I received a call from the Sanders campaign

[KingFlorez]

Asking me how I was going to vote. The problem is, I've never given my telephone number to any of the presidential campaigns and when I registered to vote 13 years ago it was under a different phone number that I no longer have. How did the Sanders campaign get my telephone number? I'm really not pleased about receiving unsolicited calls like that.

[Puglover]

1. Oh noes.

Les horreurs!

[NurseJackie]

2. Well, you know ... Bernie's campaign staff stole data convering ELEVEN states.

I wonder if your information may have been part of that.

[Dem2]

10. "Usual Nurse Whackie stuff..."

Usual ad hominem from those who seem to want to drive people far, far away from Bernie. I like him in spite of his more fervent supporters.

[Agschmid]

27. ... Ouch.

Well when you've got nothing I guess it's cool to just mock someone's user name.

[KingFlorez]

5. That is possible

I have volunteered with congressional campaigns who had my telephone number, so it's possible information was somehow skimmed from there. Very odd.

[Duckhunter935]

32. So what were you suggesting in your OP

that Bernie did it?

[KingFlorez]

35. It was just odd to receive a call

Cell numbers are unlisted and quite hard to get without data mining. I don't know what happened, but I was surprised to get a call.

[Vattel]

13. ROFL

[Logical]

44. Are you ever not mean and insulting?

[HooptieWagon]

4. Cool story, Bro.

[silvershadow]

8. +1 Call the Whaaaambulance! nt

[DesertFlower]

6. i got one too and i've never given

my phone number -- not even when i contributed to obama's campaign.

in fact before my phone rings the caller gets a message that i do not take calls from solicitors. it really rews up the robo calls.

[hrmjustin]

7. Happened to me too in NY.

[silvershadow]

9. Your data is available from many data brokers. Hard to say. Did you remove yourself

from this massive industry?

[Silver_Witch]

11. Sadly phone calls from Political and Charities are not stoppable.

Heck I am on the Do Not Call list and I still get calls from solicitors from all kinds of things.

If you are in the phone book or have submitted your phone number for anything you can be on a list that can be sold.

If unsolicited calls bother you you will be very frustrated for the rest of your life. Best just to hang up and not let it make you insane.

For me I hate the Patriot Act and feel that is far more of an invasion.

[Skink]

12. You are being watched

Try to act normal

[SheilaT]

14. People are constantly surprised at how much information about them is out there.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine totally freaked out at the fact that basic information about her: name, address, and phone number, was readily accessible on the internet.

There are lots, and lots of ways the campaign might have gotten your phone number. So just get over it. Or don't answer your phone if you don't recognize the number at the other end, or simply let all calls go to voice mail.

[KingFlorez]

15. I'm sure Sanders people would "just get over it" if Clinton's campaign called them

It's not a huge deal, I was just posting to see if anyone else had received a call like that.

[SheilaT]

17. I frequently get calls I'm not crazy about.

I also am supposed to be on the Do Not Call List, but apparently it's somewhat voluntary for organizations to even bother with it. And yes, if I got a call from the Clinton campaign I'd cheerfully assure them I'm voting for Bernie.

Actually, last week I got two separate calls polling my voting preference. One was straightforward would I be voting D or R, then which candidate. The second one seemed to already know I'm a Democrat, and after asking me if I'd vote for Hillary or Bernie, went on to ask me about candidates running for local office.

[Duckhunter935]

33. So, guess you would be fine

if it was the Clinton campaign, right.?

[KingFlorez]

37. I would be curious as to why they had my number

[Duckhunter935]

39. You have admitted you blame the Bernie campaign

That he stole data you never gave any presidential campaign

[KingFlorez]

41. We already know that data was stolen

That's no big revelation. I was just speculating. Sanders wouldn't directly be to blame anyway, because sometimes staff does stupid things.

[Duckhunter935]

43. Yes, and you also stated you never

NEVER gave any information to ANY of the campaigns, so that could not have been a cause. You are just speculating and shit stirring. Typical for some here.

[icecreamfan]

16. Vote builder has a "don't not call" box. Ask the organizer to click the box if you don't want calls.

Your new number could have gotten in the DNC owned system from a lot of different places.

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Ever get calls offering to fix a "virus" in your computer?

Wow, are you naive......

[KingFlorez]

20. Actually, I've never received one of those calls

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. Um, in a sense, you just did.

Welcome to the real world.

[vintx]

19. LOL

Bless your heart.

Y'all are so cute with your copycatting. Just like Hillary imitating Bernie and Warren (for as long as the primaries last, anyway ).

It is the highest form of flattery after all.

[CorkySt.Clair]

22. The Sanders campaign stole your info back in December

[KingFlorez]

23. Probably

My email address is definitely on Clinton's list, so they probably matched my name to my number from some other source.

[CorkySt.Clair]

25. "some other sources"

Yes, the DNC database, when they wandered into the info accidentally and then blamed the owner of the info.

[Duckhunter935]

36. Ah, so you are blaming Bernie

And posted your OP to stir shit up. The truth is out.

[KingFlorez]

38. Oh, calm down

Anger causes wrinkles.

[Duckhunter935]

42. Lol

I am thankful for your concern

[nc4bo]

24. So, I've been snail mail harrassed by the Hillary Victory Fund and no other campaign

INCLUDING Sanders.

So Kingy, so fucking what?!

[Armstead]

26. I gave some money to Obama in 2012

and among the endless e-mails I started instantly receiving from every imaginable things remotely associated with the Democratic party, I got one from the Clinton Victory committee asking me to "sign a petition" on the Supreme Court nomination.....which was skillfully designed ploy to bget my name into her supporters base.

There are many ways to get onto a lost that candidates get a hold of

[Renew Deal]

28. I know A LOT of other people that this happened to.

People were receiving unsolicited texts which they thought was strange. Home phone is one thing, but cell was not expected.

[Agschmid]

29. Nobody ever calls me, I'm fine with that.

[bunnies]

31. Holy shit! You got a phone call?!!!

I think you should seek help right away. Getting a phone call is a serious matter. Call your doctor immediately. I'm serious.

[nolawarlock]

34. Wasn't there the time that they stole Hillary voter data?

Clearly they've put it to use.

[VOX]

40. There is so much "data mining" going on by schools, charities, etc.

It may be that you simply live in a neighborhood that fits the demographic profile of the average Democratic voter. Or maybe you gave $5.00 to some liberal non-profit org at some point in the past. All of which leaves a trail of specific identifiers that are used to generate rosters of potential prospects, i.e., you.

There are untold businesses that market your data to various non-profit, political and commercial interests; each of these, in turn, are likely to re-market your data as well. Getting your phone number is easy when you can locate addresses via data-mining resources.

If you've attended college, bought a car, or even filled out the warranty card on so much as a toaster, you're on multiple lists, which are marketed to data miners.

[hopemountain]

45. my rule is

let calls go to message during elections. at least they identified themselves. it is the call from undisclosed "survey" sponsors that irk me.

p.s. call your county voter registrar to ask if the local democratic party has a list of voters with your phone number on it.

[CharlotteVale]

46. I've gotten TWO calls from Clinton's campaign...and I had told the first caller

to not call me again.