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Kilgore

(1,733 posts)
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 08:59 AM Aug 2016

Unofficial, unscientific, random yard sign poll

As in my previous posts, I drive the highways and byways of rural SW Washington and NW Oregon for work. I don't make into the big cities like Portland or Vancouver. To help pass the time, I count candidates yard signs. Here is last weeks total.

Hillary 3
Bernie 8
Trump 17
Gary Johnson 6

This is the first time I have seen Gary Johnson signs out there. Disaffected Bernie supporters? Disgusted Trumpians?





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Unofficial, unscientific, random yard sign poll (Original Post) Kilgore Aug 2016 OP
Driving around upper Maine C_U_L8R Aug 2016 #1
What was surpring to me was not the lack of Hillary signs, but the number of Johnson signs Kilgore Aug 2016 #4
You probably have a effective activist there. Hortensis Aug 2016 #6
You may be right Kilgore Aug 2016 #20
I can't have Hillary grubbs Aug 2016 #2
Very true here in Georgia. I would prefer conservatives Hortensis Aug 2016 #7
I'm in Georgia too greymattermom Aug 2016 #16
Lol. I've literally had someone tell me she'd Hortensis Aug 2016 #17
I've heard about it here for many years, so I never display those kinds of bumper stickers. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #11
some people who rent can't have them up in the yard. DLCWIdem Aug 2016 #19
Just in general, I've found mixing business with politics is bad business... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #18
Yard sign indications are as much a prediction of how people will vote book_worm Aug 2016 #3
Yes but rallies don't help you pass 200 miles a day. N/T Kilgore Aug 2016 #5
Here in Georgia I prefer church signs Hortensis Aug 2016 #10
Heres my fave jcgoldie Aug 2016 #13
Lol. Visitors to the country from the city Hortensis Aug 2016 #14
You made my day!!! Kilgore Aug 2016 #21
I'm a hardcore Hillary supporter and I wouldn't put up a sign. We know it attracts vandals. Metric System Aug 2016 #8
But who is going to register those yard signs and talk to them MyNameGoesHere Aug 2016 #9
Well since we are being unscientific, I drove... jcgoldie Aug 2016 #12
Good for you! BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #15
Nice!! Kilgore Aug 2016 #22

C_U_L8R

(44,998 posts)
1. Driving around upper Maine
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:08 AM
Aug 2016

I saw one Hillary sign and one Johnson sign. No bumper stickers. I was expecting to see Trump everywhere. Friends say there are pockets of Trump visibility but on average it seems folks are ashamed to display their allegiance. Be careful of what we don't see.

Kilgore

(1,733 posts)
4. What was surpring to me was not the lack of Hillary signs, but the number of Johnson signs
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:17 AM
Aug 2016

The just appeared over the last few weeks. Would not be surprised if we see him in the debates.

grubbs

(356 posts)
2. I can't have Hillary
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:12 AM
Aug 2016

Signs or stickers. They get defaced and my car gets vandalized. Ah Kentucky. I am sure millions more don't advertise their support for the same reason. The relative dearth of Clinton signs doesn't bother me. It lulls the morans into a false sense of security. Has anyone else been victimized for supporting Hillary? I am ready to change jobs because of harassment. This is done mostly by customers so I have no recourse.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Very true here in Georgia. I would prefer conservatives
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:31 AM
Aug 2016

understand that more of their neighbors, people like them and in many cases very close to them, disagree than they realize now, though.

I'm sorry about the seriousness of your harrassment. Political discrimination is very big and should be discussed far, far more than it is. People who would be shamed if people thought they were racial bigots think nothing of insulting and persecuting people on political grounds.

Btw, I live in what is considered to be one of a tiny handful of the most conservative districts in the nation. Can your Kentucky district match that?

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
16. I'm in Georgia too
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:50 AM
Aug 2016

and right after the Republican convention someone spoke to me. Him: Did you watch the convention? Me: Yes. Him: His children spoke so well. Me: Better than he did. No response.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
17. Lol. I've literally had someone tell me she'd
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:13 PM
Aug 2016

never met a liberal. In a pleasant, kind of wondering at how insular her life was way.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
11. I've heard about it here for many years, so I never display those kinds of bumper stickers.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 10:01 AM
Aug 2016

I doubt that bumper stickers and yard signs have much effect anyway. They certainly never made me want to vote for some Republican.

It was bad enough when I drove a Prius and experienced large pick-up trucks riding on my bumper despite me driving well over the speed limit! They forced me to pull over to let them pass a few times. Then they slowed down!

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
18. Just in general, I've found mixing business with politics is bad business...
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 05:39 PM
Aug 2016

There's a way they found out you support Hillary, and it may be best if you can close off that way. I doubt your boss would take kindly to your wearing a Hillary button at work, but something else you might be doing that tips them off?

If you can stick it out for a few more months, when elections are over, tempers usually cool down. Usually...

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
3. Yard sign indications are as much a prediction of how people will vote
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:17 AM
Aug 2016

as turnout at rallies is. I think if you are driving in rural areas or more conservative areas you will see more Trump signs.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Lol. Visitors to the country from the city
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 10:51 AM
Aug 2016

very like. Churches definitely have their good and bad sides. A local favorite I don't have a picture for announces a big picnic and baptisms at a nearby river each summer.

 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
9. But who is going to register those yard signs and talk to them
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:55 AM
Aug 2016

About voting for Clinton. I've talked to yard signs before, they are pretty closed minded. And the cops we very concerned that I talked to yard signs.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
12. Well since we are being unscientific, I drove...
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 10:03 AM
Aug 2016

Up my driveway to the barn and I saw one for HRC and none for anyone else

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