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How to reclaim your phone and block unwelcome political text messages

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Political text messages are communications sent via SMS by political campaigns, party committees, political action committees (PACs) and interest groups.

They aim to solicit support, funds, votes, gauge public opinion through surveys and provide information about political events and initiatives.

While some may be genuine communications from campaigns or organizations, others could be scams designed to deceive you.

On both iPhone and Android , you can delete and report unwanted messages as junk.

Responding to the text with "Stop," " Unsubscribe " or " Cancel " can opt you out of future communications from that sender.

The Federal Communications Commission also provides options to report unsolicited texts by forwarding them to 7726 ("SPAM") or filing a complaint online.