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* focus locally; getting invoked with local politics by supporting local candidates with your time and effort - the state department runs programs to talk to city and state officials concerning foreign policy matters and city’s and local governments can create pressure on federal representatives from those states.

* vote with your wallet; boycotts and divestments are tools ordinary people have to effect conglomerates. Ensure your retirement money is not invested with companies engaging with the political ideas you do not agree with

* protest; attending in person events shows leaders numbers and images that are harder to ignore than their consultants’ polling data.

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I've done all of those and while I think they are important i believe it's most important to let politicians know, otherwise they rely too much on money.