Please keep PHONING your red state reps and senator. People who do public advocacy say that this is the most effective high impact way to contact them because every single call is separately logged.
In general, all they care about is getting reelected. When they get a lot of calls day after day, telling them that you are disappointed in t…
Please keep PHONING your red state reps and senator. People who do public advocacy say that this is the most effective high impact way to contact them because every single call is separately logged.
In general, all they care about is getting reelected. When they get a lot of calls day after day, telling them that you are disappointed in them and will not be voting for them unless they do XY or Z, they get worried and they do change their behavior.
Download the free, non profit app 5calls.org to make the whole thing easy and quick. After you put in your zip code, it automatically locates numbers for your elected representatives. It will dial them for you, one after another. You will generally get a voicemail. One woman said that between the time she started to set it up, and finished the 5th call, only 6 minutes had elapsed.
5calls also has scripts and talking points about key issues. Or you can say whatever you choose, or take advice from a pro-democracy group you join with.
If you are from a blue state, or if your reps are doing a good job, it's still important to call. They will be getting flack for it and so they need to know their constituents back them up. And we can also be saying " Great job on the __ vote today, but We need you to __ on this [other issue]."
Please keep PHONING your red state reps and senator. People who do public advocacy say that this is the most effective high impact way to contact them because every single call is separately logged.
In general, all they care about is getting reelected. When they get a lot of calls day after day, telling them that you are disappointed in them and will not be voting for them unless they do XY or Z, they get worried and they do change their behavior.
Download the free, non profit app 5calls.org to make the whole thing easy and quick. After you put in your zip code, it automatically locates numbers for your elected representatives. It will dial them for you, one after another. You will generally get a voicemail. One woman said that between the time she started to set it up, and finished the 5th call, only 6 minutes had elapsed.
5calls also has scripts and talking points about key issues. Or you can say whatever you choose, or take advice from a pro-democracy group you join with.
If you are from a blue state, or if your reps are doing a good job, it's still important to call. They will be getting flack for it and so they need to know their constituents back them up. And we can also be saying " Great job on the __ vote today, but We need you to __ on this [other issue]."