To a political nerd, such as myself, there is nothing quite as exciting as going to the mailbox during election season and examining the day’s collection of glossy double-sided political mailers. Since I am new to California and thus a recently registered voter, I was not expecting to receive much mail this election cycle. However, my name and address apparently made it on to various distribution lists as my mailbox has been overflowing with these direct marketing campaigns.
As a way to analyze the volume and content of the mailers being sent in the weeks leading up to the primary, I have taken it upon myself to blog (and tweet) about what local campaigns, interest groups, and PACs are putting out. On day one of this endeavor, this is what my political mail looked like:
Three days later:
One week later:
Up to this point, Supervisor Ron Roberts and the San Diego Lincoln Club are winning the numbers game with a total of four regular sized and three over-sized mailers, respectively.