Not a single Romney bumper sticker or sign in my neck of the woods

[rainbow4321]

I live in the reddest of red counties/cities in Texas (Collin County) and last night I ventured out to the other side of town to go to movie..usually everything I do/need is within a few miles radius of my home. Not a single Romney bumper sticker, sign, or other shred of evidence that this is a Presidential election year.

Now, people may use the following excuse: since the majority of residents know that it is a bright, solid red place, they don't feel a need to display their support, etc...

Except...4 yrs ago McCain/Palin shit was ALL over the place. Bumpers, yard signs, huge ass signs on backyard fences facing busy main streets all over the city.

This time around: not a peep.

Don't get me wrong, I know this county is not gonna go blue. But if this lack of enthusiasm is any indication of what the overall repuke party is going through right now, there very well may be a low voter turnout on their part across the nation come Election Day no matter much money the Koch brothers, etc put out.

[bluestateguy]

1. Maybe Obama will get 38-40% in Collin

Which would be an improvement. Obama outperformed Kerry in Collin, and Kerry outperformed Gore. Maybe a small trend that would make Collin competitive in 2020?

[CanonRay]

2. I live in a red county, and I've seen a grand total of one

I just drove from the Oregon coast back to Colorado via Nevada, and never saw one Romney sign or sticker.

[Tennessee Gal]

3. I have seen one sign and no stickers here. Far, far different from previous elections.

And Tennessee is an extremely red state.

[Odin2005]

4. I haven't seen any here in Fargo, either.

I've seen several Obama/Biden ones.

[RKP5637]

5. This is red/red here too. I've seen no bumper stickers and only one yard sign. And

this is a large city/area.

[Hoyt]

6. Starting to see signs, RR and Mitt bumper stickers in my red state.

By the time republicans whip up the bigots with lies and fear mongering, they'll be sported like confederate flags of old. You watch.

[woofless]

7. I have been noticing the same thing up here in PNW timber and agriculture country.

Campaign signs for myriad Republicans in all races, except the Presidential race. Crickets from here to just north of Seattle. Now I actively look for Romney/Ryan signs and can't find 'em.

[BenzoDia]

8. Hey, I'm in Collin County too. Romney stickers are rare indeed.

The hardcore conservatives I know just do not like this guy.

[aquart]

10. So will they hold their noses and vote for him anyway?

[BenzoDia]

29. Basically, yeah. It's sad really.

[aquart]

9. Is it possible that Romney's campaign has also bungled sign distribution?

Just to get the question out of the way.

[DonViejo]

17. Yep, they're bungling his campaign

The President's team is playing a far better ground game than Romney. The other night Rachel Maddow was discussing this very issue and gave this example: In Ohio, the Obama campaign has opened 75 offices, Romney has opened a grand total of 7!

[aquart]

21. So if people wanted signs, how would they get them? And would they bother?

[nc4bo]

22. Perhaps Mitt gifted the manfucturing contract to a Bain Capital Co. which then saddled

the company with several million dollars of debt, forcing it into bankruptcy making it necessary to outsource all Republican 2012 political bumper sticker/car magnet manufacturing to a Chinese company, also owned and controlled by Bain Capital.

When pressed for a comment, Mitt Romney simply stated, "It's complicated".

[jimlup]

11. I think people do not like Romney BUT

they've been progandized by FOX and the like to vote against their own intuition. Yes Republican voters - Mittens really is a sleazy clown.

Anyway they may still vote RED but they don't like Romney enough to advertise it.

[HopeHoops]

12. I haven't seen one either, and I'm in a REALLY red PA district.

[IrishEyes]

13. I noticed that too.

I live in a very conservative neighborhood in a liberal city in a blue state. There are mostly elderly people and families. In 2008, I walked by lots of McCain/Palin signs. I haven't seen any Romney/Ryan signs. I see some republican signs for local elections like congress and state senator but no president. People just don't seem to like Romney very much.

[Corgigal]

14. I live about 20 miles from Charleston SC

and I only seen one. Straight up odd, but in a good way.

[Applan]

15. Reporting from Phoenix AZ

I was just saying to my wife I haven't seen any Romney stickers here. We see a few O andJoe ones though. Still lots of McCain Palin ones too.

[NutmegYankee]

16. I've seen them in only one yard here in Conn.

That yard had a huge 5 foot tall sign for the state senate, so I take it he's a hardcore Republican. Other than that, I've seen 2 stickers for Romney and about 6 for Obama.

