2016 Postmortem

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts) Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:41 AM Oct 2016

I went to the Avocado Festival in Carpenteria CA today. 4 years ago all the farms had Romney signs

on their fences.
It's one of the red areas of CA.
The growers are very Republican.
The fences were full of signs.
I mean like 5 signs for each farm
This year as we were driving past all the farms I noticed there were a lack of signs
Just as I mentioned it to my wife we passed a Clinton sign, then another.
I drove around an extra road or two and there was only one Trump sign in the whole town and several Clinton.
4 years ago there were no Obama signs at all
I think the growers knew they could not publicly support Trump because the whole town/valley runs on Mexican heritage labor.
It didn't look like any signs had just come down today either.
But the fact that there were any Clinton signs, I take it all as a good sign

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I went to the Avocado Festival in Carpenteria CA today. 4 years ago all the farms had Romney signs (Original Post) TeamPooka Oct 2016 OP

Louisville KY bmstee01 Oct 2016 #1

Great greymattermom Oct 2016 #15

Very interesting. Is this the Central Valley? senseandsensibility Oct 2016 #2

17 miles north of Ventura, just south of Santa Barbara TeamPooka Oct 2016 #4

The Central Valley is so very red Ellen Forradalom Oct 2016 #6

I've seen the Rural Red CA up there a lot in the past so this was shocking actually TeamPooka Oct 2016 #12

I read that there is shortage of workers on the farms in California... Cakes488 Oct 2016 #3

How's the Fest? Ellen Forradalom Oct 2016 #5

It is a wonderful town with a great beach. Mayberry on the Pacific. The fest rocks the Guac as usual TeamPooka Oct 2016 #8

That's wonderful. Granny M Oct 2016 #7

link below TeamPooka Oct 2016 #9

Thank you. Granny M Oct 2016 #11

AHH I remember Carpenteria! yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #10

It's been ages since we went to the Avocado Festival in Carp, & it's only a short drive from Goleta. Hekate Oct 2016 #13

I lived in Goleta for 30 years... WiffenPoof Oct 2016 #14

Great view into Carpenteria, TeamPooka. Thanks. Hortensis Oct 2016 #16

bmstee01

(453 posts)

1. Louisville KY

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:48 AM

Oct 2016

There are about an equal amount of Trump signs to Hillary in the most Red areas of Louisville.
But in Blue areas of Louisville there are a lot of Hillary signs.
Not scientific I know. There are a lot of people that are probably too ashamed to put up Trump signs, but they'll still vote for him. Louisville traditional goes blue. My hope is that the blue areas of KY will go super blue and can override the rest of the state.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

15. Great

Reply to bmstee01 (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:37 AM

Oct 2016

I'm from Louisville but live in Atlanta now. I spent some time in Kansas City recently. All of the signs I saw were for local candidates.

senseandsensibility

(17,062 posts)

2. Very interesting. Is this the Central Valley?

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:51 AM

Oct 2016

Recently, when I drove through there, the signs were about the Pelosi created water shortage and so forth. So this sounds like a breakthrough of sorts.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

4. 17 miles north of Ventura, just south of Santa Barbara

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:55 AM

Oct 2016

Ellen Forradalom

(16,160 posts)

6. The Central Valley is so very red

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:04 AM

Oct 2016

So many Trump signs along the 5.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

12. I've seen the Rural Red CA up there a lot in the past so this was shocking actually

Reply to Ellen Forradalom (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:38 AM

Oct 2016

I noticed the lack of signs right away.

Cakes488

(874 posts)

3. I read that there is shortage of workers on the farms in California...

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:52 AM

Oct 2016

so why in the world would they want to vote for Trashbag?

Ellen Forradalom

(16,160 posts)

5. How's the Fest?

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:03 AM

Oct 2016

I lived in Carp for a few months. Wonderful town.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

8. It is a wonderful town with a great beach. Mayberry on the Pacific. The fest rocks the Guac as usual

Reply to Ellen Forradalom (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:39 AM

Oct 2016

They put on a great festival
"3 days of Peace, Love and Guacamole" as the posters say.
http://avofest.com/

Granny M

(1,395 posts)

7. That's wonderful.

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:06 AM

Oct 2016

But, AVOCADO FESTIVAL!!! How did I not know of this wonder? I see a trip in my future!

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

9. link below

Reply to Granny M (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:40 AM

Oct 2016

http://avofest.com/

Granny M

(1,395 posts)

11. Thank you.

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #9)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:10 AM

Oct 2016

Saved the link for a future adventure.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

10. AHH I remember Carpenteria!

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:58 AM

Oct 2016

I used to live in Santa Barbara, and would drive out to the beach there.. Carpenteria was a great place to have lunch too! I miss those days!

Hekate

(90,714 posts)

13. It's been ages since we went to the Avocado Festival in Carp, & it's only a short drive from Goleta.

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:06 AM

Oct 2016

Thanks for the news. I find it very encouraging.

WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)

14. I lived in Goleta for 30 years...

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:21 AM

Oct 2016

Miss the Central Coast. Worked at UCSB...I would love to go back.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

16. Great view into Carpenteria, TeamPooka. Thanks.

Reply to TeamPooka (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:47 AM

Oct 2016

We used to have friends there but haven't visited in a long time. And, yes, it all seems like a good sign. Just wish everyone was forced to consider the feelings of others that way, or even that others have feelings at all. A natural barrier to extremism.

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