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And that's the other thing, why Minnesota? They have my name and email, that's not too surprising: I'm well aware of how easy that information is to come by. But they couldn't be bothered to look up what state I live in and realize that it would be a waste of time to target me?
Sending emails isn't free, even if you have a mail server or a botnet to do it for you, it still takes time and computing power and bandwidth. So why wouldn't you try to whittle down the list as much as possible?
It seems more likely that the replies might be genuine, but the message that prompted them wasn't.
It's a safe bet that the staff at these offices wouldn't have the time to verify that the message actually came from one of their constituents, especially if they're receiving them in bulk. I'd expect the replies to be mostly automated anyway, but the messages would still affect their internal statistics.
If someone's using a mass email campaign to try to sway members of Congress, that's really fucking concerning to me.