The Campaign Registry

Understanding the Mobile Messaging Ecosystem for Political Campaigns

Over the last decade, texting has become a key channel for political candidates, as well as PACs, committees, and other political organizations to reach constituents, voters, donors, volunteers and more. Now, more than ever, mobile messaging is playing a central role in spending campaign funds, as our economy is now, more than ever, mobile centric.  The 2020 US presidential elections resulted in over 2.126 billion political text messages through 20 November 2020, per statistics from RoboKiller. And why not?  With open rates around 95%, text messaging has always been a key channel for businesses and brands to reach consumers.  Political campaigns and related organizations want to leverage this type of efficacy as much as possible. 

10DLC: the new messaging revolution in the U.S.

If you have a business, brand, or enterprise, large or small, you’ve probably considered using (or have already used) SMS to reach your customers, partners, or employees. Text messaging has been one of the most utilized communications media ever in terms of reach. The ability to send business text messages using long codes or “regular phone numbers” (e.g., 10DLCs) opens this media up for many, many more businesses and is becoming a new messaging revolution in the United States.