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What is considered spam?
Unsolicited calls, texts, emails, or physical mail. If people didn't specifically sign up to receive information from you, then it's unsolicited and almost always unwanted.
What isn't considered spam?
If people specifically sign up to get information from you, then it's not spam. However, consent is not binding for all time. People can change their minds, so you have to include a mechanism for them to opt out.
Are all political outreach campaigns compliant with the CAN-SPAM Act?
The ideology you push isn't inherently compliant or not, that really makes no sense.
However, I want to be be abundantly clear: it doesn't really matter if you're breaking the law or not, what you've proposed is fucking annoying to people.
I, by virtue of having previously lived and been registered to vote in a swing state, am bombarded by anywhere from 10-30 phone calls and a few dozen texts at random jours every day by people like you who have supposedly good intentions. It wakes me up in the middle of the night and interrupts me at work. During election season, those numbers reach into the hundreds. There's no escape, and some days I can only use my phone in do not disturb mode, except then my family and friends can't get ahold of me. It's to the point where I'm strongly considering changing my number, despite the significant inconvenience that comes with that. That's what you are proposing doing to people. DON'T FUCKING DO THAT.
Why do so many campaigns use phone banking?
Unsolicited advertising of any form that's mass distributed.
What is not considered unsolicited advertising?
Signing up for a company's mailing list.