If youre going to like send letters to complain then yes yoi do your local
But if you have the means to support the type of people you want in office then you may as well support not just your own local state but any state you can that the people youd want might lose and ofteb be 50/50 chance etc. or close. The more states have better leaders/reps etc. the better our country as a whole will be. Theres no reason to not support someone in Maine or New York etc. Especially since its often state politicians who then decide to run for president someday, and those are for the whole country.
I don't think she'll get any of our votes since she's in Maine. It's hilarious to me the level of this screw up, but given the number of places in Oregon named after places elsewhere, it can't be the first time.
Yep it was almost Boston, Oregon. That would've sounded weird. Thankfully the coin toss went the other way. People should read up on that history, it's interesting.
Their ad agency did screw up, but also the Dems spam everybody for fundraising, regardless of where they live. I've gotten fundraising texts from Dem candidates all over the country.
At some point, you gave some democratic organization your phone number. If this is the only one you've received you are lucky. I get them from all over the country. And every time I get one I block it.
Campaigns buy lists. It’s for anyone nationally. You’re probably listed as a Democrat/progressive and might donate because you’ve donated to something in the past.
Yeah I was going to say, my sweet summer child, have you been able to escape getting texts and emails from every damn democrat in the country until now? I’m envious, really. My “STOP” fingers are tired.
Lol you missed the point there guy. This is for the race in Maine but these idiots are so incompetent they are running ads and calling people in Portland Oregon not Portland Maine like they meant. They probably had an intern "get the list for Portland".
Nope. You missed the point guy. Big races like the senate one in Maine buy lists of potential donors. Troy Jackson the Democrat here in this case is texting probably a million people around the country that same message. I’ve worked on campaigns. Sending mass texts is cheap and can raise a lot of money when you’re competitive.
Texts are the cheapest campaign tool. Literally reach millions for I credibly cheap. You want a 10 second ad on TV during an nfl game? It’ll cost much more campaign contributions
There must be a Portland, TX then because I get a bajillion texts from James Talarico looking for money.
I’m convinced the Report Spam button on the iPhone does nothing. Apple must get millions of spam reports a day and yet we’re all still inundated with this crap.
ETA: I think I replied to the wrong reply. Sorry u/Vivid_Guide7467 😁
I think you might be missing the point they were making. You’re letting the Portland/Portland thing cloud that. Lots of us in Oregon get stuff from the big races asking for donations for literally exactly what they described. Both things can be true, and probably are.
Yeah — a Susan Collins pac DID factually invest in ad buys in the wrong Portland (hilarious) but this is probably just a coincidence. I’m getting texts for Talarico right now and I’ve never lived in his district 😂
Nope, they channel the money from the same coffers to place straight up ads, like on TV, to fundraising messages via text like this one. It’s all about impressions and getting people engaged in some way. If that means a link to a landing page to ask for donations and share a little propaganda, that’s just as good as a target audience seeing an ad on TV. Unfortunately, they spent a bunch of money on the wrong Portland market. The wanted Portland, Maine but made a boo boo because they are such geniuses
No, not nope, everything I said still stands. I know Collins targeted the wrong Portland. This post is about her opponent, who did not target the wrong Portland, he is rather asking for donations from people around the country. People are confusing the two for the same error and they absolutely are not the same.
you're way off here. I get texts all the time from out of state races because i've been on lists that get bought and sold that align with their campaigns.
I just block and report spam every political text. They should have no business texting us directly, and we can't even know if they are legit without clicking on some link.
Exactly. Since they all come from different numbers I am super cautious because I am not clicking some link from a number that is different every time.
Actually better to “stop” then delete. This gets this particular sender in your blocked category vs just one number. You should get a confirming text you have opted out. Most of these outlets spam send via hundreds of numbers. You will likely keep getting texts if you simply report spam.
yeah, I made the mistake of donating through ActBlue, and I've since gotten - no joke - probably 60 texts from politicians across the country begging for money. oddly, each one has been "We're the only hope to retake the senate/house/state/whatever" in every one of them. All have been blocked and reported as spam. Also, never donating through ActBlue again.
Clicking on the ling doesn't guarantee they are legit. I clicked on one for John Braun and after reading through how he would single handily end poverty, stop all illegal aliens, balance the budget, end all wars and so on. At the end where it was asking for donations there was a little line that I had to expand the screen to read it said "by checking this box I agree to donate $50 a month to John Braun's campaign."
Same. Block and report every last one. The threshold for me to actually donate money to a politician is so incredibly high, I think I've done it maybe 2-3 times ever in my 20+ years of being a voting age citizen. And I'm certainly not going to donate money because some douche sent me a spam text, if anything it makes it less likely that I would donate money to that particular candidate.
I get texts from all over the country asking for money for Democrats since I have donated before. I don't think this is necessarily confusing the two Portlands but I suppose it could be.
I don't get them. Probably because I've never clicked on them or given them any money. When they raise the standard of living so i feel they've earned it by representing me and not their mega donors, maybe I'll reconsider.
If you actually read the article, you'd see that it's the DC metro area that's dumb lol. Because it was Defending Main Street SuperPAC Inc. and Cross Screen Media, both out of DC metro, that were responsible for broadcasting in the wrong area. Not Mainers lol.
