{"id":510594,"date":"2026-10-28T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/510594\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:04:09","slug":"new-survey-highlights-voter-frustration-over-political-calls-and-texts-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/510594\/","title":{"rendered":"New survey highlights voter frustration over political calls and texts ahead of midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 With the midterm elections approaching, political campaigns are ramping up their outreach, but a new survey suggests many Americans are growing frustrated with the constant calls and text messages.<\/p>\n<p>The survey highlights concerns about unwanted political messages, with some respondents saying the volume of outreach is affecting how they view candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Collin Zarnecki, who works in public relations and data analysis, joined ARC Bakersfield to discuss the survey&#8217;s findings, why political calls and texts continue despite opt-out requests, and what consumers can do to recognize suspicious messages and reduce unwanted outreach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 With the midterm elections approaching, political campaigns are ramping up their outreach, but a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-510594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}