# Are you seeing election bumper stickers in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126 "2016-08-27T12:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/81 "2016-09-17T20:53:06Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > People lawn signs are getting stolen or damages . That’s nothing new. Most of the bumper stickers I’ve seen have been for Trump, and not surprisingly, they are usually on junky-looking trucks that have all kinds of ammosexual-oriented stickers as well. :dubious: As for yard signs, I’m seeing more signs for Gary Johnson than I am for all the other candidates put together, and that includes people who are running for local races. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/82 "2016-09-17T22:32:16Z")
Not lately but I remember seeing ‘Jane Wyman Was Right’ back when. Haven’t seen any 'Pence Ensues" strips. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/83 "2016-09-17T23:37:12Z")
Just got home; been out since 10am putting up lawn signs for my local Minnesota Legislature candidate. Put out a bit over a hundred of them. Finding the houses was fairly easy: once we were on the right block, it was usually the house with the Hillary Clinton lawn sign already there – that was about 2/3rds of the houses. ---
**Author:** ![peptastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@peptastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peptastic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/84 "2016-09-18T18:51:40Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Going back to the OP, after reading this I’ve been much more aware. It is noticeable how few outward signs of support there are compared to other elections in my lifetime. I’ve seen a couple of Trump stickers in my boyfriend apt complex. I see a lot of Bernie Sanders stickers still around in my college town, and Trump when I drive on 301. Starke, Waldo and Lawtey are more red than my hometown. I see lots of local election yard signs compared to two or four years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/85 "2016-09-18T18:55:18Z")
Las Vegas reporting! I don’t see many bumper stickers, but I no longer drive very far to work so I’m not spending much time on the roads. I do see lots of yard signs in my neighborhood; all are for Trump/Pence. I’d estimate about 20% of the yards in my neighborhood are currently adorned. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/86 "2016-09-18T20:08:22Z")
Michigan resident. Blue state with a lot of red pockets. Seen a couple Trump stickers, a couple Hillary ones. One Hillary lawn sign. During primary season a lot of Bernies and a couple of Carsons. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/87 "2016-09-18T21:59:56Z")
I’m seeing a LOT of Trump stickers, particularly on those big trucks. I’ve seen more Sanders than Clinton stickers. I’m not seeing very many yard signs either, and the ones I see are mostly Trump. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/88 "2016-09-18T22:37:09Z")
There’s a bar and grill not far from my house that’s owned by an elderly man who came here as a refugee from the 1956 Hungarian uprising. The bar has a big sand volleyball court, and hanging from the fence is a big pro-Hillary banner. Not generally wise for a business to take a stand unless it’s relevant to the business, but that’s what he’s chosen to do. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/89 "2016-09-19T21:45:21Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Michigan resident. Blue state with a lot of red pockets. Seen a couple Trump stickers, a couple Hillary ones. One Hillary lawn sign. During primary season a lot of Bernies and a couple of Carsons. Michigan resident. Still no stickers. No Hillary signs, a few Trump signs. Most signs are for Candace Miller or whoever the other guy running for that office is (I forget his name but his commecials are obnoxious, never seen a Miller commercial). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/90 "2016-09-20T22:18:26Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > A couple of Clinton bumper stickers. No Trumps. This is a heavily red area. The Trump campaign just isn’t into distributing stuff, except for hats. > > Yard signs are considered passé for national elections. The campaigns don’t think they’re worth the money. > [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I think its because neither campaign wants advertising or support; they only want MONEY. > If they gave them out (or gave you a way to work for one or earn one), there would be a lot more of them on the roads. > [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Lawn signs may influence your neighbors, but many people don’t even know their neighbors any more. But they do know their Facebook friends, and are more likely to be an influence on them. > [@suranyi](#): > > I’m seeing lawn signs for local officials: mayor, city councilor, people like that. But none for president. > [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Just got home; been out since 10am putting up lawn signs for my local Minnesota Legislature candidate. Put out a bit over a hundred of them. Finding the houses was fairly easy: once we were on the right block, it was usually the house with the Hillary Clinton lawn sign already there – that was about 2/3rds of the houses. When I was volunteering on the 2008 Obama campaign, I heard that “Yard signs don’t vote” crap many times, but I consider it selfish on the part of those working on Presidential campaigns - they’re not for \*your \*candidate, they’re to endorse all the other signs in the yard. These days, candidates are no longer putting party affiliation on their signs, and seeing “Schmoe For Governor” signs in a yard next to a Hillary one lets you know that Schmoe is the Dem. The only reliable way to know affiliation is to look for the [union "bug](http://www.greenpostcards.com/wp-content/uploads/Union-Bug.jpg)" on the sign or sticker - trade unions are a huge source of Democratic campaign workers, and they will generally refuse to distribute literature, signs or bumper stickers that have not been printed at a union shop. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/91 "2016-09-21T01:30:09Z")
I saw my first Trump/Pence stickers today on, of all things, a Prius. There is a joke in there somewhere but I’m too tired from work to search for it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/92 "2016-09-21T07:03:31Z")
I’ve been back in Honolulu since August 1, but now that you mention it, no, I’ve not noticed any. Maybe I’ve just not been looking. But Hillary has Hawaii sewn up and everyone knows it. There’s not much reason for either side to try. EDIT: No lawn or any other signs either. There was a local election last month, and there were plenty of signs for those. But for the national election, nothing that I’ve noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/93 "2016-09-21T11:28:46Z")
After this thread I started paying closer attention. It still doesn’t seem to be as many bumper stickers as in the past but the few I’ve seen are all Trump. This is in New Jersey which should go to Clinton by a wide margin. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/94 "2016-09-21T22:08:43Z")
I’ve been seeing more and more Trump signs popping up in yards, but that’s not a surprise. This county is pretty hard-core Republican. Every time I see one of the signs, I die a little inside at the thought of that whack-a-doodle in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/95 "2016-10-19T16:26:57Z")
Thought I’d bump this one, now that the election is close. A couple of observations on yard signs: I’m in one of the more conservative towns on the North Shore of Masshusetts (used to be blue collar/agricultural and now is a suburb). So, not unexpectedly, there are a few Trump/Pence signs (which remained up even after the “bus tape” landed.) But based on my not very scientific observations, the signs are almost always where the demographics say they’d be – fairly modest, small houses, maybe with a work truck parked in the drive. There are also a fair number of Clinton/Kane signs. The real difference is that when I drive through the more affluent towns on my commute to work, there are _no_ Trump signs where during the last election, you’d see a fair number of Romney/Ryan signs. Also, somewhat unscientifically, I took a road trip to rural-ish New Hampshire this weekend expecting to see lots of Trump signs and actually found that the Clinton/Maggie Hassan signs seemed to be in the majority, again, on a stretch of road that was Romney territory last election. Can’t say as I’ve seen any bumper stickers at all – I don’t think people want to be driving around reminders of this election for the next four years. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/96 "2016-10-19T17:29:56Z")
I saw a house in an older neighborhood near me with a ~ 3’x4’ apparently professionally-made yard sign: “DEPLORABLES for TRUMP” He had a couple of other smaller Trump and other R candidate signs as well. I admire his candor. Or perhaps sense of humor. I can’t tell which he meant. 3 months after my first post here it remains the case that 9/10ths of Trump signs or stickers are connected to pickup trucks. I do a double-take when I see one on a car. Hillary yard signs appear here and there, as do stickers. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/97 "2016-10-19T18:25:51Z")
Best one I saw recently: ``` RUM ``` Make America Great Again Typical TRUMP sign with the leading T & trailing P cut off. And it was posted outside a bar! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/98 "2016-10-19T18:48:10Z")
I’ve seen exactly ONE Clinton/Kaine sign along the routes I drive most often, but I’m not sure it’s there any longer - I’ll have to check on my way home today. More Trump signs have been springing up - one place has four large ones hanging along their privacy fence that fronts a main road. I’m leaving on Saturday on a cruise. Here’s hoping I can go 9 days without seeing or hearing anything about this electoral idiocy! ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/99 "2016-10-19T18:54:40Z")
Election campaign signs for Presidential candidates are down significantly this year ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126/100 "2016-10-19T19:02:04Z")
Since this thread was last active, I’ve seen a lot of yard signs crop up, and a fair number of bumper stickers. Probably the plurality of the ones I’ve seen have been about a local ballot issue, but of the Presidential ones, they’re mostly Clinton. Which isn’t particularly surprising, given the neighborhoods I’m mostly seeing. There are also a few for the Senate race, but most folks seem to consider that a settled matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126.md?page=6)