It’s that time again when we kick-off the pre-election ground reports. With Treepers in every state, your information is actually a great insight into the political landscape.
Individual reports are obviously anecdotal; however, when they are compiled on a larger scale, and overlaid against the social media network we also follow, these ground reports have proven to be pretty darned accurate.
Recent state polling in Florida (not done by national media) shows President Trump with a considerable lead over Joe Biden. The stronger than 2016 support from Miami-Dade and the increase in Latino voters for President Trump are a significant factor. Local data and ground reality both support my own review that the Florida margin in 2020 is near the Ohio margin in 2016. Without large mail-in ballot manipulation the Harris-Biden ticket doesn’t stand a chance in Florida. It’s over.
EXAMPLE-2: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were in Phoenix, Arizona, and the lack of support was remarkable. A ground report from Phoenix aligns with the visible reality and highlights a true reflection avoided by MSM:
I live in Phoenix. I’d like to file the following report “on the ground” here in Arizona.
There are reports Joe Biden drew eight people in Phoenix when he visited here last Thursday.
The enthusiasm gap is staggering. There is very little real/organic support for Biden. Very few yard signs and very few Biden/Harris car bumper stickers. By contrast, there are hundreds and hundreds of old cars/pickups with Trump flags and American flags driving around. This morning, I saw a “Democrats for Trump” bumper sticker.
I have “coffee with the cops” whenever I can and the Democrat’s avowed support for Antifa/Anarchists has turned all the cops against Biden. They called his anti-police polices “bleep.” I can’t imagine any police union member supporting for him.
People here want a job not a government handout. Cindy McCain has zero support and virtually no influence.
My two boys recently graduated from ASU and were shocked by the college faculty’s attempt at liberal indoctrination. They just wanted to get a job after graduation. They will be voting for Trump (based on their own life experiences, not mine).
We the people are being sold a “bill of goods” about Biden the likes of which I’ve never seen or imagined. It is an epic crock.
God speed, patriots! (link)
All visible support for President Trump is genuinely organic, grassroots and easily identifiable as not being politically coordinated. Conversely all media-focused support for Joe Biden -used to frame the current election narrative- is transparently astroturf, inorganic and easily identified as being contrived. There truly is a remarkable and easily witnessed distinction.
Additionally, I see the COVID weaponization for political purposes as a net negative. No-one has ever won an election by relying on American voters to be stupid. We have our political differences but the DNA in our national blood carries a strong BS detector. Once people pay attention, in the aggregate Americans can tell when things are manipulated.
So here’s the question… What do you see in your area?
What is the visible situation from your community and how does that contrast or align with the national narrative you are seeing as promoted by media?
Ground reports are a great way to get a *sense* of the election.
Today we went to my MIL’s farm in Southern Indiana. We saw a Trump yard sign in almost every house. Lots of Trump flags. The best were the home made signs. It was like traveling to Trump land.
We found a sign that said “Joe and the Hoe, Sniff and Blow” ?
SWFL here and it’s at least 10-1 Trump to Butthead & Beaver signs & flags. Like someone above said the B & B signs are mostly on homes in disrepair etc. The boating community here is all MAGA
I’m seeing Florida in the Trump column.. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/miami-pd-estimates-30000-cars-participated-anti-communist-latinos-trump-caravan-south-florida-video/
Rural Ohio. 45 minutes south of Cleveland, Ohio. We are the Gateway to Amish Country here. Mostly Trump signs with scattered Biden signs. Up in the Port Clinton,Ohio area the marinas were full of Trump flags on the boats. Did not see one Biden flag on a boat. Most yard signs in the Port Clinton area seem to favor Trump/Pence. Traveling from our house to Port Clinton, Ohio. Majority of the signs we see are Trump. Put-n-Bay was a little different. Again, Trump flags all over in the marina’s. But saw way to many Biden signs to my liking. (1 is to many) although we did see Trump signs :). In August we participated in a Trump Flotilla in Port Clinton, Ohio. The turn out was amazing. There had to be around 1000 boats.
NW rural Illinois – these are small towns – population from a few thousand to 15,000 or so.
Lots of Trump support. 10-1 Trump over Biden
I have been assisting at the local republican party office. About a third of the people who requested Trump signs yesterday were replacing Trump signs which have been stolen.
Our area had a very successful Trump boat rally about a month ago (about 75 boats) and more recently a very successful Trump car parade (about 200 cars). Lots of love for Trump here – people of all ages – lots of small business owners. People talk about how important this election is for our country. They are awake and aware. It’s nice to see.
Here’s something from the ground of Kansas.
Looks like this senate seat’s going Red.
“The Democratic Senate candidate in Kansas came out in support of Australian-style gun confiscation during a campaign event last weekend.
When asked about adding a training requirement to the state’s gun-carry permit application process, Democrat Barbara Bollier said U.S. gun-control measures do not go far enough. After noting that she has a daughter living in Australia, Bollier praised a controversial gun-confiscation program the country instituted in the 1990s.
“They have no guns. They don’t allow them. They just took them all away,” Bollier said with a chuckle in a video obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. “And, you know what, it’s pretty darn safe. It’s this amazing thing.” […]
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/kansas-dem-backs-gun-confiscation/
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OMG! Nail that coffin shut!
In Australia Machine guns were never legal and pistols had been restricted for a long time. The Gov. took most semi auto firearms and pump action shotguns , ( Some were allowed to be kept for certain purposes ) and made gun owners jump through more hoops but did not ban most other guns. Owners who wanted a gun simply replaced their semi- auto with a repeater or double barrel . there are more privately owned guns now than before ” Gun Control “.
I have got news for her
Australia has HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of guns
Just in suburban Sydney:
More in Melbourne and rural areas
Theres a map on this page if you read and scroll down
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/private-gun-arsenals-of-hundreds-of-weapons-stockpiled-in-suburban-sydney-20160409-go2i5x.html
Guns in Australia:
more here:
https://www.toomanyguns.org/top-100
In Australia, farmers and sporting shooters*, etc, can get guns. The average man cannot.
The buyback was easy because, those who *’needed’ a gun could still have them. Everybody else cashed in. Our population is relatively small.
