direct mail
noun
: printed matter (such as circulars) prepared for soliciting business or contributions and mailed directly to individuals
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The Congressional Leadership Fund spent $50,000 on digital ads to support Theriault and a group called Pole Position PAC spent $75,000 on direct mail and text messaging.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
Those restrictions opened up space for political action committees (PACs), which could rake in big money from small-dollar donors motivated to give by sensationalist direct mail focused on hot button cultural issues.
—Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Instead, as the parties lost their coherence and authority, they were overtaken by grass-roots politics of a new type, driven by direct mail, beholden to special interest groups, and funded by lobbyists.
—George Packer, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
So far this year, Central Valley Values has spent nearly $400,000 on social media advertising, direct mail and text messages to support Fong, and more than $170,000 to oppose Boudreaux, federal filings show.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
Those restrictions opened up space for political action committees (PACs), which could rake in big money from small-dollar donors motivated to give by sensationalist direct mail focused on hot button cultural issues.
—Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Instead, as the parties lost their coherence and authority, they were overtaken by grass-roots politics of a new type, driven by direct mail, beholden to special interest groups, and funded by lobbyists.
—George Packer, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
So far this year, Central Valley Values has spent nearly $400,000 on social media advertising, direct mail and text messages to support Fong, and more than $170,000 to oppose Boudreaux, federal filings show.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
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“Direct mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/direct%20mail. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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