# Bumper stickers. Where are they? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982 "2016-11-07T19:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/1 "2016-11-07T19:51:18Z")
Just noticed an election phenomenon that I’ve never seen before. I live in the great Pacific Northwest, a region noted for being very liberal, at least as far as elections are concerned. (I don’t think we’ve elected a Republican governor here in thirty years.) My question; where are the bumper stickers? I really started watching this morning during my commute (35 miles on I-5) and did not see one sticker for any candidate. Weird. Probably says a lot about the popularity of either major candidate. With less than 24 hours to go until voting starts. And as an aside, there seem to be no signs, either on private or public for either Hillary or The Donald. Feels very strange. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/2 "2016-11-07T19:53:24Z")
You’l find them [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805843). Or not. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/3 "2016-11-07T20:11:09Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > My question; where are the bumper stickers? I really started watching this morning during my commute (35 miles on I-5) and did not see one sticker for any candidate. Weird… > > And as an aside, there seem to be no signs, either on private or public for either Hillary or The Donald. On my 110-mile commute on the 5, I see bumper stickers from both candidates. As for signs, I have been seeing Trump supporters holding them up on overpasses. Up in Birch Bay and Custer, I have yet to see a Clinton sign, but I see lots of Trump signs. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/4 "2016-11-07T20:22:22Z")
Very few if any seen along my 40 mile commute along the I-95 corridor in the mid-atlantic. I guess you could say “make no butts about this election”! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/5 "2016-11-07T20:59:59Z")
I don’t see the upside of political or religious bumper stickers. There’s a chance of getting your car keyed. Maybe people get a warm fuzzy feeling about advertising their beliefs in public, but I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/6 "2016-11-07T21:01:40Z")
In NC I have seen remarkably few bumper stickers compared to previous election cycles. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/7 "2016-11-07T21:12:05Z")
I’ve seen more Giant Meteor 2016 stickers than ones proclaiming for a candidate. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/8 "2016-11-07T23:36:43Z")
Related: I live in a red upper middle class subdivision in a red county in a red state. I have walked pretty much the whole subdivision the last few days and there is not a single yard sign. We normally have plenty (running at least 10:1 Rep : Dem). In the primaries they were mostly for Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/9 "2016-11-07T23:42:09Z")
In Indiana I see a lot of Trump yard signs and a few Trump bumper stickers. I’d do a Hillary sticker or yard sign but I’m too afraid of getting my car or house vandalized or repercussions at my job if I had a sticker on my car. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/10 "2016-11-07T23:42:28Z")
Didn’t care to have my car or yard vandalized. Doesn’t mean I’m unhappy with my candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/11 "2016-11-07T23:55:02Z")
I have seen a few Trump stickers. I don’t put stickers on cars myself, ever since someone peeled off my Dodgers bumpersticker. Heathen. I would have put up a Clinton yard sign, but my husband was afraid we’d get egged or something. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/12 "2016-11-08T00:29:04Z")
I have only seen a few bumper stickers in my city and not many yard signs this election . I did the last election , I really think people are only voting to stop the other guy and not b/c they love the candidate they did vote for. I been seeing this on TV and with people I been talking to. There is no one to really be excited about this election . Damn I wish there was way to keep Nov 8 from happening ! ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/13 "2016-11-08T00:52:11Z")
My various Cthulhu for President bumper stickers have been on prominent display for months. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/14 "2016-11-08T01:56:25Z")
it’s really shitty that people have to worry about vandalism if they put up a yard sign or a bumper sticker. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/15 "2016-11-08T04:17:59Z")
I have a Hillary bumper sticker taped to the inside of my car window. I did that because I don’t intend for it to become a permanent part of my car. I have not seen a lot of bumper stickers though. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/16 "2016-11-08T04:56:44Z")
We’ve had two Hillary yard signs stolen; the third is ok, now that it’s not the only one around. Our neighborhood is heavily Democratic so no Trump signs whatsoever. But a little farther over, there’s a house with at least 30 Trump signs on the front lawn; a House of Deplorables. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/17 "2016-11-08T05:53:27Z")
You know, I never even noticed it until you pointed it out. I’m in the NW too, the Portland area and I can’t recall seeing a single bumper stick and VERY few politic signs in front yards. It’s kinda weird now that I’m noticing it. What I have noticed is we’re getting 3-5 calls a DAY from different political pollsters. Way more than I can ever remember. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/18 "2016-11-08T16:49:49Z")
NE Ohio here. I’d say I’ve been seeing about as many candidate bumper stickers this year as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/19 "2016-11-08T19:28:41Z")
I read about (but didn’t see) a Neil deGrasse Tyson/Bill Nye 2016 bumper sticker in **The Washington Post.** It was in an article about write-in candidates and someone said he’d seen that sticker and was going to write them in. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982/20 "2016-11-08T19:35:21Z")
I’ve noticed the same here in Alabama. There are still more cars with Obama stickers than Hillary or Trump stickers. I’ve seen a couple of anti-Hillary stickers though (Hillary for Prison or something similar). As for lawn signs, wife reported seeing one Hillary sign, and I’ve seen a Johnson sign, but that’s about it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982.md?page=2)