But sporadic outbreaks of gang violence (especially from Africans) may have some people re-thinking. Of course, with the ridiculous WuFlu lockdowns and overzealous policing, it may nearly be time to form a militia. Unfortunately, we don’t have a 2nd Amendment.
The glass is half-FULL:
You won’t learn this on any INSANE tv talk /news outlet repeating the same METHODS year after year. (definition of INSANITY)
The PRIMARY MODEL gives President Donald Trump a 91% chance of winning the 2020 presidential election, with Democrat Joe Biden having just a 9% chance.
Trump: 362 electoral votes
Biden: 176.
This forecast is unconditional and final, not subject to any updating. It was first posted March 2, 2020, on Twitter.
It is a statistical model that relies on presidential primaries and on an election cycle as predictors of the vote in the general election.
This year the model has been calibrated to predict the Electoral College vote.
What favors Trump in 2020 as well is the cycle of presidential elections operating for nearly 200 years, is after one term in the White House, the incumbent party is favored to win re-election.
The candidate with the better primary vote tends to win the general election.
Donald Trump won them very easily. Joe Biden had a great deal of trouble.
Beginning in 1952, only the New Hampshire Primary was used. In 2008, South Carolina was added for elections. (GOP Cancelled 2020)
New Hampshire Primary:
Donald Trump 85 % of the votes
Joe Biden 8.4% – “unbelievable for a candidate with any aspirations of being president.”
Mamala Kamala DROPPED OUT
https://primarymodel.com/
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In 2016, when polls, pundits and forecasters were all predicting a certain victory for Hillary Clinton, the PRIMARY MODEL predicted Donald Trump’s victory at 87%.
https://primarymodel.com/2016-forecast-full.
Unlike many other projections, Helmut Norpoth’s equation IGNORES approval ratings.
“That’s a poll number,” he said, “and I don’t use those. I think the primary performance of a sitting president is usually a proxy for that. But I don’t use any polling data or data related to opinions.”
https://news.stonybrook.edu/facultystaff/maverick-modeller-helmut-norpoth-predicts-another-win-for-trump/
Southern Colorado here. Rural area. I have been seeing Trump flags for at least a year a few Trump yard signs. Until 2 weeks ago absolutely zero Biden anything. Then 2 weeks ago the Biden signs began showing up. Not an overwhelming amount but enough to cause some worry. Lots of yard signs for local republican races though so that gives me hope.
Drove from Northern CO to Yellowstone thru WY. Trump support is YUGE!
Update to my report from yesterday: finished a family road trip across PA today, we went from Philly area to State College (Penn State University) to northeast yesterday, and then from the northeast through Scranton back to Phila today.
Daily counts: for Biden, we saw 19 signs yesterday and 19 more today, with only a handful in and around Scranton
AND FOR TRUMP WE SAW 72 MORE TODAY AND 183 TOTAL OVER THE TWO DAYS!!!
Asheville area in NC here (progressive stronghold). Very few Trump signs, but they are targeted so people are not putting them up (Antifa is in our area). Not too many Biden signs either, but most everyone is just displaying local race signs or the virtue signaling signs, and of course most are left/Dem. Some of the Madison Cawthorn signs have been vandalized. No Tillis signs. I’ve seen a few pickup trucks flying big Trump flags. More Trump bumper stickers than Biden so far.
I’ve been tracking the early voting here in NC. So far, Dems are off to a 2.5-1 ratio lead on absentee mail in requests. Our early in person voting starts Thursday and I’m hoping for massive R turnout. After a few days of that, we should have a better sense of how it’s going to go…the monster vote turnout?
My wife’s circle of friends are mostly all libs and always have been. Not a one that I know of in that group is sitting this one out or voting Trump/3rd party. My wife voted 3rd party in 16 and probably will again…she is my bellwether as to whether the persona over policy white suburban mom who is/was disgusted by Trump could be won over…she’s not as anti-Trump as 4 years ago and says she hasn’t ruled out voting for him, but it’s probably a 2% chance she does. She’s vulnerable to the propaganda and sometimes falls for it, so I don’t know.
We’re not allowed to openly talk politics at work (was an even split before), plus our office is bare bones now with telework. I suspect the same way people voted in 16 is the same as it will be in 20. I still point out Trump’s accomplishments anyway just for the hopes that some of the people who don’t tune into politics overhear it and maybe persuades them.
I drove thru Asheville and was surprised not to see many Biden signs.
It’s pretty much Bernie country here. I don’t think they are too excited about Biden. And I really hope after some of the not so peaceful demonstrations here that they’re thinking twice about supporting the Dems.
Fortunately, we live in a very red county in NC. Moved from a prior red that turned mixed county.
Full of conservatives and Trump supporters here. So nice to be able to openly communicate with like minded folks. I esp love the Trump banners that the farmers/landowners put up that are the size of stadium banners.
First thing when we bought this house, I asked my husband to hang our American flag on the porch.
My husband and I will be early voting on Thursday, can’t wait! Will be tracking the numbers with you. Following Dan Forest and people all over seem to love him.
For family reasons, I live in a very small town next to Concord, MA. Yes, that Concord. Birthplace of the revolution. My family has lived in or around this region since the early 1600s. Yup. True story. I have stood many times on the Old North Bridge (replica). And wondered at the 400 men comprising militia and minutmen who dared advance and fire upon the British Regulars holding the bridge.
Today there are no British flags in my small adjacent town. Neither are there Trump signs. A very very very few Biden signs (under 10).
And several hundred if not a thousand (1,000) BLM signs.
Massachusetts is lost as a democratic republic for at least another generation. Officially, it is a commonwealth. Acutally, it is a beyond corrupt collection of self interests.
I stop and talk to the kids protesting on the various town greens surrounding me. They are stunningly ignorant. Their parents are worse.
My town and surrounding towns voted 70/30 for Hillary in 2016. Don’t expect any good news from MA east of Amherst where 90% of the population lives. Western MA through the Berkshires into NY is pretty split between the liberal hippy artists and country folk. There are not enough of either to make a difference.
George McGovern won one state in ‘72, taxachusetts., not even his home state.
2020 Biden will win 2 :
California & yours.
