages will continue to do so.

[NanaCat]

50. It's rather difficult to ignore them

When you're getting 10 or 20 a day.

They have no right to intrude on my privacy, or on my peace and quiet. If I want to donate to someone, I will. But I bloody well will never do it to someone who cold-calls me out of the blue 5 times when I'm expecting an important text from someone I actually, you know, KNOW.

[dickthegrouch]

52. The problem is the constant interruptions

Even worse many of the solicitations use tiny urls (bit.ly) so you have no clue whether they are actually legitimate and they could be malicious, as in do damage to your phone, computer, or privacy and security.
I mark every single one as spam. But it takes my time to do so. I resent it just as much as everyone else who’s complaining.

[OAITW r.2.0]

51. It has to be addressed, at some point.

Right now, I use the mass delete function in gmail. If I don't check for a few days, there are 100's of Act Blue emails asking for money. Act Blue is incentivized and the campaigns are too to assault your email.

I give to the to the national Rep/Sen campaigns....let them figure who needs/deserves it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

53. After this election cycle, Act Blue and the the DNC need to figure this out.

My solution-

Act Blue gives you a single point access to every race in the country. You commit to, say, $100.oo/mo. Monthly, you can reassign/reallocate your $100.00 to a completely different set of candidates. Your choice.

One (1) Act Blue email providing the software to reallocate your political portfolio as you see fit.

[GP6971]

54. I kept track of the texts and emails from last month.

Just counting national elections, we received 351 texts and emails requesting donations. I added up the minimum $$ request and it far exceeded our monthly fixed income.

The most insulting are these stupid polls asking to confirm who you're going to vote for...Biden or Trump. Thinly disguised as fund raising.

I've gotten to the point where I just respond Stop on texts and unsubscribe for emails. I know how to make our contributions at the end of the month which we will continue to do so.

A necessary evil I guess, but overall the language of the texts and emails are insulting to us small, grass roots supporters.

[edisdead]

55. I mean we are only trying to defeat fascists

But tapping delete is REALLY hard!

[Thunderbeast]

57. I am travelling in Europe

I am paying for all of this spam!

GRRRRRH!

[raccoon]

59. For me it's emails, and I say enough with them too.