The Sanders campaign’s text team boasts more than 12,000 volunteers nationally. Or, she steals 10 minutes from her lunch break to text with voters about college debt. Text messages are also better for reaching low-income voters who may lack a smartphone, experts say. Nationally, the Sanders campaign has sent more than 100 million texts, according to a spokesman, Joe Calvello. “And Bernie on my days off.”Volunteers send texts seven days a week, from 9 a.m. Eastern to 9 p.m. Pacific time.

Source: Washington Post February 01, 2020 16:52 UTC