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October 24, 2008

Does this mean anything to you?

I live in a fairly conservative part of Los Angeles County (yeah, really, we exist) and I've noticed a distinct lack of yard signs around here. There's one house on my block with a yes on prop 8 (the ballot measure that would ban gay marriage) sign, but that's it. There are a few McCain-Palin signs on the surrounding streets, but no Obama signs whatsoever.

I've also noticed while driving around town that there are very few cars with political bumper stickers this year. Again, a few McCain-Palin stickers here and there, and absolutely no Obama stickers. Not even on cars driven by younger people.

Any thoughts?

Posted by: Sean M. at 07:07 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
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1 Maybe they figured the race was already locked up since it is California?

Posted by: Scoop11 at October 24, 2008 07:19 PM (AEmfc)

2 I lived in LA for a decade--where is this mythical conservartive part?! Is it down by the unicorn farm just off Sepulveda?

Posted by: ECM at October 24, 2008 07:27 PM (q3V+C)

3 Note that I said LA County, ECM. I haven't lived within the LA city limits in decades.

Posted by: Sean M. at October 24, 2008 08:09 PM (e6v7s)

4 I think it means that I have no excuse not to move to LA County now.

Now all I need is a conservative political job there.....hmmmm.....

Posted by: It's Vintage, Duh at October 24, 2008 08:47 PM (SlrAW)

5 Funny, I haven't seen any M/P stickers here in OC, but several O! stickers on cars. Generally high end cars of the type that folks making $250k+ drive.

Posted by: XBradTC at October 24, 2008 09:04 PM (M3rB1)

Posted by: XBradTC at October 24, 2008 09:04 P

If I remember correctly, people who vote against their "economic interests" are somehow stupid. Wasn't that the point of the liberal Bible, "What's the Matter with Kansas?"

Posted by: It's Vintage, Duh at October 24, 2008 09:06 PM (SlrAW)

7 I'm seeing a lot of "No on 2" signs (public funding for embryonic stem cell research, and a ban on future laws that would prevent banning the use of any therapies, not sure how that's legal) here in Ann Arbor. We've got an occasionally-thuggish student/leftist local population, so I've been assuming that most of the "No on 2"s are a good proxy for McCain voters.

And I hate "What's the Matter With Kansas?", the premise that people who won't vote for bread and circuses are somehow stupid is offensive.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at October 24, 2008 09:36 PM (JSO4h)

On the campus of Rhode Island College, we have three kinds of cars: Priuses with Obama stickers, Priuses with Obama stickers and anti-Bush stickers, and SUVs with Obama stickers.

The rest of Massachusetts and Rhode Island? Lather, rinse, repeat patchoulli, water bong, repeat.

Best regards

A. Truman North

Posted by: ATNorth at October 24, 2008 11:20 PM (dBJw1)

9 they don't want their vehicle vandalized?

Posted by: Frank G at October 25, 2008 04:56 PM (P0rQD)

10 I live in the Torrance, and in my neck of the woods the M/P signs and stickers seem to outnumber the O! signs and stickers by a healthy margin. Granted, there isn't all that much in the way of campaign signs or stickers around here, but what there is seems to favor McCain and Palin. Not sure what (if anything) this means, but there you go.

After living in San Francisco for a decade an a half, I'm just happy to see any GOP campaign materials on display at all. Shoulda moved down here sooner...

Posted by: Achmed at October 25, 2008 08:32 PM (UDHA5)

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