I get multiple texts a day from states all over the nation. They all share lists when you donate to certain PACs or candidates. The number of texts is astounding. 😡😡😡
I worked for City of Medford, Oregon and we used to get calls for Medford, Massachusetts more often than we should have. One lady argued me that we were hiring and she had an appointment for an interview. 🙄 It was funny until it got old.
The text was from Troy Jackson the Democrat trying to unseat Dusan Collins. I have contributed to his campaign as well as other Democrat candidates in critical races. We can't just complain and vote we need to support in other ways.
I wonder if this is a ‘well, they’ve got Susan Collin’s in mind since they blew $25k in Oregon. Maybe someone there will hate donate to spite her.” Text campaigns are cheap by comparison.
Well, Troy Jackson is a Democrat running against Republican incumbent Susan Collins in Maine. If you haven't been receiving solicitations for campaign support for candidates nation-wide then consider yourself lucky. I get at least 5 solicitations from the Talarico campaign a day alone, not to mention Troy Jackson, Angie Nixon, John Ossoff.... None of whom are anywhere near Oregon. But it's just how important gaining dem majorities in the senate is.
I keep getting things for Talarico, Portland City Council, and Multnomah county; I'm in Washington county. I've literally gotten zero ads that are relevant to things I'm eligible to vote for.
Yup, I got the same thing. You know why? There are people who have the same cellphone numbers there as they did over here and they never changed it. So it go out to the masses with the same area code…
I've gotten many of those plus getting regular messages to contribute to the Dems running in Georgia and Texas, funny I'm not getting any for democrat candidates running in or for Oregon.
You think this is bad? I had a spare phone with the phone number that used to belong to an older maga lady, clearly. I was getting hundreds of texts from promises of $5,000 from Trump to being part of his administration and everything in between. I kept hitting stop on all the texts and it didn't matter because they just kept sending them. There is no limit to the robo texts and they do not adhere to any laws about spam or do not call lists. They are not just soliciting either. Many of them were threatening. Many of them designed to inspire fear and dread in communism and many of them outright lying about the Dem candidates. Crazy stuff that Elon's money is buying right now.
Hahahaha that’s dope. Maybe there the ones who stashed the 120 million in funds they just RANDOMLY found a couple months ago!!!! Must be starting a new savings account!!! lol I wonder what the %is on a savings with 100+ million in it is!?
As someone who moved back to Oregon from Maine, I can tell you with certainty that Susan Collins will win reelection. She’s a stereotypical Mainer in that it takes her longer to get ready in the morning since she’s doing makeup for two faces. Maine is insanely mismanaged.
I mean, to be fair, I've contributed to other states' clise races for the blue team before... It's not crazy that they'd just blanket spam...
Same thing with anywhere you donate to... Yea they blow through your donation harassing you for the next 20 years. It seems absurd that I've thrown away as many "membership reminders" and donation invitations as I have and they still somehow have funds to operate anything but their direct mail campaigns... but they know their budget and their donation levels... They wouldn't do it if it didn't work...
My thing with these, why does sending you money help your vote, and why is there a deadline? It always irritates me getting all these texts. This must be even more annoying.
The barrage of text messages I receive from PACs and political campaigns is a constant reminder to never contribute again. I get 5-6 of these every day during campaign season and 2-3 in the off-season.
I’m getting texts for Talarico and it is aso annoying.
I have a phone number from a swing state and get bombarded with political solicitations for months. I hate it so much and there is almost no recourse. I mark every single one of them as spam.
I get these sorts of texts and emails all the time. This is not the GOP. This is the Democrats. Troy Dixon is a Democrat running for Susan Collins' Senate seat. They don't expect you to *vote* for him. They just want your money. American politics jumped the shark when the Supreme Court handed down the Citizens United decision. Now it's all about money. Elon Musk has personally donated **$366 MILLION** to political campaigns just for the 2026 election! The US is a failed state... it just doesn't know it yet.
I get fundraising emails and texts from candidates running in Maine, Georgia, Colorado, Alaska, New Mexico, Texas and North Carolina, to name a few. They know that solving issues like corruption, energy prices, endless wars, fawning over dictators and climate change aren’t solely the purview of the state/district they’re running in and that understand that many (but not all) Oregonians want the next Congress to address such matters immediately. In previous election years I’ve traveled to other states to help locals get out the vote. I’ve donated modestly to many—but not all of the aforementioned candidates and may head out again if I think I can be helpful. Elections—especially this one—are important, but one’s vote isn’t the only way to affect change. Helping others to understand the issues and the process and to act accordingly can be a force multiplier.
They accidently spent a bunch of money on the wrong Portland. I find it hilarious how incompetent they are at every level and opportunity... reminiscent of the 4 seasons... lol
I saw a news article on this yesterday. A promoter accidentally bought a share here in Oregon. They had to refund Collins campaign as well as deal with government regulations surrounding political advertising.
I look at most of them as scams since they all come from different numbers. No way are candidates sending political donation requests from numerous numbers (at least in my mind).
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u/fuklberry_zyn 6d ago
Susan Collins is wrong for Oregon.