My family came from the same area, and my 5th great grandfather likely stood right next to yours at concord and bunker hill. how about that. And for all their efforts, you’re not allowed to buy beer after 6pm in MA 🙂
Actually I think you can buy beer later now in some supermarkets and some counties. ? However not sure, because I stopped drinking a couple of years ago (following PDJT example – don’t miss it at all).
Ganesh, I know Concord well. Like Cambridge, it is moonbat central – in fact, more so – almost everyone there is in that “entitled leftist elite” group (the price of the real estate alone practically guarantees it).
But it’s not far from Billerica which is very different. There are plenty of non-Concord towns in this state as well.
I’m not saying blueMA will flip to PDJT. But I think many people may be surprised by a marked change in the percentage of the vote here in this election – AND though the “popular vote” is 100% irrelevant to the Constitution, it is not irrelevant to public opinion.
There are places you can buy liquor later than 6pm, one is in Watertown and until 10pm.
Here in small town Central Illinois:
https://week.com/2020/09/20/trump-train-rallies-in-canton/
I live in “Gomorrah” Glendale CA. I’m not sure if the virtual non existance of Biden signs is due to mass liberal laziness or not, but there is really very little of that kind of thing out here. One advantage of living in an indoctrination camp is no advertising dollars are spent here, sparing us all that battleground noise. Silver linings!
In Md., rte. 50 on the eastern shore Two wood framed large Biden signs popped up about 10-12 miles apart, just shy of Easton. New lumber, same hurdle style framing. New looking small Biden push in signs sprung up in yards in between.
Suspicious ?
Good news is there are still custom made Trump/Pence large signs that have been up for a couple of years now.
Trump movement 2020, MAGA baby!
Graduated from high school around there, many years ago. KAG in that area! 🙂
I travel the same piece of road in MD–up to Bay Bridge–until Saturday there had been almost NO Biden signs, but all of a sudden there were quite a few of the new lumber similar signs planted all on the same day–just like you say MIKE! One thing that makes you have a double take are the Trump/Harris signs on this stretch of road–for Andy Harris the Congressman lol–Also on Saturday there were many Trump signs stolen form peoples yard, a friend of mine reported all five of hers were taken while she was gone for the day.
Thank you for verifying, listingstarboard.
Beautiful bride and myself have recently bought a bunker here near black water wildlife refuge, and to Elize I can confirm 90% of property owners are indeed MAGA/KAG good folks.
However,
One liberal neighbor (the sheriff ‘s description) already called the sheriff on my son and myself for using our shooting range. He distinctly told us we have every right to shoot on our own property. He was told by me he and his deputies were welcome to use our “range” anytime he wanted!
Alas, it is very Trump supportive here on the eastern shore, but you and I both know Md. always goes where Baltimore city, P.G., Montgomery, and Baltimore counties go, and with Our good friend Roscoe Bartlett getting gerrymandered out, that just about leaves Andy Harris as our most conservative rep!
Would like to hear GB Bari, Duke of Cumberland, Sharon in DC and other local treepers weigh in if possible
TRUMP 2020 and beyond!
Surf City Huntington Beach) CA reporting in here.
First events leading up to today. Antifa has invaded at least 4 times since 2018. Locals drove em back as they take no shif from “invaders.” 2018 congressional election was stolen as was 6 other CA seats.
Currently lots of Trump signs, Trump flags, bikers for Trump rides and rallies at the pier. Lots of Michelle Steele -R signs challenging the illegitimate D in our congressional seat. I did see 1 D congressional candidate sign hidden in their bushes. Too scared? Too embarrassed? One vehicle with a Biden sticker. Over the hill hippy driving (and no it was not a Yugo).
Visits to Newport Beach lots of Trump Flags too. Orange County is still MAGA County.
Good. We’ve been worried the vote harvesting has permanently turned OC blue. 15 years ago, I lived in Huntington Beach for a couple years on assignment. Definitely the nicest place I’ve ever lived in California. Bikers and Surfing and basically like living in Heaven. Every yard was a putting green of Bermuda grass, and every house flew a flag. Hope it never changes.
Putnam County, West Virginia here. Not very many signs one way or the other. Some Biden bumper stickers. Sentiment is mostly for Trump, but kept low key. Newspapers and television stations have a left-wing slant. West Virginia has long been a Democrat state, but no more. But the Democrats remaining are militant. The last time I displayed a Republican sign (McCain – Palin) my truck was keyed and egged. I told my neighbor across the street (who I suspected, a Communist, skinny, purple-haired rabble rouser), and she said that if I don’t want the hassle don’t put the sh*t out there.
Trump signs… Trump signs everywhere in west central florida. A 100:1 ratio of signs for Trump vs Biden.
CORRECT
Thats what mail in ballot voter fraud is supposed to offset.
I’m in So Cal and it’s impossible to know. In my neighborhood we have a lot of American flags in front yards. No Trump or Biden signs to speak of. A week ago Fri. my long-time friends and I met up at a park just to visit. It was the day we learned the Pres. and First Lady tested positive. Not a single word was spoken about it. I believe we PDJT supporters got fed up with all the grief Hillary supporting FB friends gave everyone when she lost. We just keep to ourselves except for eye contact with like- minded friends.
I lived in San Diego. Moved out August 14, but I never saw any Biden signs. I saw more Bernie 2020 and even crusty Bernie 2016/Obama 2008 bumper stickers than for Biden. It wasn’t until my final day there where I saw a Biden lawn sign on Coronado.
There was a boat parade I attended in June that had a huge turnout for Trump.
I recently visited my daughter in the Bay area. Most of the signs in her neighborhood were for local races. The only presidential signs were all for Biden. California will vote Democrat.
The presidential race will be decided in the upper mid-west – Wisconsin, Montana, Michigan as well as Pennsylvania. My forecast is that Trump gets re-elected. He gets 2 more years before he becomes a lame-duck after the 2022 mid-term. Will he make any progress in Draining the Swamp? He struck out on that score in this term.
The question really is the Senate with the GOP defending 23 vs the Democrats 12.
Sorry. Meant Minnesota not Montana.
Understand!
I’m afraid that draining the swamp is going to be a generational project.
I am in LA. Black and Latino people in church for Trump. Trump rallies in Beverly Hills. Don’t see anything for Biden. A couple of signs in the blue area in which I live.
