> The EFF's tool [1] only takes a few clicks to use.
Your input is discounted at least in direct proportion to how little you sacrificed in order to provide it. If you really want to make an impression, telephone your representative.
Your input is discounted at least in direct proportion to how little you sacrificed in order to provide it. If you really want to make an impression, telephone your representative.
One of my college roommates works for a congresscritter. He says, at least for his guy, written letters still have the most impact, followed by telephone calls. He didn't mention faxes.
E-mail and social media are waaaay down on the list because they take the least effort and can be gamed so easily.
In either case, contact instructions are here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/
You can do this while walking out of the office to the parking lot or metro station.
I helped with processing the results of a large government RFC for a large government aid bill (Farm Bill 201?) and the exact opposite was true. There were too many responses to individually read each one so the responses just got bucketed and counted. You could be fine with a one off response but it would be less likely to be bucketed correctly and would still only be counted once per bucket at most.
To cover your bases I would always do the easy one click option and then write the handwritten letter as well.
Really, you want to have a steady stream of payments flowing from you to them. That way, they're accustomed to it, and you always have the implicit threat of suspending the payments. This basically mirrors the structure of an ordinary ongoing personal relationship.
One-time donations, which would reflect an ordinary commercial relationship, don't work well, since the thing that makes them work outside of politics -- conditioning payment on receipt of the good purchased -- is illegal in politics.
If this were true, corporations would be completely ignored when they provided a measly few million dollars in campaign contributions...