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Re: Election 2020

Posted: Sun September 13, 2020 11:06 pm
by wease
Rangi Guy wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Image
Do people have to pay for these flags and shit that they display around their house?
Oh yes. Trump’s making a pretty penny off it.

Those small yard signs are typically free. You can go to the local party headquarters and get them.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Sun September 13, 2020 11:10 pm
by Rangi Guy
wease wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Image
Do people have to pay for these flags and shit that they display around their house?
Oh yes. Trump’s making a pretty penny off it.

Those small yard signs are typically free. You can go to the local party headquarters and get them.
Right!
I couldn't imagine feeling passionate enough about any party candidate that I'd go out and buy campaign merchandise for them - let alone decorate my house with it

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Sun September 13, 2020 11:29 pm
by Self
Got my application to vote by mail. Will vote at least 3x.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 2:00 am
by BurtReynolds
Vote Biden or else

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 2:07 am
by 96583UP
Bloomberg giving Biden $100 MM in Florida

that must mean it's close there

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 2:17 am
by elliseamos
96583UP wrote:Bloomberg giving Biden $100 MM in Florida

that must mean it's close there
It worked it Guam.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 2:28 am
by verb_to_trust
The media is basically just speaking civil war into existence at this point.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 3:03 am
by Higgs
Rangi Guy wrote:
wease wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Image
Do people have to pay for these flags and shit that they display around their house?
Oh yes. Trump’s making a pretty penny off it.

Those small yard signs are typically free. You can go to the local party headquarters and get them.
Right!
I couldn't imagine feeling passionate enough about any party candidate that I'd go out and buy campaign merchandise for them - let alone decorate my house with it
Yep, this whole political signage on personal property thing is totally ridiculous to me. I kind of assume anyone with political signage out front of their house is likely a bit...stupid? Like, moronic stupid?

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 1:34 pm
by B
Higgs wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
wease wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Image
Do people have to pay for these flags and shit that they display around their house?
Oh yes. Trump’s making a pretty penny off it.

Those small yard signs are typically free. You can go to the local party headquarters and get them.
Right!
I couldn't imagine feeling passionate enough about any party candidate that I'd go out and buy campaign merchandise for them - let alone decorate my house with it
Yep, this whole political signage on personal property thing is totally ridiculous to me. I kind of assume anyone with political signage out front of their house is likely a bit...stupid? Like, moronic stupid?
I'm pretty ho-hum about Biden, but if I lived next to that Trump guy, I'd dedicate a significant portion of my salary to Biden signs.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 1:42 pm
by JuanHamm
Rangi Guy wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Image
Do people have to pay for these flags and shit that they display around their house?
Do people in other countries do this weird shit?

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 2:09 pm
by liebzz
JuanHamm wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Image
Do people have to pay for these flags and shit that they display around their house?
Do people in other countries do this weird shit?
Yes. When I have traveled internationally close to other countries’ election days, I have seen these signs around.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 2:41 pm
by McParadigm

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 2:49 pm
by verb_to_trust
Thank God, I see some of those Iowa ads occasionally

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 3:06 pm
by Higgs
B wrote:
Higgs wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
wease wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Image
Do people have to pay for these flags and shit that they display around their house?
Oh yes. Trump’s making a pretty penny off it.

Those small yard signs are typically free. You can go to the local party headquarters and get them.
Right!
I couldn't imagine feeling passionate enough about any party candidate that I'd go out and buy campaign merchandise for them - let alone decorate my house with it
Yep, this whole political signage on personal property thing is totally ridiculous to me. I kind of assume anyone with political signage out front of their house is likely a bit...stupid? Like, moronic stupid?
I'm pretty ho-hum about Biden, but if I lived next to that Trump guy, I'd dedicate a significant portion of my salary to Biden signs.
In fairness, I understand this. You didn't make the rules but this is the way the fight is fought in the US.

Do you think that the signage actually sways voters though? I can see some people going with "majority rules" when seeing a ton of blue or red signs about the place.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 3:17 pm
by B
Higgs wrote:Do you think that the signage actually sways voters though? I can see some people going with "majority rules" when seeing a ton of blue or red signs about the place.
I can't imagine it makes a difference in the Presidential election, but I'm certain people vote locally for people "they've heard of," and the reason they've heard of the candidate is because they read their name on 500 signs around town. I may have even been guilty of such intellectual laziness.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 3:44 pm
by ghost
Do those Trump flags come in a kit or something? You never see just one, it's always the giant flag, two banners, and at least a couple of yard signs. The asshole neighbor starter pack.

FWIW Trump signs seem to outnumber Biden signs like 2-1 around here.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 3:59 pm
by Higgs
B wrote:
Higgs wrote:Do you think that the signage actually sways voters though? I can see some people going with "majority rules" when seeing a ton of blue or red signs about the place.

I can't imagine it makes a difference in the Presidential election, but I'm certain people vote locally for people "they've heard of," and the reason they've heard of the candidate is because they read their name on 500 signs around town. I may have even been guilty of such intellectual laziness.
I'm actually fully talking about generic "Trump" and "Biden" signs. I understand local candidate signage. At the end of the day those guys are the only ones who could actually do something that genuinely affected you personally.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 4:03 pm
by verb_to_trust
Anyone with a trump sign in their yard is just trying to swing their dick around, not convince swing voters. It's not even signs that are MAGA go to's, it's flags.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 4:13 pm
by Higgs
That I can understand.

Re: Election 2020

Posted: Mon September 14, 2020 5:25 pm
by McParadigm
Higgs wrote:
B wrote:
Higgs wrote:Do you think that the signage actually sways voters though? I can see some people going with "majority rules" when seeing a ton of blue or red signs about the place.

I can't imagine it makes a difference in the Presidential election, but I'm certain people vote locally for people "they've heard of," and the reason they've heard of the candidate is because they read their name on 500 signs around town. I may have even been guilty of such intellectual laziness.
I'm actually fully talking about generic "Trump" and "Biden" signs. I understand local candidate signage. At the end of the day those guys are the only ones who could actually do something that genuinely affected you personally.
Presidential yard signs aren’t meant to sway undecideds, they’re meant to motivate other supporters in your community. To say “you’re not alone, and we can do this.” There’s plenty of research out there demonstrating that while yard signs for big elections don’t change minds, the presence of such community facing props in an area correlates to a greater share of a candidate’s supporters showing up on Election Day.

It could be that yard signs are just more likely to appear in communities where the candidate’s supporters are more motivated in general, and they’ve got this whole thing backwards. But growing up in South Dakota, seeing the occasional Democrat candidate sign was reassuring, because I didn’t really have any other evidence that anybody around me felt the way I did. And in such a divisive election, I think it’s good for people in this country to be reminded that the “enemy“ they face is often the nice couple right next-door.