I'm at the breaking point with politics--literally....

I sympathize with you. Your election campaigns go on for years... or so it seems. Luckily, Canadian campaigns only last six weeks, but that's long enough to be annoying, too. Well, in a few more days, it'll be over and hopefully you'll have some peace.

We have the same problem with our provincial and federal elections up here. Some of it is the party I am voting for and some the other parties. I get sick for saying yes I will vote for your candidate, or I have not made my mind up. I wish they would keep records. Sometimes I feel they used to work for Windows, i.e. the kind that says "are you sure you want to log off" but translated "are you sure you want to vote for the opposing candidate," and if you say ,"yes," will ask, "are you really certain?" I wonder if they realize that people often read for information and cannoto just get it in a phone cal.

Hiya dragon, Can really feel for you as you are right too. Having a door Bell and a telephone sometimes is a bit of a nuisance. We are not being bothered by being asked to vote so much as some silly person has taken it into their head that I need or needed or have had my telephone repaired so after five days of continual recorded messages at all hours of the day I gave her an answer a polite one but enough to stop them calling for a good while. I said to her well that is about the fortieth thousandth time that you have called to ask me about the repair and I do not even have a contract with you. One said he was calling from the Vatican so I said Amen and put the phone down too on him. I really do not know who had this phone before but it seems like they had something against them or it does seem that way to me. Person they were asking for was a lady called Julia so I kept saying no she has gone out or something silly like that. In the other place they were forever trying to sell us deals with the Electric Companies and you could not say no thank you politely they wanted to make a big fuss about you saying no. They were round my house most days and I flatly refused to even entertain them. Hope you are much better as I don´t know what´s wrong but as someone says it will be over soon. We are being plagued by lightning strikes all over the place and we live quite far out from anywhere. Good for you to put a Notice on the Door that´s telling them. For sure they would not want to be bothered every five minutes of the day themselves would they? Take care now.xxx

Hi! I can empathize as I too am tired of all the political calls. If I had one wish, it'd be when I finished voting, the calls would stop coming...if there would be an electronic signal sent to the dialer to get it to stop. It's as bad as debt collections; as though you can barely think before they call again. Just hang in there and be glad you're not on the other end! HUGS!

I look at this in two different ways. The first is as the victim. I get at least 15 political fund raising emails a day. At least. Almost all our mail is from policitcal fundraisers. I can handle those. It's the calls that get me down. We get at least five calls from PACs raising funds a day. If I weren't running a business from the same number, I'd let the machine get it. We don't have caller ID on that line. Most are from phone banks or are robocalls, so if you wait until after the second ring to answer, there's noone there. That's good, unless you ran into another room to answer the phone and you had your hands in the dish water. At least our second line (my modem and calling out line) only rings upstairs and I leave the ringer off. It does have caller ID, so I don't answer unless I know its ringing or see the caller ID and want to talk to that person. I hardly ever do. It's been mostly ATT this past few weeks. Probably with an offer they think I can't refuse. I truly do hate these calls. The other way I look at this is as an activist. I have knocked on door of registered voters for a city council candidate. I hate doing it, but some people seem to actually appreciate having someone talk to them and answer their questions about candidates they don't know much about. If people have signs "no solicitors," or aren't home or don't answer, I leave the literature under the mat as instructed. They wanted me to work a phone bank Thursday, but I refused. I told them I hate getting political calls so much that I don't want to inflict them on anyone else. By now half the people I talk to have already voted anyway. I also told the people at headquarters that these calls, and the fundraising calls are turning people off and aren't scoring them any points. On Tuesday I will be poll watching. that means I take a list of voters to the polls and cross off the ones who have already voted. Then I'm supposed to call the ones who are left to remind them to vote, just in case it might have slipped their minds, or to offer help to get them to the polls if they are having a problem with it. I won't like doing this, but I know the other party will also be doing it. I will be glad as anyone else when the election is over -- if it ever really is. Getting the results may be delayed by Sandy, lawsuits, and who-know-what-else. Maybe after the election we should each write to the heads of the organizations that harrass us and tell them that each phone call makes us less likely to contribute or support them. I don't mind the mail so much, but the calls drive me crazy. Part of the problem is that once you make a contribution, every similar PAC or campaign gets your information. We should be able to specify a preferred method for getting the information they want us to have. Information is important for making intelligent decisions. I would never want to rely on commericials or the media for that.