After reading other comments, I realized I’m being too vague with just saying So Cal. I’ll add I live in the second most populated city in LA County. Our mayor and city council have been busy putting our streets on “road diets” and encouraging us to give up our cars in favor of bicycles.
Wake County NC here. I’m seeing mostly local election signs. One huge Trump sign and a few Biden signs popping up here and there.
Here in Orland Park, a southwest suburb of Chicago, there was a spontaneous pro-Trump, flag-waving demonstration yesterday along the main road through the middle of town. It was at a major intersection. Maybe 30 people, lots of flags. The number of passing cars blowing their horns was tremendous.
No signs around for either candidate. Seems, though, that everyone is keeping quiet on the election, unless prompted. The Covid thing has lots of people po’d, especially the masks and distancing. There’s still a lot of die-hard anti-Trumpers, though.
china.
Hey Bill,
My family is on the south side too. My mom’s neighbor put up a Trump sign in his window and his house was egged and his tires slashed in an hour. That being said, I see a division between working class people who are all for Trump and virtue-signaling elitists who are anti-Trump. I live on the north shore, and some guy down the street has a Biden billboard on his house lit up with a spot light. The guy across the way has an American flag the size of a bed sheet that also is correctly illuminated, so they cancel each other out. Some Biden signs up here, not many, and some nauseating “we believe” signs. No Trump signs, but then again people do not want to have their windows broken, so they do not put anything out. Like always, the whole state will go red except Chicago and its outskirts in Crook county, and that”lol be enough to give Illinois to the mummy.
Western Montgomery County PA – many more Trump signs than in ‘16. Biden signs as well. But 2/3 Trump.
Eastern side of Montco Pa here, lots of Biden signs ( I suspect they are more against Trump than Pro Biden), makes me want to puke every time I see them… quite a few Trump signs, just more Biden..
Denver, Colorado here. The front range rules the state and it has been lost to liberals solidly for a decade now. This state has long been a destination for transplants (not many natives here) and they have largely moved here from New York, California, and Texas. There isn’t much need for the Trump campaign to spend money here in spite of the support from the rest of the state.
In metro Denver there are Biden signs that just started showing up in people’s yards within the last three weeks. Prior to that – nothing. There is nothing organic about it. I saw my first Biden bumper sticker two weeks ago and it is the only one I’ve seen. I live in the suburbs and our neighborhood won’t be putting out any signs. It is largely Trump around here. Outside of metro Denver I don’t see any visible Biden support.
Denver is on edge. Last night there were competing “patriot”/”communist” rallies downtown. A liberal nutbag shot and killed a conservative nutbag. He shot him in the face after they got in a shouting match. Political violence is here and real. Our mayor and the governor are encouraging the violence with their intentional throttling of the local economy (covid) and restrictions on the police. I haven’t looked online extensively, but my guess is the story is being ignored nationally because it involves a lefty murdering someone.
There are encouraging signs here, however. The populace can’t ignore the desolation of downtown, the violence, or the drug/homeless/crime problem that has overtaken our once peaceful city. Denver and Salt Lake have always been two of the most peaceful “big” cities in this country and the last year has sure changed that. I hear a lot of chatter about that. If the Republican party here didn’t suck they could take advantage of it. I know that didn’t sound encouraging…but the thing is that more people are starting to wake up. That is very good. It turns out that folks don’t like violence and the left is outing themselves.
I work for a main TEGNA(the corporate owner of KUSA9) competitor. I am really hoping my company uses this event against them. KUSA is the market leader in Denver and what better way to knock them off their perch.
I am from the Pueblo area. I would say the voters here will vote down ballot for democrats whenever the big labor city of Pueblo gets to vote on them. Pueblo has about 110,000 people and I am reasonably sure Trump will prevail here. But all of the surrounding area including Canon City, Pueblo West, and and assortment of other communities amount to about 125,000 people, and they are all solidly against the Democraps. I don’t live in El Paso County, but I know it exceeds the population of the City of Denver and will largely cancel out that vote. Rural Colorado is solid Republican country. So, if the Denver suburbs can cancel out the squishy Democrap strongholds of Northern Colorado and the ski resort towns, we have a close race. Keep you heads up and talk to your neighbors and be positive about the good things Trump has done, because I think this could be a 40 state landslide with Colorado definitely in play. A couple of Trump rallies in Douglas and Weld Counties could be just what we need. The Democraps are over confident and we can make it miserable for them.
COLORADO GOP ORGANIZATION SUCKS. I totally agree with above post by facedown12, I think he is correct that GOP organization “sucks” statewide, with exception of colorado springs area.
NEED NORTHERN COLO GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT. Most Northern colorado rapidly growing front range towns and surrounding farm towns are historic GOP strongholds, with exception of dem leaning university neighborhoods of ft collins and greeley. I am seeing t 10 homeowner trump signs for every one biden sign. there is Strong back the blue sentiment, strong 2nd amendment sentiment, very limited violence in northern colo. Big economic boom from fracking created strong pro-energy sentiment. So, a good get out the vote effort in northern colorado would really help, if GOP had its act together.
HISPANICS ARE MORE WILLING TO EMBRACE GOP. Northern colo hispanic population is now 30 percent of total! Good news is noticeably improved latino support for trump compared to 2016, and less support for illegals. Strong Latino resistance to trump in 2016, bc trump perceived as anti- immigrant, anti Mexico — this appears to be less of a problem in 2020. also I think that Covid management problems at meatpacking plants, with large hispanic labor force, do not appear to be blamed on trump.
GOVERNOR STOKING FEARS OF COVID. I think that the biggest problem for Trump here is leftist governor Polis is constantly stirring up covid fears and imposing lockdowns and trying to blame Trump!!! Dem media is constantly pounding about cumulative deaths, and GOP never responds by indicating positive trends, showing dramatic drop in colorado incidents of casesl/fatalities since april.
PLANNED PARENTOOD LESS VISIBLE IN 2020 It’s all about getting out the vote especially in deplorable GOP leaning middle class neighborhoods and farm towns. (in 2016,deplorables were clamoring for trump signs at home depot parking lot! this could happen in 2020 with similar effort ) Good news is Dem planned parenthood operatives are weaker than in 2016, because Dems are too afraid of covid to go door to door in 2020 like they did in 2016 and they hopefully cant get into nursing homes to do their nefarious ballot harvesting in 2020.
