Does calling your representative actually do anything?

[Melon]

Does calling Rep. Hakeem Jeffries office cause him to change his position? Does writing letters do anything?

I really want to know from others experience. I gave this up years ago, leaving messages and speaking to “staff”, which I suspect are interns assigned the phone. Does it make any difference? Will a representative change his position from calls?

[niyad]

1. Apart from the personal satisfaction of telling them exactly what I

think of them, reminding them that we are their bosses, not too much.

[Easterncedar]

2. I have heard a rep say it mattered a lot

A surge of calls on some issues made her pay attention to them and weigh them more carefully.

[pecosbob]

3. It will get you unending emails and donation requests...

[BigmanPigman]

4. They do get the calls and it matters.

I wondered the same thing when I started calling every single GOP senator. I've done this a lot since 2016 and the reason I continue to call them is because my niece was a staffer at our CA congressman's office in DC for a summer. She said the staffers really do write down the info and they pass it on.

My problem is that I like to get more bang for my efforts so I mainly call the GOP senators and congresscritters to complain. I pretend I am an angry constituent and I even provide a fake address within their district just in case there is doubt. I plan what I want to say and I say it fast before they can ask me too many questions about verifying my identity.

[kacekwl]

5. No !

As we've seen they will do whatever is prudent and beneficial for them. Republicans will always vote with party no matter what.