Oh, I know what you mean! I can do research on my own to decide who I want to vote for or who not to vote for.

I feel for you over the sleep issues. If you have pain, missing sleep makes it even worse. I think it creates pain if you did not have it already. I do not answer my door unless I want to, as usually if nothing else it is a package. I do not answer the phone for numbers I do not know, but I can hear it ring and it does wake me. It is usually telemarketers, scams or politicians, though and that makes me both sad and mad. I have a hard time sleeping in the day time, but must nap sometimes when I am doubling up on shifts at work. I so agree with you on it being time for the campaigns to end.

Right now, my biggest gripe is all the stuff in the mail box, as its stuffed each day and somebody is paying that postage bill and we all know its us the taxpayers who will feel the burden of a few people. The calls have been going on all day and I think people should not call me before 10:00 am or after 9:00 pm unless I called them, so they are returning my call. They don't seem to realize I'm more likely to not vote for them when they get me out of bed.

It seems to be a much more harassing kind of election this time. But it will all be over this Tuesday. I voted early which made it easier to ignore all the adds, phone calls and door knocking.

It sounds as though you're at the end of your tether,when these people can cause you to break down on your own doorstep..My sympathies.I think We here in the UK can hang out a "No Soliciting" sign and have it enforced by law if people continue to bother you..I was wondering what the situation was with you in the US,and looked it up,and found this article.. http://www.ohiocitizen.org/about/canvass/stratton/courts_backs.htm Looks like you get the free speech delivered whether you want it or not.... Me,I find an answering machine on the phone useful,as nobody wants to leave a message on it!

hi dragon54u lost my response number 2 I too have had it with folders in the mail that filled our postbox here at Gold cres, phone calls telling me how to vote blah blah , then Republicans dissing me for being a loly Democrat. I hatt e this battle filled political situation. vote e lect and then all shut the hell up. too much already.

Everyone is pretty sick of all this. they are plagueing everyone. here we live with people from 3 states in this house. all of us originate from ohio but my daughter lived in florida for 16 yrs. so most days for the past 2 months we been getting calls like that 5 or 6 times a day from here and ohio and florida! no idea how they have tracked us all down nor how to get rid of it even tho we are on a no call list, plus have private /restricted on our phone. its rediculous!

Oh I do hate them calls. My old Union called to tell me whom they think I should vote for. I flat out told them well, now I'm voting for the other guy. LOL I tell the other people the same thing. Then I tell them Oh well, I'm doing a write in Vote. I'm voting for Ron Paul. LOL you should here them. To funny. Then I hang up. Well, hang in there it is all over Tuesday and hopefully the will go away.... Have a great day. And do as my Mother does. She tells them it is Sunday a day of rest goodbye.

Sorry to hear you are feeling so poorly, dragon. Poor sleep and pain are bound to put you at a disadvantage. I am very tired of hearing about the American presidential race. Or any political wrangling, for that matter. It's constantly in the news. All the propaganda on both sides. I recently had to turn off my radio because an "interview" turned into a slinging match, one party against the other. And I'm not even in the States! I'm amazed people fall for any of it. How many times do people have to be fooled before they see its all a lot of nonsense, jockeying for power and control? None of them care about the people. Even if they did, they CANNOT fulfill their promises. It is beyond them. Its unfortunate you've been troubled to no purpose.

I am so glad that the elections are over and we do not have to deal with the emails calls mail etc all the time. It was getting old on Facebook as well. Personally it should be up to us who we will or will not vote for.

It did get on people's nerves.The presidential campaign is sort of like a farce where two candidates seem to stop at nothing in vilifying each other and the media keep dragging up candidate's mistakes.Maybe People can't help asking" how can they two assume the office of the president, now that they are described as a man without a single merit?" Fortunately,all was over, you can sleep peacefully.Wish you good health!