Polls are a passive conduit, but when citizens are out going door-to-door, expressing serious commitment, getting thousands of signatures, and getting resolutions passed, it sends a direct message to members of Congress. It's very clearly illustrated by the Katrina tragedy. Local guard and reserves are supposed to serve their own communities and they weren't available because of Iraq. Equipment that could have been used to dig dirt for the levees was in Iraq.
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