It happened to me as well. I finally had enough and started marking every fund raising text and email as spam. It took a while, but I no longer receive any.

I was getting 15 texts a day!! Insane

and it just makes me more resistant to ever donating to these groups.

I will decide which candidates to support and resent all these extra texts/emails begging for money.

I’m determined not to sign any more petitions. In the last couple weeks, I’ve been getting TONS of come-ons to donate to something or other (hello—I’m POOR!), and now they’re starting to come as messages via my PHONE NUMBER, as well! I NEVER include my number on petitions, so what the hell? They’re coming from politicians, from every possible cause, and from people I can’t even figure out who they represent because there are so damned many of them.

Apparently, everything must be monetized now, and there is no such thing as privacy. Big money in creating a “cause,” it would seem.

I’m more than a little pissed.

That will be $85.50, please!

I know in my case it has caused me to donate less.

Constant fundraising texts.

No matter how many times I unsubscribe, I just keep getting them.

I think it is a big problem that our fundraising apparatus needs to address. Not everyone can fundraise like Obama. Not every message needs to be "I'm so, so sorry but this is urgent! Send $5 today"

Going back to the 2020 Primaries. By Sept. 2024 election I became annoyed, due to the daily barrage of emails asking for $.

Now, I don’t think anyone who donated didn’t vote for her. But if she runs in 2028, she won’t start at the top of my list. I can think of five potential Dems that would be my choice over her.

Huge mistake by her campaign IMO.

Since everyone's info is in the hands of unknown entities, I am not willing to blame the original contact. I suspect that there is some kind of hack that sends a multiple of any that you may have welcomed at some point. Especially if it's a political donation thing.

The objective is to cause you to be annoyed at those you donated to so that you'll not only be disinclined to do so again, you'll sour on the candidate as well when they have no control over the number of contacts you receive.

I’ll donate again. The midterms will just have to take care of themselves. At the moment, this ignorant creature is doing everything to alienate the population. A blue wave will make the last two years of its reign even more frustrating…..perhaps resulting in a premature its ouster.

Peace ☮️

the following junk emails and stuff, asking for yet more donations. I'll never donate again to a cause. Never.

The decline option is somewhat hidden.

Some have an automatic cut going to the initial collectors of the donation.

I saw one that had two cuts taken out as it finally forwarded to the politician/cause.

If I want to donate to a candidate or the party, I'll do it without the incessant texts.

up a few years ago and unsubscribe to many of them. I still get a few, but they don’t fill up my email inbox anymore.

Fortunately, iPhones can put messages from unknowns in a separate bucket that is easily disposed of. I just can’t afford to give to the hundreds of causes that have bombarded me over the past year!

To many. New hopefuls still find me.

Peace ☮️

I finished my list, and my email is a breeze and not a quagmire anymore.

You should be able to stop those texts immediately with a single click. It does take more effort and persistence for the email, though.

Stay encouraged, BeneteauBum. ❤️

Had to rant about the paper being wasted…..received more ‘please donate’ today in my mailbox.

Peace ☮️

in New Mexico. She is leading by about 40% in the primary and will easily be our next governor.

But....my wife and I went to a Democratic get together months ago, gave her people our contact info, and we get texts from them every day begging for $15.

Seriously, probably 7 or 8 texts each week for both of us.

I wonder if the candidates even know that their campaign staffs are hounding supporters for money.

I look forward to Secretary Haaland becoming our next governor, but my wife and I have had to block her texts on our devices.

They do know that. Politicans are under a lot of pressure to raise money especially if they aren't the types to receive cash from nefarious special interest groups. Funding is a daily concern until the system changes. Of course it is impossible for most people to donate as much as needed.

Some points:

I donate occasionly to prefered local reps but never via cell phone. Any political or social issue text i receive gets blocked and reported as spam. Never give your number to a candidate or cause. I can't always tell who is sending the request. I've been getting 5 a day asking to donate money to buy sign making smaterials for the No Kings Protest. Sure. Wasn't born yesterday.

Email solicitations go into a spam filter where i can view and delete them emass. I usually isn't worth unsubscribing since that just encorages them.

Don't blame the candidate due to the system. We will need a super majority to change the system and the billionaire class doesn't want it to change.

Taking "money out of politics" is on the long, long list of changes we have to get done.

Where are our new generation of Bernie Sanders clones?

to any message with certain key words. It works beautifully. Next, I turned on spam protection in Google Messages. Between the spam protection and my automatic responses, things are much much easier for me now.

The only group on my safe list is the Georgia Democrats because I still want to get invites to big events.

My key words that trigger an automatic "STOP" response:

I'm retired on a fixed income and can't help these people. I contribute to a few causes on a regular basis. I give to my regional food bank, planned parenthood, red cross, national organization for women, and a couple others.
The rest I give to my local landfill.
I bet I get several hundred pounds of junk solicitations each year. What a waste!

This just the actual physical mail, I also get about a dozen e-mail solicitations a day. They go in the electronic trash; I don't even open them.

Just the volume of physical mail astounds me. I wonder if there is data generated on the efficacy of these types of mail outs. Is the cost of postage, material, and printing worth the reciprocal value?

Peace ☮️

and today they called trying to talk me into becoming a "guardian" member with a monthly contribution.

I stopped a bunch of texts, but I still get 10-15 per day. It's exhausting, and stopping the texts is only partially helpful.

They don't like it any more than you do, but money is necessary to win.

Just type "Stop" or delete the text.

I gave generously last year to many DEM politicians and/causes....

This year I decided to be VERY PICKY.... So far, I have NOT donated AT ALL.

I really feel that My "INFO" gets run up a flagpole for ALL TO USE.

Inundated from far away States....

Sorry guys, but I am deleting ALL requests.

Return if you feel financially secure or if you feel your money is better spent.

Don’t feel guilty and look out for yourself. I have the same concerns as you. I think there are too many people grifting off the party. Too many so called “consultants” providing absolutely no value.

First, I unsubscribe if they are too persistent.

phone under another name.

and change your credit card

Agreed 100% with you!

and oligarchs and why they "don't fight.". A BS purity test to discourage support of Democrats.

Of course this gives the advantage to Republicans with unlimited funding.

And of course, blame Democrats, not the BS accusers. Everyone needs to push back when Democrats are slandered.

Only way my money get to people truly in need.
Good luck getting off the spam

I had a friend that gave money to a smaller lesser known candidate years ago and after that they would get hit up for money all the time through the mail. He figured he gave them like $50 and they would send something in the mail every week asking for more money. It’s like I essentially paid for you to keep sending me mailers begging for more money.

Peace ☮️