A Note To Politicians: The People Don’t Want This

By: Peyton Kifer, Yini Zheng (Guest Contributors) Nick, a 28-year-old software engineer, had already gotten three political text messages by the time he dropped off his ballot in Colorado Springs on election day. For the past week, he said, it had been five to 10 a day. “That fiftieth message you sent me really sent me over the edge,” he said rhetorically about the campaigns and those sending messages on their behalf. Nick isn’t the only one upset by a tsunami of political mail and communication leading up to the Midterm elections. Several voters interviewed on Tuesday at a ballot drop-off site off North Union Blvd. agreed that one thing stood out about this campaign season: how much information flooded their phones, TVs, mailboxes and doorsteps. Mack Bekeza, a 32-year-old financial planner, said he got two or three campaign flyers every day. “It’s the same thing,” he said.

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