GARDNER IMPROVING AGAINST HICKENLOOPER. Debates appear to be helping Senator Gardner , who has 4 debates scheduled with hickenlooper and he is appearing to be winning those. Gardner is still supposedly polling behind but improving, and Gardner is polling better than trump in statewide averages which include trump-hating metro denver and Boulder . Hickenlooper claim to fame is his feebly trying to take credit for roaring Colorado economy while hickenlooper was governor, but this was in no small part due to fracking boom which he supported then. Today, hickenlooper is opposed to fracking which was so important to northern colorado economy!!! this is a big deal! GOP should be emphasizing Hicks current opposition to fracking!! I think that the total collapse of denver downtown in past few years—sprouting up of ugly homeless camps , deterioration of safety, graffiti on capital building, supreme court and other government buildings, destruction of parks, rioting and growth of BLM, –all this is due to dem poor management, as in other Dem run cities. (helped by marijuana legalization and expansion of other drug problems). I agree with above post from facedown12, who concludes that GOP is missing an opportunity by neglecting advertise the atrociously poor management of Denver center city, by former mayor hickenlooper and former governor hickenlooper and current dem mayor and dem governor . I think GOP could do an ad showing Dem mess in Denver, similar to the Kim Klacik ad showing Dem mess in Baltimore, or Collins ad showing Dem mess in LA.
I totally agree with above post, I think facedown12 is correct that GOP organization “sucks” statewide, with exception of in colorado springs . sadly, I think Trump could be doing much better in Colorado, if GOP had its act more together.
also, I think GOP has missed opportunity by failing to advertise Hickenloopers poor forest management resulting in wildfires, and his silly effort to blame wildfires on climate change
I live in a neighborhood that is in inner Durham, NC, adjacent to a major University. In my neighborhood BLM signs are everywhere. In Durham there has been BLM-related vandalism of downtown businesses. Well, this week I have been working in another neighborhood that is very predominantly Black while distributing door-hangers in support of a Republican candidate. It is very interesting that, in very sharp contrast to my own neighborhood, the Black neighborhood has virtually NO BLM signs posted whatsoever. Overall in Durham County there are over 5 registered Democrats for every registered Republican. I am very curious to see if the voting results will reflect this possible disaffection with thuggish leftists (no BLM support) and lead to an improvement in the proportion of minority voters going for Trump from that neighborhood.
I had a lengthy post about driving through the
Cascade Heights neighborhood of Atlanta a few days
ago. It’s upper middle class, older homes. Contains
many of the black Atlanta movers and shakers. Very
few “Biden” signs. No one brave enough to post a Trump
sign. NO “Black Lives Matter” signs. No “We Believe” signs.
I think that Cascades realizes what utter BS it is.
Only on some side streets, with new, infill homes. I believe
that these are populated by white “urban pioneer” hipsters.
By chance, I met one and his daughter at the state park
campground I had been staying at. They mentioned the
school that she attended. I noticed it was in Cascade, and
looked up the demographics. Less then 1% white.
No one puts out Trump signs in close in Atlanta. Too risky.
Plenty of people that you’d never think are Trump supporters
in private. Met a LOT of hippy musicians that you would think
would be the last to support him. Many are quietly his most
vocal fans.
There aren’t any BLM signs in the black neighborhoods cuz most black people know the org. is a sham that is only there to USE them for their own purposes, which have NOTHING to do with bettering their lives.
Gawd. I’m really losing my patience w/ these ignorant white SJW Dems. They cause so much destruction, while Virtue Signaling all the way.
North Charleston/Charleston County: in the several months since COVID measures were implemented, I’ve seen 1 Biden mask. I’ve seen 1 Trump mask and 3 MAGA hats. Today, we were out driving, and we saw a Trumper sticker (get it? A bumper stick for Trump? Trumper? ?) Thinking back, I think we actually saw another one a few weeks back on a truck.
There’s a lot of moonbats in our apartment complex. If we were to openly declare support, I wouldn’t want to bet my life our car would remain untouched. (We’ve got a Bernie Bro in the building and at least one more in the next building.) We do have our WiFi name set to Trump2020, though…
More and more people maskless. It’s not a guaranteed indicator of Trump support, of course, but it does show people are getting fed up with the BS. Two more interesting notes: recently I got a FB ad for a book called “Juniper Mouse and the Very, Very Angry president.” With the exception of two people going through and reacting to and replying to every comment, every single comment was a condemnation of the book and support of Trump. Not related to my state specifically, but indicative nonetheless. The other note is a very interesting billboard up on the interchange of Ashley Phosphate (major local road) and I26: an ad for Lowcountry Male testosterone replacement therapy, that says “Make Men Men Again” and is arranged exactly like the 2016 Trump/Pence signs, to the point I had to take a good long look at it while we were at a red light to figure out it was a ripoff not an endorsement. So at least one local business thinks that “Trump” and all that stands for, sells well enough around here to blatantly model their business ad after his signs.
Hey there TC. I grew up on James Island and live in Goose Creek now, but have lived just about everywhere around the area over my time here. Almost everyone in my area is pretty low key about their support for anyone this year it seems. I see more local election signs than anything else. There are a few scattered Trump yard signs and I’ve seen a couple trucks with Trump flags driving around. I can’t think of a single Biden sign though. Berkeley County as a whole is pretty solidly red, so it’s almost an understood thing. My concern for the 1st congressional district is the Mt. Pleasant/downtown/ West Ashley area that has turned blue over the last couple or few decades with the constant flow of people moving from northern areas of the country. I don’t get over there much, but I’ll be staying downtown next weekend for a little staycation. I’ll try to remember to come back and report what I see. And stay away from Ashley Frustrate 🙂
We’re on Dorchester Rd. between Bosch and the AFB, actually in the doughnut hole that is North Charleston/Dorchester County (and while I try to be a lady, when I found out I couldn’t vote for any local representation last election cycle not all my words were ladylike. But damned if they don’t tax us anyway!) Staying away from Ash Phos is impossible for us. :S
My family used to live up near University Blvd – family of birth, that is, pre-marriage – and we hung out in GC a lot. We were involved for several years with all the local political groups – GC and Berkley County and North Charleston and Charleston County – it’s been almost a decade though, since I was involved in any of it. First we ran out of money for participation and then life came in swinging below the belt.