This time last election there were signs everywhere! This time? Basically nothing.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. I still say his campaign is a big Ponzi scheme

Grand theft campaign money! You can have all that money in the bank but you need the bodies in the polling booths to win (outside of stealing it, which they have done in the past).

I saw a single Rmoney sticker on a converted pickup a couple week ago in downtown Philly but haven't seen anything else since. Meanwhile the Obama lawn signs have been popping up like buttercups!

And agree that by a week or so after their 2008 convention, the McLame signs and stickers were all around in the few red sections of Philly.

[Populist_Prole]

19. Come to think of it, I haven't seen any around my neck of the woods either

4 years ago and beyond, all the leviathan SUVs around here were festooned with McCain or "W" stickers/decals. I've not seen even a single Romney one yet, though the airwaves of TV ( as little as I'm exposed to it beyond my control ) are absolutely cluttered with pro-Romney ads.

While most in my circle of friends/co-workers/acquaintances seem to be anti-Obama, that is those that bring up politics in the first place are. I'm getting the feeling the quieter ones may actually vote for Obama inside the curtain, but give the subtle impression they're more conservative than they are just to go along with the herd.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. "SUVs around here were festooned with McCain or "W" stickers/decals"

I remember when MCain whipped out the word "festooned" during one of the debates and it became the talk of DU.

Found a site with an audio clip -

http://www.hark.com/clips/jqyrylhlcr-festooned-with-christmas-tree-ornaments

[panzerfaust]

20. Central Texas: Have seen ONE Obama bumpersticker

Of course, like me, most are likely afraid of getting their cars keyed by freedum-luvin-god-fear'ng values voters if they put one on.



Multitudes of Mitty stickers though.

[AlinPA]

23. I see a few on Cadillac Escalades, huge pickups and older model Buick Centurys.

[Loryn]

24. Red county in a blue state

Only a couple Romney bumper stickers. Lots of Robinson vs DeFazio signs.

I think Romney's Mormonism is an issue for many conservatives.

[B2G]

25. Same here, but no Obama signs either.

[TeacherB87]

26. I'm from a red city in VA...and there are none here either!

Just went home to visit and was astounded that there was not one sign at busy intersections etc. I've never seen anything like that. They have been everywhere for the past 3 election cycles.

[porphyrian]

27. I haven't seen any in eastern Iowa, just some big Obama ones. n/t

[proud patriot]

30. I've seen 3 since I started looking in May

bush stickers were all over , mccain stickers were all over ... even though this is a strong dem area we are about 35% rep.
and those reps are usually proud of their candidate.

[kalli007]

31. I'm in Ron Paul territory

Literally his home district. I can't recall seeing ANY, and believe me in '08 McCain crap was EVERYWHERE.

[AverageJoe90]

32. Hey man, sounds like you're in my neck of the woods.

Where are you? I just moved to Frisco.......and live in a pretty diverse neighborhood(ironically, we're on the very outskirts of town!), btw.

[rainbow4321]

38. Downtown Plano

More diverse than the cul de sac I used to live on in central Plano

I drove across Plano yesterday, even through the McMansion part of town..and there was nothing

[Pamelajaynn]

33. Signs

I live in FL and see a lot of signs makes me sick . Feel like stealing them lol

[LadyHawkAZ]

34. I've started watching around Salt Lake City

and I've seen: one business with Romney signs, and one "Mitt" sticker.

There's a lot of either anti-Obama or pro-Obama, but not much pro-Romney.

[Horse with no Name]

35. In RED East Texas

I have seen a few...but nothing compared to the stuff from last cycle.

[schmice]

36. I actually saw one in Los Angeles.

It was on a van that had those stupid little decal drawings of family members. The drawings were of a woman with a briefcase, three little girls and two dogs. Yikes. Low or no information voter. The again, maybe not a voter but just a poser. It made me sad to see someone backing a candidate who does not have her daughter's interests in mind.....let alone her dogs'.

[revolution breeze]

37. Four signs on my street

I hate living in such a blue neighborhood.

[grantcart]

39. just arrived Tucson and a lot of Obama signs, no Romney but a smattering

Of Ron Paul for the GE

[SmileyRose]

40. Me either - I see anti Obama but no Pro Romney.

Metro Atlanta