Now I'm starting to get pissed off...I did donate to Val Demings campaign against Marco Rubio....

[a kennedy]

And now EVERY DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IS ASKING, “CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE TO MY CAMPAIGN”?? 😡 😡 😡 I would if I was a millionaire, I’m not, I’m retired on a fixed income……..I want help them all, but damn, I can’t.

[Scrivener7]

1. Don't get mad. Just unsubscribe. You did a good thing. They kind of have

to trade donor names with each other to make their numbers.

[a kennedy]

6. I know.....and thanks....

[Rebl2]

33. That's what I do

[mahina]

39. Came to say it. Thanks.

And good going OP. Val is awesome and Marco is a slithery worm. Apology to worms

[Funtatlaguy]

2. It happens to. Everyone. They trade mailing lists.

[whathehell]

4. Yes, indeed..My email is filled with such requests. n/t

[hlthe2b]

8. Exactly. If you have ever done anything for DEMS or related (planned parenthood, women's march,

made calls for Dems in any prior election, etc. you are on all kinds of lists. I get a half dozen or so daily. Just unsubscribe, set your spam filter to identify them as spam, or gain the peace of mind I tend to have, knowing they are working hard to try to counter the R's in upcoming elections.

[calimary]

51. Yep. They sure do.

It’s what they do.

Discouraging, certainly, but if you do want to help a worthy candidate, hopefully you’ll continue with that. I just wind up deleting what I can’t satisfy, because I’m not made of money, either.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Ignore them. I donated and now every candidate, even Rs...

has me on the sucker, eh donor, list. At least it's just email and not door knocks

[a kennedy]

10. I want to contribute to them all......and mail is, you're right soooooooo much better then door knocks.

Although I do love my neighbors knocking on my door for my vote…..local ya know, a city of less then 500 people. 😊

[HubertHeaver]

31. Personal contact works.

I had no intention of voting for the incumbent. Until she showed up at my door asking for my vote. The rest of the field wouldn't come near our end of town. I voted for the incumbent.

[GoodRaisin]

5. I block mine. It's quick, and eventually they thin out.

They pretty much all go to my Trash folder automatically now.

[RandPaulsNeighbor]

7. Val Demings

[a kennedy]

11. Damn, you're right.....I'll fix it, and thanks.

[RandPaulsNeighbor]

21. No Worries

[a kennedy]

22. Oh, and you being his neighbor, DAMN HIM. 😊

Welcome to DU.

[RandPaulsNeighbor]

23. Tough

But, I gave him a little message about how I feel awhile back.

[brooklynite]

9. If you're pissed off, you haven't been paying attention...

Contact information is regularly shared between campaigns and Party Committees. If you don't want extra mail don't contribute.

[a kennedy]

16. So how do I give to politicians I want to win?? I want Val to kick Marco's arse.....

[Act_of_Reparation]

30. As the philosopher Jagger once observed:

You can't always get what you want.

Donate to who you can. Ignore the rest. Unwanted mail is easily disposed of.

[marie999]

12. It doesn't matter whom you contribute to.

I became a life member of the DAV and American Legion. Then I started getting letters from every military group. Then letters from politicians, hospitals, and just about any group that wants money.

[captain queeg]

13. That is the thing. I rarely donate because of this

It goes on with commercial entities too. You buy something and then start getting ads for similar products.

[Pinback]

14. Good reason to use a temporary disposable email address

for all online contributions and purchases: https://www.geckoandfly.com/7782/how-to-create-temporary-email-and-gmail-forwarding-service/

The service I use, Spamex, is not in that list. There may better alternatives nowadays, but I've been using them for years with good results, and the cost is low.

Snail mail, of course, is a different matter. I've asked several organizations to quit sending me paper mail, and most comply -- for a while, anyway.

[WVreaper]

15. I just got kicked out of the DNC

Or something like that, because I have been ignoring their emails to contribute. I am tired of the supposed voter poles. Yes I want my opinions heard but do I have to donate 10$ to do that? Like you, i contribute what I can when I can. But some of the democratic fund raising efforts are starting to look more like their repug counterparts. Getting asked to contribute to a democratic candidate in another state, that is campaigning for the primary election, wait a minute here. That's local politics. Win the primary, then I might think about it.

