Louisiana

Never hesitate to call or write!

I know it can feel like spitting in wind -- whether writing to a Trumpublican or a Democratic elected to push them with a question about a specific ongoing failure or whatever. But letters and calls do matter. No, the elected never sees them, but they get tallies, and the staffers who do read them get a sense of the "mood" of the constituents in a way no poll can.

One person from Iowa pointed out that she was beginning to get a feel for how many people were pestering Grassley on this or that issue by how quickly his nonsense responses came, and how detailed those responses were. Her theory was that the office would only have such "canned" responses ready to go if they were being hammered on the plea for action or pointed question (her way to elicit some shameful rationalization she could follow up on).

So, even if you get a bullshit response, it means you may be hitting a nerve.