Posted on 10/09/2004 3:10:37 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
I'm on the road often, and in the last month, wanted to see how many Bush stickers(And Anti-Kerry stickers like Stop Hanoi John and Not Fonda Kerry), John Kerry stickers, and Kerry/Edwards stickers I've seen. I did not count non candidate mentioning related stickers like Union stickers, NRA stickers, or Choose Life stickes.
Most of my travels are in two counties, one of which is staunch republican and one which is staunch democrat.
I divided most of this up in three sections. Bush stickers, the John Kerry stickers without Edwards(and anti-Bush), and Kerry/Edwards. I seperated the stickers, since the non Edwards ones are the die hards who are ABB. They didn't even wait. The Kerry/Edwards ones MIGHT be die hards, or might have made a more recent decision.
Livingston County:(Not expressway)
Bush Cheney- 74
Howell - 47, Brighton 23, Hartland 3, Fowlerville 1
John Kerry(w'out Edwards) - 15
Howell 12, Brighton 3
Kerry/Edwards - 8
Howell 4, Brighton 4
A 74-23 lead in the bumper sticker count. I'd say the sign ration is about 2.5-1(MAYBE 3-1) now(despite stealing) in our favor which isn't bad, although I'd like to see it more one sided our way. It was even up for awhile in signs since State Party was late in getting them out. I'm surprised I haven't seen much in Fowlerville, although I haven't been that way as much lately. I'm not in the Southern tier of the county, nor in Hartland that often.
Ingham County (Not Expressway)
Bush/Cheney - 36
Okemos 8, East Lansing 19, Lansing 6, Haslett 2, Holt 1
Kerry - 28
East Lansing 19, Lansing 6, Okemos 2, Holt 1
Kerry Edwards - 23
East Lansing 16, Lansing 5, Mason 1, Okemos 1
About 60% in Ingham is close to what I'd expect here, especially since I'm usually in the more democrat section of it - East Lansing/Lansing/Okemos. I'm shocked there were 19 Bush stickers in East Lansing to begin win. My one major surprise is Okemos. Okemos leans democrat with a lot of soccer moms, students, professors, and state workers, but I've seen more Bush stickers there than Kerry stickers. If Bush wins Okemos, I'd be shocked. I haven't been to Haslett, Holt and Mason much since I moved.
Signs - About 1.5-1 Kerry in Lansing, 2-1 Kerry in East Lansing, 50/50 in Okemos, and 1.5-1 Bush elsewhere Expressway:
Bush Cheney - 20
I-96 - 16, US127 and US23 - 2 each
Kerry - 7, all I-96
Kerry/Edwards - 2, all I-96
Elsewhere
Bush
3 - Washtenaw County
2 - Oakland County
Kerry
4 - Washtenaw County
1 - Oakland County
Kerry/Edwards
2 Oakland, 1 Washtenaw
Signs - Washtenaw: Kerry's dominating Ann Arbor 100% from what I've seen. I was only on Maple Rd though. 2-1 Kerry in Scio. I HAVE seen a lot of local GOP signs in Scio of all places, so it's not all bad news there.
Oakland: Probably 1.5 to 2-1 Bush in Milford, Novi and Wixom from what I saw. Farmington Hills was shockingly 50/50. I figured it'd be much more pro-Kerry. Even better was the amount of Bill Largent signs I saw. Maybe Aldo Vagnozzi will be retired!!!!
Wow, that's a lot of work you're done.
Here in Ann Arbor, as expected, the Kerry bumper stickers still significantly out number the Bush ones. However, I've seen a definate increase in Bush stickers. I was even in the drive-up line at the bank and the 2 cars in both aisles each had a Bush sticker.
I live in Macomb County area of MI which is a suburb county in Metro Detroit. I have seen way more Bush stickers than Kerry stickers. But the only way those stickers/ signs get out there is by volunteering for the local GOP or victory centers. A great idea is to get a bunch of signs/ stickers and hand them out just off large church property. By law, you have to be off the property or they can lose their tax exempt statues. This election will be close--- so we need our workforce!! And it does make a huge difference.
I saw one of those off the expressway right by my place and nearly took white out to it and wrote "Ban the .30-30! Vote Kerry".
Then thought better of it.
I've been seeing them all over the place here in Indiana County, Pa. as well. Let's hope you're right about them being Bush supporters! I kinda figured they probably are too!
Dan, here in Dayton/Cincy, it's 210 to 73, Bush. Ohio ain't gonna be close.
(get = guess #24)
Yeah, I thought better of it too. Shooting a giant Kerry sign with my semi-automatic paintball gun w/laser scope would have been no challenge. Instead we shot up our Kerry-Edwards yard sign in the back yard with red paintballs.
I live in a suburb of Mpls/St. Paul - Bush signs out-weigh Kerry 4:1 . Yesterday I was driving Western Wisconsin and Bush signs outnumbered Kerry at least 15:1!
>>here in Dayton/Cincy, it's 210 to 73, Bush. Ohio ain't gonna be close.<<
It's well made up by a drive through Cuyahoga county.
Kerry signs abound.
I've seen a bunch of upside down American flag stickers on cars here in Skerry Country (near L.A.). What the heck does that mean? At first I thought, they must not realize they put their sticker on upside down but then I saw it again and again. My husband just said it's more of the same, "I hate America" crowd, but what does it mean? Anyone?
Today, I walked for an hour plus in Lincoln Park and a little bit of Wyandotte. The sign count was 52/29 in favor of Kerry, so about 36% Bush. This was probably the nicer part of both towns.
I drove through Allen Park last week. The sign count was 99/98 in favor of Bush, and I haven't been through an area which was decidedly pro Bush from my visits before.
I wonder how the sign percentage translate into voting percentage. I'm taking a guess that whatever the leader is above 50%, the voting amount is half that. For example, if I see 70% Kerry signs, I'll assume that the intimidation factor of not wanting to display a sign in the midst of Kerry supporters will come into play, and that the voting percentage will be half of the amount (70-50) over the 50% or 60% on voting day.
Today, I walked for an hour plus in Lincoln Park and a little bit of Wyandotte. The sign count was 52/29 in favor of Kerry, so about 36% Bush. This was probably the nicer part of both towns.
I drove through Allen Park last week. The sign count was 99/98 in favor of Bush, and I haven't been through an area which was decidedly pro Bush from my visits before.
I wonder how the sign percentage translate into voting percentage. I'm taking a guess that whatever the leader is above 50%, the voting amount is half that. For example, if I see 70% Kerry signs, I'll assume that the intimidation factor of not wanting to display a sign in the midst of Kerry supporters will come into play, and that the voting percentage will be half of the amount (70-50) over the 50% or 60% on voting day.
In addition, I saw 2 Bush billboards, and 4 or 5 large Bush signs on property along the expressway. No Kerry billboards, and 1 lame Sportsmen for Kerry big sign.
Unfortunatly, that Sportsmen for Kerry sign is about 2 miles from my place. Union types I think own the property there. They had dem signs there in 02 as well for union backed candidates.
I know where at least two or three of the Bush billboards were at. Fowlerville and Webberville have a couple of them along the highway. I pass by them almost every day.
BTW - Did you see the plywood signs for my state rep(Joe Hune). That was a low budget move from 2002, and it worked so well that they brought them back.
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