Mendon Bumper Crop
Driving through Mendon and northern Ontario county on an errand last week, I saw dozens of Obama signs, some, unexpectedly, in the most rural of places. I also saw a few Massa signs, and in Mendon, tons of “Vote Yes” signs for the Mendon Library. Here’s a sampling:
I’ve heard tell that “lawn signs don’t win elections”. Of course they don’t, getting 50+1% of the voters wins elections. I haven’t seen any studies correlating number & placement of lawn signs with electoral performance, but I do know this: lawn signs increase voter awareness of your candidate, and the more that are out there, the more swing voters are curious about why your candidate has all the dang support, and the more the supporters feel free to express their support. I know my morale sure got boosted a lot more than when I drive through Brighton.
Am I missing something? I’m willing to be educated here. How is less visibility better for your candidate than more visibility? (Sarah Palin excepted, of course.)
ladkiddo here: Lawn signs may not win elections, but you’re not going to win an election without them. Let me say just 2 words: Name recognition.
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Upon returning from a week and a half away from town I noticed quite an increase in the volume of yard signs in my area. No real concentration for one candidate however a half dozen Louise signs in my immediate neighborhood.
Nearing 3 O’clock yesterday afternoon half of them had been removed from from display.
Very telling indeed.