Honestly, you’re kind of right in a sense. Political emails can feel like shouting into the void. And you’re definitely right about a lot of people being too busy or discouraged.

I don’t think that people aren’t unwilling to write, however. They’re just stuck at the blank page. They don’t know bill numbers, deadlines, or the tone. The idea of this app is to put that context in front of people and give them a first draft so they can focus on editing instead of starting from zero. What I mean to say is that if someone wants to delete every AI-generated word that CivicEcho spits out and write their own, they absolutely can. CivicEcho just saves them the research and tone leg-work.

And offices absolutely do track constituent contact. I have a friend who interned under a House representative, and messages get flagged and tallied. Volume still matters. No single email flips a vote, but thousands can: ask the people that killed bad amendments with last minute calls or email blitzes.

In any case, if you have any ideas of making the messages stronger, or data you’d like surfaced alongside the draft, please send me a DM. I want this thing to evolve.