# Political Leaning & Number of Bumper Stickers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018 "2012-10-07T20:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheBori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TheBori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBori)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/1 "2012-10-07T20:06:54Z")
I’m curious to know how the number of bumper stickers you have on your car correlates to your political leanings (inspired by the poll from _Rocket Surgery)_. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/2 "2012-10-07T23:17:44Z")
I’m assuming you mean any bumper stickers and not just bumper stickers related to politics. I put 1-4, though they’re really decals more than bumper stickers, one for undergrad and one for grad school, neither particularly political but I guess you could tell I’m a liberal by the fact that I went to University of Michigan? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/3 "2012-10-07T23:21:00Z")
I’m a lefty at 4 and holding. (Two stickers and two small magnets.) I have seen other stickers or magnets that I thought would be cool but deliberately avoided them because I don’t want to turn into one of those “bumper sticker people.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/4 "2012-10-07T23:45:21Z")
Right, 1 to 4. One “Come to the darkside, we have cookies” sticker, and one [UNH](http://www.unh.edu/) magnet which I’m not sure counts. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/5 "2012-10-07T23:52:26Z")
Left, 1. It says “Well behaved women rarely make history” Also, I’m a dude. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/6 "2012-10-08T00:52:27Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I’m assuming you mean any bumper stickers and not just bumper stickers related to politics. > > I put 1-4, though they’re really decals more than bumper stickers, one for undergrad and one for grad school, neither particularly political but I guess you could tell I’m a liberal by the fact that I went to University of Michigan? I have one overtly political bumper sticker, but if you count the above as being indicators of also leaning left, you could say three or four. One Obama sticker, a window decal for the two universities from which I got my undergrad degrees, and (the biggest stretch) a Suicide Girls sticker. SG, especially in the forums, tends to be pretty lefty. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/7 "2012-10-08T02:49:33Z")
Right, 0. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/8 "2012-10-08T02:54:18Z")
Left, zero. If someone wants to know about my political and social philosophies, they pretty much have to know me fairly well and want to have a discussion. There’s nothing that fits on a bumper sticker that would adequately express my opinions about almost anything. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/9 "2012-10-08T03:03:37Z")
Center - 0. I do not count the mandatory vehicle registration sticker in the windshield. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/10 "2012-10-08T03:05:41Z")
My general experience is that, if a car has more than, say, five stickers, they will indicate pretty lefty politics about 90% of the time. The remaining 10% are almost always fundys. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/11 "2012-10-08T03:07:50Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > My general experience is that, if a car has more than, say, five stickers, they will indicate pretty lefty politics about 90% of the time. The remaining 10% are almost always fundys. I’d say 70-30, but yeah. Coexist and lefty political bumper stickers generally seem to have symbiotic relationship, for example. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/12 "2012-10-08T03:37:15Z")
Right, two(! canes hockey one, and one Food Bank of N.C. one) ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/13 "2012-10-08T10:24:34Z")
I’m pretty far right (at least in this crowd), and I have none. I decided a long time ago that, for people who agree with me there’s no need to display a slogan; And for those who disagree, it isn’t going to change their mind. I’m assuming the OP doesn’t wish to include required stickers, such as parking permits, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/14 "2012-10-08T10:34:28Z")
I used to have an “Evolve” fish, but when I got a new car I never got around to finding more sticky stuff to reattach it. So, currently zero for this leftish lady. Does my Montreal Canadiens licence plate frame count? It’s not a sticker, and it’s not on a bumper. It’s helped me meet other Canadians on my travels, which is pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/15 "2012-10-08T13:52:47Z")
Looks like this board is overwhelmingly left, although that’s something that’s been obvious for some time. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/16 "2012-10-08T15:54:07Z")
No bumper stickers on any of the 3 family vehicles. The truck has a magnet reading “I ❤ my granddog” that my daughter got for her dad. The inside back window of my Scion has a Purdue University window sticker. The Sonata has nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/17 "2012-10-08T15:58:33Z")
I’m in a particularly hispanic area, right on the border; very, very Christian. So there is not a car in the valley without religious stickers. Except ours. 😛 Center, 0. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/18 "2012-10-08T16:01:08Z")
I don’t think I have ever actually seen a bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/19 "2012-10-08T16:15:41Z")
Libertarian. 1 (and if you saw that one, you’d think I was conservative) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018/20 "2012-10-08T16:15:43Z")
I just don’t do bumper stickers, and I don’t think I have since my very first car. I have plenty of other decoration on and in my vehicle, but bumper stickers tend to be permanent in a way that makes me feel like I’m defacing my car. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-leaning-number-of-bumper-stickers/637018.md?page=2)