Posted by jane d on October 13, 2012, at 1:03:21
In reply to Re: Debate Last Night On Medicaire + Insurance » brynb, posted by phillipa on October 12, 2012, at 21:02:55
> Excellent point. From the signs in yards here it's a landslide for Romney. One neighbor in the exclusive part had about 12 Obami signs up yesterday. Today when I rode my bike they were gone. I asked another neighbor about it she said. The neighborhood did it as a joke and that he was definitely a Romney man. I don't do politics either. But no escaping that this election people are fed up and the Romney signs are the only ones up in yards. So looks like NC is heading Republican. Phillipa
Even though it went democratic last time?
The last presidential election was the first one I spent in an area that had yards and thus yard signs. I was doing a lot of driving around looking for a place to live and I found it fascinating how within a short distance you could go from almost all McCain to almost all Obama. It struck me that in these semi suburban areas people really do segregate themselves to an amazing degree with others like themselves. And those signs did influence where I chose to live.
I guess it's also possible that Obama supporters are less likely to put up signs if all their neighbors signs are Romney and the reverse but I'm not sure it works like that. The one thing that might get me to put up a sign of my own is if the neighbors all sprouted opposing signs. As long as their yards remain bare so will mine. Which leads to another question - is there a difference between those who put up signs and those who don't.
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