The absolute worst offenders are political campaigns, PACs, parties, and candidates. I believe because they're exempted from robocall and spam legislation so feel they have carte blanche. I've donated to local candidates from several different parties, and subsequently my addresses ended up in lists with national organizations and their associated PACs. I get what I would call "extremist" content endorsed and sent by both major parties in the US (DNC and RNC) about their opposition, often on the same day about the same issue, although begging for money.
The worst part though is they also SPIM me, I predominantly get text message spam from these campaigns. The Democratic party is the worst here. I volunteered to man the phones one year for a candidate during the primaries, and now they are CONSTANTLY texting me to try to get money or otherwise support candidates on the national stage, most of whom I despise. The Republicans send me postal mail and email, but no text messages or IMs.
The Democratic party is the worst here. [...] The Republicans send me postal mail and email, but no text messages or IMs.
YMMV, I get it far more from Republicans than Democrats. However it may be due in part to a GOP donor with a name similar to mine that lives in a state I haven't stepped foot in for over a decade.
Yes. I'm not sure if you understand how the volunteering works, but basically you show up at a particular location one day, another volunteer that's more tied to that location runs things, you sign-in and they set you up with about 10 minutes of training, and then you do your thing for an hour or two, and then you sign-out and leave. Most volunteers do maybe 1-2 hours of volunteering in a given campaign year, and may never volunteer again.
So, effectively I don't "know" anyone with any authority just because I volunteered to man the phones. I'm not on the candidate's guest list for their summer house parties.
As part of my local activism, I've volunteered several times for different forms of political action, and through that I have never once developed a personal relationship with anyone in leadership of these organizations.
The worst part though is they also SPIM me, I predominantly get text message spam from these campaigns. The Democratic party is the worst here. I volunteered to man the phones one year for a candidate during the primaries, and now they are CONSTANTLY texting me to try to get money or otherwise support candidates on the national stage, most of whom I despise. The Republicans send me postal mail and email, but no text messages or IMs.