Can you donate to a political campaign without being put on their mailing lists?

Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by admin


I’ve never donated to a political campaign, but I do get mailings from my local Representative since I’m a constituent.

I assume that if you donate to one of the political campaigns you will receive mailings from them. Is this true? Is there a way to donate without being put on a mailing list?

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6 Comments on "Can you donate to a political campaign without being put on their mailing lists?"

  • ann h said on Jan 27th, 2010 at 6:55 PM:

    There must be a way!

  • Michael S said on Jan 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM:

    No. You can’t.

    For one thing, there are legal limitations on how much you can give to a particular candidate in any election cycle, so they need to be able to track that.

    Mainly, though, there’s no way a politician is going to let your name go if you’re one of the small minority of Americans who will actually donate directly to a political campaign.

    I suppose you could ask, but I doubt they’ll accommodate your request.

  • italienne said on Feb 1st, 2010 at 4:59 AM:

    If you’re a registered Democrat or Republican you will get mailings like that.

  • sligoman said on Feb 2nd, 2010 at 6:58 PM:

    send it to me and i will forward to Hillary.

    otherwise keep your money

  • my_aching_spleen said on Feb 5th, 2010 at 8:54 PM:

    Send a money order and dont give a return address,as long as its under the legal limit it wont much matter

  • fifty said on Feb 6th, 2010 at 2:57 AM:

    If you donate something like $10, all of that money will be spent on mailings trying to get you to donate more money. Send a money order with no return address.

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