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S/o: Do you put up campaign signs?
I'm curious how many people here have a yard sign, bumper sticker, etc?
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Re: S/o: Do you put up campaign signs?
I agree, I don't put signs and have always been anti-bumpersticker on my cars. I would be tempted to put up a yard sign if my neighbors put one up, as a sort of friendly rivalry. They are pretty hard core conservatives from what I've gathered.
No signs, no bumper stickers. As far as the stickers go, I never put stuff like that on my car b/c its a PITA to get off. Then, I don't do signs b/c I haven't ever been offered one and am too lazy to seek one out.
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I'm passionate about issues. I'm not passionate about the candidates, to be perfectly honest. I mean, I know who I am voting for but I'm not "hip hip hooray."
I post here occasionally but I don't have much time b/c I try to be active politically. I have a yard sign for Obama and a county council person. The county counsel person personally helped me. I sent my dog tag money to the county when due. They lost the check and tried to charge me a $60 late fee. He got the fee waived for me. I also volunteer for the Obama campaign and donate items and money. I have made phone calls and knocked on doors. I plan to do get out the vote as well. I am also a pollworker (no I am not 90 years old...I am 32). DH and I work the polls in a heavily democratic area. This is very effective.
We also volunteer for a lot of judge campaigns because a lot of our friends run for judge. We are both law school grads. I will put their signs in my yards too. The signs give us a good way to talk about the issues with our neighbors. I do live in a democratic area but we all talk about the candidates, issues, etc. on our ballot. We have a close neighborhood anyway but we all believe in talking about the issues and candidates because we want the best for our community and you get that though dialogue and sharing information (at least we think so). Also, me working the polls, I know how everyone is registered anyway because I work the location for my street.
I am more interested in following politics than passionate about particular issues or candidates. I do have pretty solid opinions, but I am just interested in the process.
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I only will put them up for candidates I really like running for local office. There's no one walking around wondering "Who is this Mitt Romney guy I've heard about?", and most people who will actually vote have some idea who is running for Senate or at least what party they support. In that regard I actually don't think yard signs do much good. But for a school board candidate or judge there may be low name recognition and a yard sign might at least make a few voters think "Yeah, I recognize that name".
For propositions I might put up signs, but I feel like most signs don't really say anything besides "No on 34". The person seeing the sign is unlikely to remember "Was that 34 or 36? Was it yes or no? What's 34 again?"
I don't. I did in 2008. I just didn't get around to it.
We have very few signs around our area. I've seen maybe 5 Romney and 5 Obama. A Mandel or Brown sign is very rare.
I went to Akron for a college game, and I saw many, many local signs, but very few Senate or President ones. It was odd.
We are not allowed to do lawn signs (historic neighborhood).
There are plenty of O stickers on cars. I will not be putting any stickers on my car. It's just asking for trouble based on some of the wack-a-doodle stuff our neighbors have pulled in the past.