1) The best thing you can do to get your congressperson to pay attention is to have face-to-face time — if they have town halls, go to them. Go to their local offices. Go to the "mobile offices" that their staff hold periodically (check their websites.) Ask questions. A lot. And push for answers. - ThreadSky

spambrosia4.bsky.social • 25 days ago

1) The best thing you can do to get your congressperson to pay attention is to have face-to-face time — if they have town halls, go to them. Go to their local offices. Go to the "mobile offices" that their staff hold periodically (check their websites.) Ask questions. A lot. And push for answers.

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spambrosia4.bsky.social•25 days ago

2) Those in-person events don't happen every day. So, the most important thing that people should be doing every day is calling. Call your 2 Senators and your Representative.The staffer was clear that any online contact is mostly ignored and letters get thrown in the trash.

spambrosia4.bsky.social•25 days ago

Calls are what all the congresspeople pay attention to. Every single day, the Senior Staff and the Senator get a report of the 3 most-called-about topics for that day at each of their offices and how many people said what about each of those topics. They're also sorted by zip code and area code.

spambrosia4.bsky.social•25 days ago

She said Republican callers outnumber Democrat callers 4-1, and when it's a particular issue that single-issue-voters pay attention to (like gun control, etc...), it's often closer to 11-1, and that's recently pushed Republican congressmen on the fence to vote with the Republicans.

spambrosia4.bsky.social•25 days ago

When you call ask for the Staff member in charge of whatever you're calling about ("Hi, I'd like to speak with the staffer in charge of Healthcare, please".) Don't leave a message (unless the office doesn't pick up at all, but it's better to talk to the staffer who first answered than nothing

spambrosia4.bsky.social•25 days ago

Give them your zip code. They won't always ask for it, but make sure you give it to them. Extra points if you live in a zip code that traditionally votes for them, since they'll want to make sure they get/keep your vote.

spambrosia4.bsky.social•25 days ago

If you can make it personal, make it personal. "I voted for you in the last election and I'm worried/happy/whatever" or "I'm a teacher, and I am appalled by Betsy DeVos," or "as a single mother" or "as a white, middle class woman," or whatever.

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