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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 06:56 PM Sep 2020

I can't believe I'm getting mailers for Trump.

I'm in the campaign database as a Strong Democrat. I get every piece of mail from Democrats and usually zero from Republicans. The last one I can remember was in 2004.

And now the Trump campaign is going to waste their money mailing to Strong Democrats?

Really stupid, but I hope they keep doing it.

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I can't believe I'm getting mailers for Trump. (Original Post) milestogo Sep 2020 OP
Me too!!! Olafjoy Sep 2020 #1
We get them too. ginnyinWI Sep 2020 #2
make a nice bonfire with it Le Roi de Pot Sep 2020 #3
Me too! From the WI Rs-Dumb StClone Sep 2020 #4
Mark them Return to Sender Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #5
Yes, you have to write refused on it, and it not be opened in anyway Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #7
Got one a month ago with a postage paid return envelope. safeinOhio Sep 2020 #11
We each got one this week (in PA). We enthusiastically livetohike Sep 2020 #6
Ok, here is how this works.... Under The Radar Sep 2020 #8
Ha!! Kudos to you!! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #10
My favorite part of your story is PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #13
Isn't that typical of Trump supporters, they are not web literate? Under The Radar Sep 2020 #14
We've had things like computers in our homes PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #15
Yes! I don't think it is a matter of age / knowledge Under The Radar Sep 2020 #16
So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #18
My Boss is 59 Under The Radar Sep 2020 #20
Look at it this way. That cost them money and it was wasted Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #9
I send them back filled with junk mail. marble falls Sep 2020 #12
I've been getting them all year here in Florida Awsi Dooger Sep 2020 #17
yep, me too and I'm glad they're wasting their money on it. OhioBlue Sep 2020 #19

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
2. We get them too.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 07:01 PM
Sep 2020

Deep red. county so not surprised. We also got a ballot application from the RNC so we could vote by mail, the hypocrites.

Already got ours online and already sent them in!

Wicked Blue

(5,831 posts)
5. Mark them Return to Sender
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 07:10 PM
Sep 2020

and mail them back. Maybe they will have to pay extra postage.
Every penny less for Benedict Donald adds up

safeinOhio

(32,674 posts)
11. Got one a month ago with a postage paid return envelope.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 07:22 PM
Sep 2020

Loaded it up with about a half pound of scrape metal and put it in the mail. Got another one today that required a stamp and tossed it.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
8. Ok, here is how this works....
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 07:14 PM
Sep 2020

My boss is a dick, racist and the biggest a Trump supporter I know. He has been trying to convert me for 4 years and has a new sales pitch every week, often times one a day. During the primaries I saw how most Democrats use the same web based donation page making it simple to Pledge, and register by entering your name and email. So instead of putting in my name I put in my bosses name address and email address and pledged $2000.
A few weeks later I heard him yelling at his email because Corey Booker keeps asking him for $2000!!!
That night I went to the campaign page of every Black representative and black senator in congress entering his name and pledging $2000. No one has taught him how to unsubscribe and I do believe he is now on nerve pill prescriptions.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,849 posts)
15. We've had things like computers in our homes
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 07:59 PM
Sep 2020

and on our phones for a number of decades now.

Anyone under the age of 80 should be reasonably good with the technology.

I'm 72, and while I'm not as tech-savvy as I might be, I at least know how to unsubscribe.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
16. Yes! I don't think it is a matter of age / knowledge
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 08:03 PM
Sep 2020

....if so our president would certainly be much more intelligent.
Being savvy or anything takes patience, persistence And an eagerness to learn.....from my experience

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,849 posts)
18. So true.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 11:47 PM
Sep 2020

How old is your boss, anyway?

I'm old enough (72) that I worked through the transition of men having secretaries and never needing to learn how to type, to men my age (back when we were all a lot younger) being able to type and then working on computers. However, some men out there still want it to be 1950.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
20. My Boss is 59
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:33 AM
Sep 2020

The only child in the family business, has had secretaries and IT people so there was never a need to learn keyboarding or know how to hook up, or troubleshoot a PC. Even today an employee is required to adjust the settings on his Phone. Funny, he still uses the same personal email that he set up on Yahoo in the ‘90s, but that was a step up from his first AOL email.
He asked me if I get unwanted campaign junk mail or if anyone else is having the problem he is having, and I n told him that once you give out personal info on one of those sites, it will be sold to hundreds of others especially if there is money involved....but I reintegrated that it was just something that I read, I have no experience with political campaigns.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
17. I've been getting them all year here in Florida
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 08:19 PM
Sep 2020

Letters from Trump multiple times, Melania, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and national Republican groups.

I am convinced they target demographics regardless of registration. I show up as a boomer white male so I am high on their list.

It is also probably a substitute for door to door contact. Normally that is all year long from the GOP in my suburban neighborhood, but not nearly as frequent this year due to the pandemic.

OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)
19. yep, me too and I'm glad they're wasting their money on it.
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 11:48 PM
Sep 2020

I also get emails and text messages from them.

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