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Poppin in for a second to share this: FiscalNote did a little report on what constituents correspondence reveals about voter sentiment. These are their key findings.

Key findings
➔ Constituents who contact Congress are more educated, whiter, wealthier, older, and more likely to be retirees.
➔ Individuals with stronger liberal or conservative positions write to Congress more than constituents with moderate positions.
➔ Constituent correspondence is not systematically biased in a liberal or conservative direction in general, but it often is on specific issues.
➔ Congress hears more often about issues where organizations successfully mobilize advocates. For example, before the Dobbs decision, Congress heard more from anti-abortion than from pro-abortion constituents, largely through bulk advocacy campaigns.
➔ Congress usually hears more often from opponents of a policy than from supporters. For example, Congress heard much more from pro-abortion constituents than anti-abortion constituents after the Dobbs decision.
➔ Which issues people write to Congress about usually reflects which issues they care about. However, Congress hears too little about some...

10:27 AM - Mar 19, 2024

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You can find the link to the PDF file download here if you are interested-scroll down a bit to source links.

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