Got this creepy bullshit in the mail today.

Glad I voted for Harris/Walz

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Both parties are running these style ads in my area.

    please post examples of the dems doing this, I’d like to see what kind of rhetoric they’re deploying.

    Have seen NOTHING like this from the left in my corner of the country.

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      21 days ago

      I’ve mostly seen YouTube ads so not sure how to share those here. I happened to get another postcard today though, with the exact same wording is the one I linked to elsewhere in this thread:

      If you look at votingmatters.org it says:

      Paid for by the Democratic National Committee (202) 863-8000
      This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

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      21 days ago

      I got two from a local WA Dem organization. I got them right after I voted and the rhetoric seems to be along the lines of “don’t forget to turn in your ballot!” Nothing specific on the first. The second one was more specific and showed a table of the last four elections and whether or not a vote was cast. I’ll try to remember to post a pic later.

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        21 days ago

        I wonder if it’s proximity to a swing state… safely blue state here, I could vote red 20 times and it wouldn’t even register. still going to vote blue.

        thank you for the links above!

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          21 days ago

          I didn’t vote for my local da because she ran unopposed (and she excused a cop for wrongdoing when he shot a kid in the back)

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      20 days ago

      Don’t wanna doxx myself because the mailers are all region specific, but I can assure you they are coming from dems too. I’m a dem voter and I got one and googled it. I even looked at the org that’s behind it and the CEO was openly a dem and the employees donated to left wing candidates and the org comes up as left wing when I looked into it. I called them to say that this seems like a right wing scare tactic so I was surprised to see it used on a left of center orgs mailers. Obviously there is nothing the rep could do, but hopefully if enough people call in they will change this. I’m still concerned that this left wing org is somehow secretly right wing because the mailer rubbed me the wrong way so much.

      Edit because apparently people don’t believe me. Googling “DNC mailers voter information” and I was able to pull up plenty of articles, though I do not have the letter I personally received. Please note that I know they are not from the DNC, I was just looking for generic words that google would associate with dems. For transparency, I very slightly edited my original comment for brevity/clarity.

      https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/why-you-keep-getting-those-creepy-mailers-about-your-neighbors-voting-habits/

      https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/10/31/maryland-ag-nonprofit-sending-voter-report-card-election-mailers/

      https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voter-report-card-mailings-described-as-creepy-and-insulting-defended-as-effective-tool/

      The second article (mentioning that they received a cease and desist for what the state deemed intimidation) says “The groups described themselves as nonpartisan, though their founder, Page Gardner, and CEO, Tom Lopach, are both former Democratic strategists.”

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      20 days ago

      I finally caught another of the YouTube ads and it was paid for by futureforwardusa.org.

      The message, again, was very generic with friendly animation and cheery music. The message was the same. “Your vote is private; whether you vote is public” with the addition of “make a plan to vote”.