Political message insights

Starting in the early 2000's, politicians have been increasing their campaign investments in political robocalls and text messages because they have higher engagement rates and are more effective than traditional methods like TV ads. Unlike illegal robocalls and text messages, you likely don't receive political messages at random. Information about your political party affiliation, area you live in, or even past political donations become accessible to campaign groups when you register to vote and identify your political party preference.

The FTC estimates annual losses of $1,200 per phone scam. The second you sign up for our service, you're protected from more than 500 million known phone scams in our global database. To date, Robokiller has prevented more than $400 million in losses to phone scams.

The short answer is yes. The long answer is not easily. Registering your phone number on the Do Not Call List in attempts to stop political messages will not help — political calls/texts and charities are not required to follow the Do Not Call List by law. The best way to reduce the political messages you receive is to update your voter registration to remove your associated phone number, follow the instructions from the FTC, and/or enlist a third-party call and text blocker like Robokiller or Textkiller.