North Charleston and Charleston County has always been blue. (I think there’s something in the works to cede this doughnut hole to Chas County.) Considering we do all our shopping and running around in North Chas, seeing all the Trump support here is encouraging.
Moncks Corner, Berkeley ~ SC
I am not seeing much in the way of any political signage. Clusters just before town on Hwy 52 and all local. Some near the polling areas. I had a Trump sign at my driveway that lasted maybe 20 minutes. No other vandalism though. I only know a few folk who are voting for Biden and those are teachers. They participated in the RedforEd teacher walkout for salary increases. Berkeley County is solidly Red. I attended a Nancy Mace fundraiser two weeks ago and was a bit disappointed in what she described her campaign approach against Joe Cunningham would be this month. She said Trumps polling in SC wasn’t very good and she was going to stand off from him a bit. I didn’t ask about the polling information she was using. I mentioned that she really needed to hit hard on law & order and safety. To focus on the lack of response to the recent BLM “peaceful protests” in Charleston and Dorchester counties. I explained that my sister is a fervent anti-Trumper who voted Hillary…..but she was very upset by the BLM group breaking into a restaurant while folk were dining and they had to escape out the back door. She was angry at the Mayor and the Police for the stand-down orders. She had dined at that restaurant an hour earlier. Mace has an opportunity there she should not let pass. Time will tell but I didn’t come away impressed.
I live in Lakewood, WA near Tacoma just south of Seattle/King County. Unfortunately, the migration of libs from King County into the peripheral counties (Pierce to the south and Snohomish to the north) has meant a shift in voting preferences from Republican to Democrat. In Lakewood, I’ve seen large fence posters of Biden/Harris and Dump Trump and a number of Biden/Harris lawn signs. My neighborhood is still staunchly conservative (veterans, retirees), but like the dinosaurs we are approaching extinction, at least when it comes to carrying the day in voting. It’s sad that WA is so blue (the southwestern quadrant of the state and the eastern half are still largely GOP but is overwhelmed in numbers by the expanded blueness of the Puget Sound region). Sorry, but no surprises here. With our jungle primary system, many Republicans didn’t even make the cut for the general election in down ballot races. No help for our President/GOP in the Pacific Northwest.
I lived in Seattle in 2016. According to the NYT precinct level voting map, I was one of 40 people to vote Trump in my downtown Seattle precinct. Gary Johnson got 41 votes and Hillary 367. Getting sucker punched by an Antifa goon in January 2017 is what made me finally pack up and leave.
Sad to hear about your experience, but sadly it’s common place these days in King County (two month waiting list in Pierce County to get processed for a concealed weapons permit!). Every election in WA since the 2004 Gregoire-Rossi fiasco has been a fraud (my friend in King County received two ballots for that one: one at her work and one at her home). With only vote-by-mail in the State, it will be generations, if ever, before Republicans win a meaningful office in WA.
I have never been to Seattle, but it looks to me like a former great place to live that has been turned into a typical Democrap cesspool. It will be looking like San Francisco before long and nobody will want to even visit there anymore.
Absolutely. With the great numbers of socialists/communists being produced by our public education system in the Puget Sound region and the complete leftist control of the media, there is no opportunity for any discussion of more reasonable ideas — debate is closed and the likelihood of violent Red Guards-like actions intensifies daily. We conservatives in the region hope that when the reality of socialism/communism sinks into the young and misguided, it will drive them into looking for more conservative and fulfilling alternatives. We stand ready to welcome them.
SW Mo here, Definitely Trump country. Very few biden signs, with a large number of Trump/Pence signs and lots of Trump flags displayed with the American flag. Dems were thinking of disbanding in our county, finally scrapped a few folks to make a committee, put up a few signs but nothing like the common folk all around them. We usually vote about 80%/vs 20% Rep/Dem. Areas to watch are STL and KC and Columbia with Springfield close behind. Lots of voter fraud in STL, Dems were in court last election suing each other over voter fraud in Dem primary.
https://fox2now.com/news/court-case-over-absentee-ballot-fraud-in-st-louis-democratic-primary/
I’m in North San Diego County Ca.
American Flags and Trump Flags everywhere.
Newsom’s tight restrictions are destroying the liberal tourist industry business owners. Disney is laying off thousands, and small restaraunts are taking a digger.
I have visitors who come to my property from “LA and San Diego” (Very liberal areas) who are so happy to spend a few days in old California…no sirens, smog, protests and homeless encampments. Star filled sky and a free bottle of Cab help; but really i see a red sunset on my home State.
I lived in Downtown SD until August 14. Saw zero Biden support. None.
We look good here in Tulsa area. ‘Trump tents’ popping up all over. Not sure who is benefiting from the proceeds but they sell a lot of Trump stuff.
Ratcliffe’s former district in N. Texas. About 4-1 signs for Trump vs Biden. This is one of the reddest congressional districts in the country. PVI R+28. So probably not real informative
Anyone that i know in florida that is on the fence…Do what I do…remind them hw their lives would have been if Obamas pick for Governor had won, They would be locked down, they would have had wuhan infected seniors tossed in nursing homes and they would have been searching for andrew in every crack hotel…
Perspective from rural NE Georgia:
I sent the following yesterday to an email discussion group I belong to comprised of patriot veterans from all over the country)while out food shopping that is germane to the ground report request:
“Suffering through our local Walmart right now (we only have 2 food stores in our rural area).
It is apparent where most spent their Covid “free money.” There are tats abounding…as well as more cellulite than muscle—I wonder whoever introduced “yoga pants” to our “culture.” It is enough to never eat cottage cheese again.
And of course the usual UGA “dawg” football attire is everywhere as well as LOTS of F bombs from the parents of the (many) toddlers waiting in line.
Nothing whatsoever heard about the election, the coup, Antifa etc.
At least “Covid” masks are worn by the distinct minority and almost all by apparent millennials and Gen-Zers. I suspect the reason people are not wearing them has little to do with their political sensibilities but is more in line with the reason so many are morbidly obese, smoke, do not wear seatbelts and do not vote etc.
