This article explains why you may be receiving these texts and how to block election text spam from politicians.
Never reply to a text when you’re able to’t identify the sender.
You’ll likely get a confirmation message saying you’ve been removed from the list.
You’ll have to do this with every campaign that contacts you.
Some people choose to receive text message updates from a candidate or cause they support.
Many people, however, have no idea why political texts pop up on their phones.
The truth is, campaigns really like texting.
Voters largely ignore political ads on TV or social media, and it’s easy to delete political emails.
Political texts, however, are a way to reach potential voters directly.
Texting is easy, cheap, and effective for campaigners.
While political texts are a great innovation for campaigns, recipients aren’t as enthralled.
Most people consider texting to be a vital and personal communication method.
How Are Campaigns Getting My Phone Number?
There’s likely nothing subversive going on.
Phone numbers are generally pulled from voter registrations, which are publicly available.
It’s also possible that your phone number was on a list sold to the campaign.
Are Spam Political Texts Illegal?
Technically, campaigners aren’t doing anything illegal by sending these political text messages.
Today’s savvy campaigners use a technology calledpeer-to-peer(P2P) texting.
P2P texting software sends text messages one-by-one to a large number of people.
