Representatives don’t give a fuck what their constituents have to say on social media. It’s full of foreign trolls and bots.
But if you go in person to a town hall / public hearing on an agenda item, they know that you are:
A real person
An American
Extremely likely to vote in the next election.
Source: I successfully killed a local zoning change by convincing my neighbors to go out and speak against it, despite lobbying from a large developer.
That is generally how the system works. Voting is just the bare minimum, engaging with the system is how we really “do” politics. It’s no wonder they make it so difficult to do so. Also why the retired have so much sway.
Representatives don’t give a fuck what their constituents have to say on social media. It’s full of foreign trolls and bots.
But if you go in person to a town hall / public hearing on an agenda item, they know that you are:
Source: I successfully killed a local zoning change by convincing my neighbors to go out and speak against it, despite lobbying from a large developer.
Wow, happy to hear that worked!
That is generally how the system works. Voting is just the bare minimum, engaging with the system is how we really “do” politics. It’s no wonder they make it so difficult to do so. Also why the retired have so much sway.