When the Iowa legislature and governor made moves to change the antiquated, convoluted and unfair way in which Supreme Court Justices were nominated in Iowa, the CampaignHQ team was brought on board.

 

Over the last twenty years, grassroots conservatives have been troubled by the inequity of this process. But previous efforts to change it had failed, even with Republican control of the legislature and Governor’s office.

 

In 2019, CampaignHQ worked on a patch through project for the FAMiLY Leader, an organization devoted to strengthening families and inspiring Christ-like leadership, in their effort to once and for all, pass this legislation.

 

We worked with the FAMiLY Leader team to help them achieve their goals. At the start of their project, patch through calls were directed at 10 of the most influenceable lawmakers at the rate of 5 to 10 patch throughs per day over the span of three weeks. Based on the need to exert influence, some legislators received up to 70 patch through calls while others received only 10.

 

The effort to reform Iowa’s judicial system was successful when shortly thereafter the bill passed both chambers and was signed into law by Gov. Reynolds.

 

In the end, 90% of legislators receiving patch throughs ultimately voted in favor of the bill.

 

While the FAMiLY Leader’s coalition was outspent, out manned, and had the media working against them, they prevailed and successfully passed most significant changes to Iowa’s judicial nominating process in the last 50 years.

 

Proving once again, that legislators crave constituent input, are moved to action by hearing from their friends and neighbors and a patch through program is a impactful way to make a big change.

At CampaignHQ, we are the experts at helping you deliver your message. But what you should know is that we’re not just winging it. When it comes to communicating with voters, elected officials or members of your organization, we have years of experience and tried and true methods for effectively setting you apart from the rest. On top of that, we keep up with research and pay special attention to where things in our industry are headed.

Sometimes in this business, the best science is to listen directly to what elected officials and their staff members are sharing. Back in 2016, the New York Times conducted interviews with several experts, handling the day-to-day communications for elected officials. The biggest takeaway was the very best way to deliver your message to them is through the phone.

Social media, snail mail, in person visits, nothing has the same weight to a congressional office as a large volume of calls. What’s more, the better the person could articulate the issue, the more effective the call.

Here’s where CampaignHQ can help. When it comes to patch through calls, we’ve got the experience, the script-writing knowledge and the data management to help you really succeed.

With our patch through program, we’ll call your universe, educate them about your issue, patch them through to their particular legislator, and let them inform the lawmaker how they’d like them to vote.

This is a tremendously impactful way to communicate with legislators, and make sure your issue is getting the most attention. Even Congressional staff and lawmakers agree.

No matter the issue, the state, the member of Congress you’re trying to reach – we will help you effectively educate voters about your issue as well as influence the lawmaker with the patch through and you will win your issue.