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RKP5637

(67,112 posts) Fri Dec 9, 2016, 05:13 PM Dec 2016

Do petitions make a difference? [View all]

I'm starting to get the endless petitions in email for this or that and donate to support the cause. Do you think petitions make a difference? I'm inclined to think they often fall on deaf ears, I guess.
I'm in the "maybe" category.

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Do petitions make a difference? [View all] RKP5637 Dec 2016 OP

To the people that put the responders on mailing lists they do. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #1

Petitions for dollars!!! Yep! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #12

If you want more emails begging for donations, sure. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #2

Yep, Email spawning! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #11

Here' what online petitions are like. nycbos Dec 2016 #3

LOL!!! Preparing to prepare to prepare!!! RKP5637 Dec 2016 #10

Yo............. LMAO..... JHan Dec 2016 #13

IMHO, it is only a way to get your email address MiniMe Dec 2016 #4

Yep! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #9

Some do, but most are just fundraising gimmicks. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #5

Especially the ones that appear out of nowhere, none you've heard of, well written, and request a RKP5637 Dec 2016 #7

In '04 I marched with Rep. John Lewis to deliver petitions to Ohio SoS Ken Blackwell pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #14

I much prefer the emails saying there are millions waiting for me in banking funds and they RKP5637 Dec 2016 #15

Email petitions are flypaper to collect information about you for future fundraising requests... brooklynite Dec 2016 #6

That's what I've done in the past and in one case I do think it swayed my rep's mind. He came RKP5637 Dec 2016 #8

And "congrats!" to you........... MyOwnPeace Dec 2016 #16

Frankly, now, money is the only thing that counts in this fucken country. It's not about RKP5637 Dec 2016 #17

No, except for collecting contact information MineralMan Dec 2016 #18

Some do loyalsister Dec 2016 #19

Petitions that matter are the ones for state referendum ballot questions Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2016 #20