It thus appears all is well in the hinterland.”
In other contexts, there does seem to be a great deal of enthusiasm for “our side” among many others in our area. Due to my firearms training business I make a circuit of all the area gun shops every week to check availability and prices and certainly among those in these stores (that are packed every time I go) there is a lot of positive talk about the election and issues.
In these and other trips I try to drive my bright orange and beige 1955 Chevy resto-mod emblazoned with large Trump/Pence signs on the doors and routinely get many more honks and “thumbs up” than middle fingers.
Last weekend my wife and I took my large pick-up truck to a northern Atlanta suburb to rendezvous with a grassroots group for a Trump/Pence cruise around the Atlanta beltway. Over 200 vehicles participated with many Trump and US flags flying.
Driving through our area the percentage of signs, flags etc. for “our side” predominate over those for the enemy about 25 to 1.
I am also very close to our Sheriff’s Office and the support for “our side” is near total. It is also similar at my church, which is one of the larger nondenominational ones in our area.
The predominant issues now seem to be abortion, law and order (both as to the rioting and to a lesser extent the coup since the latter requires a lot of study to fully understand), seething resentment at the constant false charge of racism, 2d Amendment and growing sense that we are truly at a political and moral crossroad. Interestingly, the “economy” is not mentioned nearly as much as the other issues. Covid is even less mentioned due to our state having largely “moved on.”
Of course, as one moves south from here the perspective changes greatly the closer to Atlanta one gets. It is actually rather striking to see freedom turn to sheeple subjugation in the 90 miles. Many of the northern suburbs where my son lives have middle class neighborhoods with lots more signs and flags supporting “our side” than the enemy and anecdotally there is a lot of talk that many more are simply too scared to be open in their support.
That is a very telling phenomenon if accurate. My flagpole at my gate flies the US, USMC, Gadsden and, yes, the Confederate battle flag.
Just drove 8 hours down 95 from MD to SC and back last week.
Saw one Biden sticker – dozens of Trump.
Rural SC and NC was all Trump signs. Not one D sign at all.
I was in Boone NC , there for little over a week. Interesting phenomena once more with liberal academia impacting the local community because of App State U . Saw mostly Biden signs in the neighborhoods , but am wondering if the “Trumpsters” are afraid of offending the liberal elite . I asked an old timer , he shook his head , “ those professors are just brainwashing them kids” . I think the North Carolinian natives are going to hold their cards tight right up to the elections .
I’ve been thinking on this for a while. Conservatives need to push to take back academia. Start offering scholarships for advanced degrees to those who are conservative and want to teach. We have to stop ceding academia to the liberals. (The alternative is for conservatives to stop sending their kids/money to the liberal institutions.) Same scholarship program for conservative high school teachers.
We’ve started fighting back – we need to fight harder, where it matters!
I live in North Georgia. This is a red area, but I usually see some Democrat yard signs and bumper stickers. I have never in 30 plus years living here seen so few Biden signs etc. He has none of the excitement that clinton, obama, gore, kerry had. I really expected more LOL!
Minneapolis. As expected, all signs are for Biden. Some say “Kamala Harris” in big crayon-ish lettering and Joe Biden in tiny letters. When I drove through the exurbs and up north, it was all Trump signs. For Halloween, I plan on flying an American flag. It’s like a code that I’m for Trump.
Up north Minnesota.
Here along the socialist shores of Lake Superior, and in the socialist city of Duluth, Biden signs are everywhere. Everywhere. Throw-up a little everything I have to drive through the gauntlet of non-stop Hiden signs along London Road where all the rich people live.
Doesn’t the lyin’ media say all Trump supporters are rich? Hhhmmm.
BUT! Between yesterday and today I installed 10 8’x4′ Trump signs people asked for along major roads, with most of those being in front of businesses! One business owner said he no longer cared if the marxists stopped buying from him due to his Trump sign, he said if President Trump does not get re-elected we will no longer have a country.
Plus we had a President Trump sign wave on Friday and someone counted the reactions of the passers-by. They said the reactions were 5 to 1 positive for President Trump. Those drivers were locals and tourists from the Twin Cities coming up north for the fall colors.
I live over in an inner ring suburb on the East side of the metro. Very few Pres Trump signs (but there are some), a decent number Biden but most have nothing (which I interpret as good news). I can confirm up North is super-strong Pres Trump (lots of sings and coming home there were Trump people on the highway overpasses). Basically it will come down to how motivated to vote the Pres Trump haters are in the metro as to whether we win the state or not (and potentially a Senate seat held by the Demos as well).
Westmoreland county Pennsylvania is showing Huge support for our President. Voter registration has switched from Democrat control to Republican. I Attended 3 huge Rally’s President Trumps at Arnold Palmer airport where we stood in traffic for 2 hours to go a mile and a half. Wendy Bell who was kicked of our local radio station for her Truth telling BS board episodes is now doing sponsored Facebook shows from her home reaching thousands across the country.
Boat and car parades with incredible attendance. Trump signs everywhere with a couple of Biden.
The enthusiasm here is through the roof! Never seen anything like it.
People are tired of the masks and tired of Democratic Tyranny from our Governor and courts.
This all sounds great, but it doesn’t matter who votes, it matters who counts the votes, to quote Joe Stalin. The mail vote fraud could be catastrophic.
Agreed. Teachers union will play a roll.
Thomas Nast captioned the signature brand of the Democrat machine in 1871, seven years before Stalin was born.
https://masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=5900&pid=41
The New York City Board of Elections sent new ballots to about 100,000 voters in Brooklyn who received incorrect return envelopes in the first mailing.
The accompanying letter pointed to a vendor error and directed the voter to destroy the first ballot and send in the new one. However, they explained, if you already sent in the first one you should send in the new one anyway. The board would make sure the first one was destroyed?
In the next to last paragraph of the same letter it reminds the voter that he/she can still vote in person on Election Day if they wished.
There will be thousands of people who will have voted three times under this ‘snafu’ and they could palpably claim misunderstanding the instructions. It is likely that all three ballots will be counted.
Nobody shows up at Biden/Harris venues, but polls say they will on Election Day?
This explains the need for the Dems to harvest ballots and push for mail in fraud.
