Getting Lots Of Political Messages On Your Phone? Welcome To 'The Texting Election'
Texting has become a cheap and easy way for political campaigns to reach out to voters. But not everyone's happy about it.
by Jim Zarroli
Oct 07, 2020
2 minutes
Sometimes, Melissa Michelson feels like she has created a monster when she hears from voters in the 2020 election.
"When they mention how many texts they get, I say, 'I am so sorry I feel personally responsible,' " says Michelson, a political science professor at Menlo College in California.
More than a decade ago, Michelson conducted an experiment to see if text
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