EU guy here, curious how this is received in US.
Can someone who donated to Trumps after-election campaign tell me what he/she feels about this? Partisan shenanigans or a generally good idea?
Can someone who donated to Trumps after-election campaign tell me what he/she feels about this? Partisan shenanigans or a generally good idea?
Yes, ban it to death.
* An email titled "watch our video [not asking for money]" which links to a request for money
* _two_ people - one from each side of the aisle - trying to gaslight me into donating "again" since I've purportedly already joined their campaign
* a fake survey where every prompt is some variation on "Did you know how vile those guys are?" and the only response options are "Yes, they suck" or "No, but I know now".
* an email written to sound like a personal letter, assuring me that some state legislators will be unjustly imprisoned if I don't sign a petition, but reveals upon clicking into the petition that they also need to collect $2,084 by midnight. (I only personally need to send $16 - it's "today's most popular amount!")
And I've only ever made a single political donation from my current email! I don't think it's partisan at all to say the status quo isn't okay here.
This is definitely a non-partisan issue of politicians straight up trying to trick people into donating more than they intend.
Fine print at the bottom revealed that if you had a payment method on file that click would, without further action, donate some set amount to candidate Foo. (I don’t recall the details of the amount.)
I’m fine with fundraising, but “click here to support” I expect to land me on a web page where I could read more and make a fully informed decision to donate, not to take money out of my account from the email click.
However I have a problem with pretty much all FEC regulations because I am a free speech absolutist, and I view these "campaign finance laws" at minimum to be a spiritual infringement on the principle of free expression even if they pass legal challenges.
They also rares accomplish their stated goals and often end up being an advantage to the incumbents in power who have access to more "free media" as part of their official duties...