Stop the Political Callers

Here's how to stop all those political phoners who don't seem to stop: tell them you're voting for or against the candidate.

If you say you're undecided, they'll keep calling. If you say you're not home, they'll keep calling. If you have already made a decision, they won't try to change your mind.

Stop the Political Callers

This'll work if the campaign is well-organized.  Because,  yes, if you're voting for the other candidate, the last thing they want to do is remind you that there's an election coming up.  (And if you say you're for their candidate, then of course you should expect another call on election eve and possibly several on election day).

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But there are limits to this strategy.  First, if it's a disorganized campaign, the information about the yeses and nos may not get entered into the database in a timely fashion.  Second, other groups that are allied with a particular campaign may be operating off of a different list, in which case your yes or no is recorded by one group but not the allied group(s).  Third, sometimes campaigns will illegally impersonate their opposition.  They'll call repeatedly and at inconvenient times, and identify themselves as calling from the "other" side.

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For example, it's possible that opponents of a recall election might repeatedly call voters who were undecided or opposed to the recall.  The recall opponents might decide to make phone calls at late hours.  They might choose to be obnoxious or overbearing, or incompetent or uninformed.  But they'd always begin their spiel by (falsely) identifying themselves as calling on behalf of a group that's in favor of the recall.  This way, you hope to push the undecided voters into the "no" column.  And you hope to annoy both the "no" and the "undecided" voters into turning out to vote to "punish" the recall advocates who the voter *thinks* are behind those annoying phone calls.