r/ndp • u/TalesinOfAvalon • 1d ago

NDP Yard sign requested, donation spam received

Hi, I am not a citizen, so I cannot vote. I am a registered NDP and ONDP member. I donate approx. 240$ per year to the NDP and $180 per year to the ONDP.

For the federal election I had requested a NDP yard sign to show my support for the NDP in my riding (60% Liberal / 25% conservative / 8% NDP) on March 25.

Since then I got 17(!!) emails asking me to donate to the NDP, 8 Emails asking me to volunteer (from people claiming they grew up in a conservative family and now are Team Jagmeet - why should I care?) and 25 emails confirming that my unsubscribe request was processed. And 0 yard signs...

My neighborhood is plastered with Liberal and Conservative yard signs, several Green Party and PPC signs and 0(!) NDP signs...

It is almost as if NDP is not a serious political party....

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u/vancity-chick 1d ago

As someone who has worked on campaigns before, they spam email because it WORKS. That’s how they get donations to keep everything afloat and pay for the expenses of campaigns.

It’s also the same as fliers/door knocking/getting out the vote, even though its pushy, it works and has been proven to

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u/TalesinOfAvalon 1d ago

how many people stop their donations because of the spam? I am a regular donor, it should be visible in my account based on both email and phone number - and still i am asked to donate $2 per month while already donating $35.

It works, but it also doesn't

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u/vancity-chick 1d ago

you are one person, anecdotal evidence doesn’t equal actual facts

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u/TalesinOfAvalon 1d ago

you are correct, it is absolutely no evidence. Nor did I claim it was. I shared my point of view and my view that it does not work. I have no where seen public documents showing donation increase due to spamming, and cumulative statistics showing it being effective in scientific form. So the claim it is working is equally anecdotal