# Political Connection

> Political Connection is a privately held communications and contact-center company best known for live political calling. It runs voter identification, persuasion, get-out-the-vote, patch-through, polling and fundraising programs, while also handling inbound calls and live-agent texting. The company emphasizes its in-house programmers, multi-dialer setup, daily monitoring and same-day reporting - the operational layer campaigns and advocacy firms use when a voter list has to become thousands of controlled conversations.

- **Founded:** 1990
- **Headquarters:** Swarthmore, United States
- **Founders:** Irene Waitzman (Owner and President)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn shows 83 associated employees and labels the company 501-1,000 employees; other directories estimate about 75 employees, while Indeed places it in the 51-200 range. The company does not publish a current audited headcount.
- **Products:** Political research calls, Patch-through calls, Polling and market research, Inbound contact-center service, Speechless live-agent texting
- **Notable:** The legacy company profile says Political Connection and affiliate sites offered more than 1,000 calling stations., Its current IT page says many projects can be configured within two hours, with concise data returned the same day., The company says founder and president Irene Waitzman has operated call centers since 1993 and has directed more than 1,500 employees across multiple centers.

## Products & services

- **Political research calls** — Live voter identification, advocacy, persuasion, benchmark, get-out-the-vote and town-hall calling for races ranging from school boards to national elections.
- **Patch-through calls** — Agents speak with constituents and transfer willing participants directly to government offices.
- **Polling and market research** — Outbound surveys and research programs supported by custom scripts, dialer configuration and structured reporting.
- **Inbound contact-center service** — Campaign information lines, customer service, sales, direct-mail feedback, reservations, order taking, 800-number and overflow coverage.
- **Speechless live-agent texting** — Individual SMS messages, customizable scripts and responses, conversation transcripts and local caller IDs, presented by the company as TCPA-compliant.
- **Fundraising and lead generation** — Outbound fundraising, sales and lead-generation programs delivered through the same contact-center operation.
- **Political Billing System** — A list and billing workflow that the company says creates TCPA-compliant and householded calling lists and simplifies billing.

## Achievements

- The legacy company profile says Political Connection and affiliate sites offered more than 1,000 calling stations.
- Its current IT page says many projects can be configured within two hours, with concise data returned the same day.
- The company says founder and president Irene Waitzman has operated call centers since 1993 and has directed more than 1,500 employees across multiple centers.
- The team page identifies Waitzman as an Ernst & Young finalist in 2001.
- Groundswell Communications reports a client relationship lasting more than a decade.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — A current recruitment listing advertised remote home dialing roles for outbound surveys and courtesy calls, showing the continued use of a distributed call-center workforce.
- **2025-01** — The company's current WordPress site added updated brand assets and continues to present live calling, inbound service and texting as its core offer.
- **2024-06** — Current website assets and service pages were published for the company's operations, quality-assurance and IT capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://politicalconn.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/political-connection
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/PoliticalConne3
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politicalconnectionsc/

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Last updated: 2026-09-16