Comment on YSK: US Senate offices pay attention to how many constituents are calling them on a topic. Democracy doesn't end at the ballot box

surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• cymbal_king@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  These tactics are not always a guarantee to have things go your way, but they increase the chances. For phone calling, numbers of people calling in matter the most, particularly at strategic times, including: right after big announcements, right before a committee vote, right before a floor vote. It’s also more effective before dominant narratives have arisen around a topic and there is uncertainty on how things could shake out.

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  • witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    That makes it sound like a secular version of thoughts and prayers.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    These tactics are not always a guarantee to have things go your way

    See also: Atlanta city council voting for Cop City despite over two hundred people showing up at the meeting, in person, to speak against it. (Not to mention a petition for a referendum that got hundreds of thousands of signatures but was illegally withheld from the ballot anyway.)

    You’re right that actually talking to your representatives works surprisingly often, but sometimes it really blatantly doesn’t.

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  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s a nice fantasy. But the sooner you accept reality, the sooner you can begin to get to work on actual solutions, instead of playing along with the illusion.

    act.represent.us/sign/problempoll-fba

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    • cymbal_king@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why not use multiple tactics? It’s not all or nothing and yes I’m certain Senate offices care about hearing from constituents, far more effective than simply doom scrolling.

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      • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The only benefit to attempting to push progressive policies and candidates through the existing system is to illustrate to people on the fence that system cannot be reformed, and it must be destroyed before it will represent us.

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