Reply #67: I had a disagreement with the campaign in Wynnewood, PA over this [View All]

People were asking for yard signs and resented being asked to pay for them. I think the campaign eventually reversed policy, because the last weekend I was up there they were giving away yard signs, bumper stickers, and buttons. I think they had had some trouble getting enough supply in the beginning so they were selling them.

I have worked on other campaigns where buttons and bumper stickers were sold rather than given away. When I volunteered on a Congressional campaign in PA in 2002 that campaign was giving away buttons to increase visibility, but the Rendell buttons were for sale in the coordinated campaign office. I think better-known candidates (presidential, gubernatorial, etc) have less of a need to give away buttons to get their name out there. But I was glad they changed their policy in PA...too many people were complaining.