http://joshuamalbin.com/2010/01/call-your-congressperson/ Mon, 21 May 2012 06:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://joshuamalbin.com/2010/01/call-your-congressperson/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Joshua Malbin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:09:52 +0000 http://joshuamalbin.com/?p=1021#comment-586 I believe calling your <i>local</i> elected official can make a difference, and I'm sure it makes a difference on the margins to some congresspeople at some times. Unless it changes the overall outcome, though, it seems more useless than other forms of political action, and I just don't believe it changes outcomes at the national level. I believe calling your local elected official can make a difference, and I’m sure it makes a difference on the margins to some congresspeople at some times. Unless it changes the overall outcome, though, it seems more useless than other forms of political action, and I just don’t believe it changes outcomes at the national level.

]]> http://joshuamalbin.com/2010/01/call-your-congressperson/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Josh K-sky Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:22:59 +0000 http://joshuamalbin.com/?p=1021#comment-585 Having insight from inside the office of a local elected official, I would say that calling campaigns can be effective. But I can't speak to the broader questions of recent national politics. My sense is that when congressmembers aren't deeply committed to one outcome or another but are just trying to take the temperature, they are most open to influence from calls. Having insight from inside the office of a local elected official, I would say that calling campaigns can be effective. But I can’t speak to the broader questions of recent national politics. My sense is that when congressmembers aren’t deeply committed to one outcome or another but are just trying to take the temperature, they are most open to influence from calls.

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