[JohnSJ]

45. I wouldn't blame the Poles though. They are very nice folks

[alittlelark]

53. I have NEVER gotten a threat to be 'kicked out' for no donations.

That is a RW tactic - I have never experienced it in my world.

[Tommymac]

17. For myself, I feel that's a small price to pay for having supported a saner future

And now, Democracy itself.

Easy enough to filter them to a folder where I can sort through them when I have time. I'll judge if any of them need more help and push another dollar or two their way.

I can see where it could be annoying, no doubt.

[MyOwnPeace]

26. With 'ya!

They ARE a pain-in-the-a$$, but so are the car warranties, medicare enrolments, the 'medical' needs, the 'veterans groups' and everybody else that needs money. In a 'just' society - those needs would be taken care of by a decent, caring government.

Just be strong, pick a 'favorite or two' - then just hit "DELETE" for the rest.

They all NEED the money - you just have to decide where you want YOURS to go (hopefully a DEM!).

[Tommymac]

38. Absolutely going to several winning Democratic Candidates all over the Land. GOTV 2022 nt

[90-percent]

43. veterans groups

this "wounded Warriors" charity I find irksome. Our country sends them off to be wounded or killed in stupid unwinnable wars based on lies and the voracious never ending hunger of our grotesque military-industrial-congressional-complex.

If our government has the money to go to war, they should have the money to take care of all those that lost parts of their bodies, lives and humanity for the benefit of war profiteering sociopaths.

Harry Truman used to prosecute war profiteers. Now we elect them.

Come to think of it, my beloved home state of liberal Democratic Connecticut is home base for a lot of major MIC corporations. Electric Boat, UTC, Pratt and Whitney, Sikorsky and some others.

-90% Jimmy

[MyOwnPeace]

47. Well, DAMN, I'm gonna' say 'WITH 'YA' again!!!!

I TRULY hate those commercials/groups! NOT for what they are doing, but, GAWD DAMN, WE, the US GOVERNMENT should be doing EVERYTHING we can to support and meet the needs of these brave people who went off to serve our country, no matter how much we may believe or not believe in the cause for which they sacrificed.

We CANNOT send them off and then say "Good bye, good luck, and don't expect me to care "if and when" you get back....."

[cinematicdiversions]

18. Val send sends me a dozen emails a day

This is not an exaggeration in any way shape or form and has been going on for the last six months at least.

Sometimes it can be too much. And yes Val will sell/trade your info like nobody can.

It is too much.

[Ocelot II]

19. I get those requests, too, but they don't make me angry at all.

They need money and they are asking people known to contribute to Democrats. I have contributed to the campaigns of a few out-of-state candidates - notably to Warnock and Ossoff - but obviously I can't help everybody. So I just ignore the requests if I can't contribute. The emails are automatically generated and nobody will be offended if they don't get any money from me. No point in getting mad over an automatic email blast.

[a kennedy]

25. Hey thanks.......

[MyOwnPeace]

27. Yeah - well stated!

[JI7]

20. Is it that difficult to delete emails ?

[a kennedy]

24. No it really isn't.....just shows me Democrats NEED MONEY to win their seats.

[MyOwnPeace]

28. The 'ONE PERCENT' knows what they want.....

but there's WAY more of us - we just have to do our duty to make things matter for the other 99%!

[redstateblues]

29. Get Used To It! I probably get 10 -20 Solicitations from Democrats

Honestly I don't like it and the more they inundate me with desperate pleas, the less I send. It's annoying.

[monkeyman1]

36. at least not from trump ,

In 2020 , got a email from trump campaign that if I didn't donate 100. buck's , he would take me off his mailing list !!! I can't stand the sob !! didn't think I'd stop laughing!! I than plastered it all over Facebook with -- return to sender !

[Hekate]

32. Go down to the bottom of each email and look where it says "unsubscribe" in tiny print....

Tap that. Keep doing that every day until the emails stop.

