Fill in the blank: I’ve seen more _________ yard signs in my NoVa neighborhood. (houses, dorm)

[jillabean]

I haven't noticed any yet, but there will be some (there was during the primary).

What I don't get is what's the point of the signs. I mean, did anyone ever change their vote because their neighbor had a yard sign? Or am I expected to care who others are voting for? Or is it something die-hard Democrats and die-hard Republicans use. You know, if your car breaks down and it's the middle of the night, you know to go to a house that's on your side? Or is it the political equivalent of "marking territory?" The whole thing just seems odd to me--why let someone advertise on your property for free?

I also doing "get" bumper stickers for the same reason.

[spencgr]

I've seen many, many more Romney signs. On the other hand, I've received four phone calls from Obama supporters, and none from Romney. Maybe Obama is using a different tactic in VA..........

[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by jillabean

What I don't get is what's the point of the signs. I mean, did anyone ever change their vote because their neighbor had a yard sign? Or am I expected to care who others are voting for?

I'm not sure either, but as I think about it, maybe it is the same reason people hang flags in their yard or put a bumper sticker on the car displaying a favorite sports team, college, high school, etc. They don't expect to persuade somebody else, but it's who they're rooting for.

[Caladium]

Originally Posted by jillabean

Or is it the political equivalent of "marking territory?"

^ This one. At about this point in an election politics starts going to the dogs, and that's what dogs do. It's the equivalent of running around peeing on everything they can find. They also start barking all night long.

[ICS67]

Fill in the blank: I’ve seen more _________ yard signs in my NoVa neighborhood.

OK. Umm...mosquito control signs?

[FindingZen]

Let's remember to keep this thread civil and local.

[VTHokieFan]

Originally Posted by Lucky★

Most NoVa yard signs: Obama or Romney?

Some say this is such an important election, but I read an article in The Economist that I happen to agree with: that this might actually be an extremely inconsequential election. There is very low enthusiasm on either side. I haven't seen hardly any signs or stickers for that matter. I think "we the people" are just exhausted at the discourse.

[tysonsengineer]

Originally Posted by VTHokieFan

Some say this is such an important election, but I read an article in The Economist that I happen to agree with: that this might actually be an extremely inconsequential election. There is very low enthusiasm on either side. I haven't seen hardly any signs or stickers for that matter. I think "we the people" are just exhausted at the discourse.

What discourse. If they ever got around to having a debate in earnest I might have respect for the political system. They are just holding the people hostage, the whole lot of them. The answer isnt to bring in more people who want to hold it hostage though (something i think that the 2010 election proved as the wrong mandate) but who knows.

[cdmurphy]

I'm not a fan of median road spam, but I love yard signs. I always put them up (haven't gotten mine yet for this year) and I love seeing them in other people's yards, no matter what candidate or party. It's a reminder that this is America and we have not only the freedom to choose our elected officials, but also to talk about it. I lived for a brief time in a country that has only had two presidents since independence in 1960, and is only nominally multi-party, and where people are afraid to say anything bad about the current president, even in their own homes among friends. It was stifling.

As tgbwc said, it's who you're rooting for. I personally think it's depressing that I will see more Hokies and Steelers flags in my neighborhood than political signs.

[Caladium]

^^ I get what you're saying, cdmurphy, and there was a time when I felt that way. But not for many years, now. In the last decade or so, political signs just seem to start quarrels and invite petty vandalism. No matter which side I'm on I get depressed when I see someone's sign vandalized. I'd rather just not see any signs at all.