All that has happened is they share lists. They don’t expect more than a tiny fraction to respond, but email literally costs them nothing, so they might as well try.

[Hulk]

34. Donated to NPR and Habitats for Humanity...

And I think NPR is finally giving up on me....😞 I still get solicitations and note pads from HforH years later. I just hate to see them waste their budget on this rare bird.

I will often donate to Free Speech TV and a handful of solid candidates that I wish would win their close elections.

I'm also of modest means...but I just unsubscribe whenever I get hammered with more solicitations.

[left-of-center2012]

35. It is not just you

I am getting many requests for donations here in New Mexico from many Democratic candidates

[BumRushDaShow]

37. I know I had to unsubcribe from a bunch

although I would also say that anyone who asks "What are Democrats doing????!!!?!!!!" apparently doesn't get any of those emails (many of which are chock full of what Democrats "are doing". ).

Some of them had an option for "receive fewer emails" when doing an unsubscribe, which I would assume would mean instead of multiples every day, maybe it becomes a couple times a week or once a week.

[mahina]

40. Some folks make a separate email account just for this kind of thing

And then never check it

[Good egg]

46. Most ipo's allow you multiple addresses

I have a separate address reserved only for what I think will result in consumer and political solicitations (move on, etc)...I basically ignor it and delete it all every month or so.

You can also find out the real snail mail addresses, send them a paper check. They are happy to cash it. Don't ever give them your e-mail address.

[lunatica]

41. I'm in the same situation

And it’ll get worse as the year progresses. All of them screaming that we’re losing to the Republicans.

[PatrickforB]

42. I get about 50-70 emails a day...

PLEASE give us money! PLEASE!

But you know, here in 'Murika, people get nickel and dimed to death.

The whole capitalist system seeks to pass as much of the cost of everything onto consumers and at the same time have taxpayers cover any risk. The costs of childcare, for example, have been mostly passed onto young families that have the most difficulty affording it, and healthcare costs are more and more and more being foisted off onto consumers with fine print, sky high premiums and financially crippling copays.

I often reply back, to places like the DNC, asking where my healthcare is. Where my dental care is. I point out that we have squandered trillions on forever wars and tax cuts, and just now spent $770 billion on this year's war bill. Where is my healthcare? Where is my dental care? Where is the K-12 system that should be the envy of the world? Where is the affordable, debt-free college for my grandkids?

And now it is the same with political donations. Big biz donates billions in dark money to super pacs, but our guys rely on small donations from us. If we quit spending so much on war, raised taxes, and began putting policies in place that actually help everyday Americans, this place would be a great place to live. As it is, it is only a great place if you are not old, poor, sick or different.

[WarGamer]

44. I don't give my phone number so no texts or calls...

And have an email account dedicated to my political support... which will be extensive this cycle.

[Aussie105]

48. A lot of charities do this too.

Donate to one, others descend on you - email, phone calls, snail mail.

My response is cold hearted - after all, their income probably exceeds mine by a long shot.

But if 10c per month will save a child / feed a newborn kitten / stop an angel's wings from falling off, imagine what a few million from the government would achieve! So go see them!

As for political contributions - no guarantee your money will be used for anything fruitful.

As for 'Can you contribute to my campaign?', there is a little word that works well as a response . . . . NO!

[AZProgressive]

49. I'm on like every Senate campaign e-mail list

After splitting donations with Warnock & Kelly. I can’t afford to donate every time they ask but I don’t worry about it.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

50. They need to ask

And you need to be comfortable saying no when you’ve hit your limit.

Don’t let it get to you.

[bluescribbler]

52. I feel your pain.

I donated to John Kerry's Presidential campaign in 2004, and now, like you, they all are begging me for money. Like you, I am retired and living on a fixed income. Even when I was working full time, I could not even think about contributing to every campaign that asked. I resolved years ago to contribute only to candidates whose name would appear ON MY BALLOT, and who shared my priorities. In addition, I limit my contributions to candidates who really need the money.