In West Michigan, drove 5 miles today to visit Grandma with the wife and kids. We counted 61 properties with Trump flags/signs/posters etc. Vs 11 sleepy Biden houses.
Hi neighbor.
In my immediate area at least 8:1 Trump versus Biden signage. I was in the E and NE section of Grand Rapids proper a week ago and was really disappointed by the Biden signs – these were in front of expensive condos and homes (what are they thinking?). As I drove into the NW side of town the signage changed to majority Trump.
I live in a university area and did have my Trump/Pence sign stolen a week ago today. Put up another one a bit closer to the house this week and have a light shining on it at night. A neighbor had a John James sign stolen (he replaced it); his three Trump signs (one quite large) have not been touched. Neighbor down the road has his hanging 10 feet up in the air in the trees.
Houston, Texas here. In 2016, I saw Hillary stuff everywhere. This year, even in the most liberal areas of Harris County, I don’t see much in the way of Biden stuff. We have maybe two yard signs in my neighborhood. Plenty of Trump gear everywhere though.
However, I heard we’ve had some massive problems with potential vote harvesting, so who knows what’s going to happen? Even without it, I suspect Biden will win Harris county. Probably nothing else in the area though.
Here in Pasadena, southeast suburb of Houston, I have seen only a handful of Trump signs, but no Biden ones. I see a great many MAGA hats and shirts. I have seen one Biden bumper sticker. We are pretty conservative here in my town, but being in Harris County, I agree with Nan, it will go for Biden.
Arizona again. North Scottsdale/ Cave Creek/ Carefree area. Many, many Trump flags/signs. I have only seen three houses (all in a row) with Biden signs, one old guy sitting outside with a mask and a Biden flag. He kind of looks like Biden. The town of Cave Creek is so Trump its funny. On one side of the street you have biker bars, on the other side cowboy bars. Competing kiosks selling Trump paraphernalia. Tractor caravans with Trump flags; other times pick ups with Trump flags. MAGA.
South-central, PA, Lebanon County: massive Trump edge in signs, at least 50 to 1 advantage. Not surprising as Trump carried the county with 65.9% of the vote in 2016. Still, more signs than 2016 (Trump) and many large 6′ x 4′ signs in yards and some barns with 12′ x 9′ signs. Next door in Dauphin County you see a more even mix, but you see many “Support the Police” signs as well as more signs for Republican state office seekers and Republican US House candidates. These are “shy” Trump voters and they will vote. This county is based on Harrisburg with many state government employees and barely went for Hillary giving her 49.4% of vote last time. If we flip this county it will be just barely. No doubt about it, the center, west and northeast in this state are strong for Trump. Pray we can minimize the inevitable cheating in the southeast (Philly).
With President Donald J. Trump, it seems to me that people who doubt him seem to force themselves to ignore what happens – when they underestimate him –
a case in point, an excellent case in point, IMHO: the first debate with Joe Biden – so many people seemed to think “he lost, Trump wasn’t that good, it was not a winner for him” –
okay, so IF President Trump lost that first debate, WHY doesn’t Biden want another round in the same format? Why the “virtual” debate? Because THEY – the Democrats – know Joe Biden lost that first round – in spite of all the news media trying to prop up the Biden Campaign, the truth is that Joe Biden lost that first round and did not want to go into that arena again, thus the effort to hide behind a “virtual” debate setup.
President Trump won the first debate.
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Mom and I live in Palm Desert, California but we also keep in touch with relatives up in LA and watch news from there too (from various LA channels through youtube) –
Here in the desert, some months back, someone threw a Molotov cocktail into the Republican headquarters office over in La Quinta – we have seen in recent weeks were some neighbors had their nice big Trump 2020 flag torn down from the front of their house – they went right out and got another one plus they have one in the front yard as well as one in the backyard which can be seen by the golfers. Mom and I went for a nice drive the other day around our area, lots of Trump signs – but Biden also – one street had quite a few Trump signs, at almost every house – that was exciting!
The fact that the beautiful TRUMP sign was even put up on that hill at the 405 Freeway near the Sepulveda Pass – amazing and encouraging –
and a Trump parade on Rodeo Drive recently . . . I think Brandon Straka of the “Walkaway” campaign was involved in that.
Central Oregon Coast. You will get hurt here if you display anything Trump. Although about 20 young male brave souls drove through Newport and Toledo with big Trump flags a few days ago. One has a sticker FAKE NEWS. However, there are no Biden bumper stickers although I saw one for Bernie. In 2016 every other car advertised for I’m with Her. There are a few biden/harris signs in yards and windows in Newport. Two communists with biden/harris signs sometimes join a crazy homeless preacher offering prayer at the corner of 101 and 20. Democrats have a huge building in Newport for headquarters but no one goes there because of covid.
Area still reeling from antifa set fires. Really, police picked up an antifa who set six fires governor made police let him go. He went on to light 7 fires along route 18 on Labor Day which burned out the little town of Otis.
Our dirt country road has only Trump supporters and we each have our own arsenals. We meet often.
I live in the Mississippi Delta-one of the poorest areas in the country-and have mostly seen Trump signs. I live in a subdivision outside of a small town. In my neighborhood, which is upper middle class, I see only Trump signs. I have had mine up since the summer and no one has tried to steal or destroy it. I also see mostly Trump signs in the neighborhood around my country club. I have noticed some Biden signs lately in town at the homes of two of our former Democratic mayor’s homes and some of the trial lawyer’s homes Our current mayor’s uncle is running for Senate against Cindy Hyde-Smith. Trump will win my state with the northern counties and the coast.
We live in Kendall, FL, essentially a southwest section of Miami.
I am pleasantly surprised to see more TRUMP 2020 flags and signs than those for B/H. Occasionally we’ll see pickups flying Trump banners and/or American flags supporting the police.
I hope it’s similar all over.
Truth be told, I’m almost 79. I’m afraid to wear my MAGA hat and put up supporting stuff.
These damn libs are nuts.
I’m 75 and I understand these feelings…plus, we have animals, and I don’t want to risk putting up a lot of stuff that could end up getting them hurt either (although we do have an American flag up).
I’m in a rural town about 75 miles SW of Chicago. Population 13,000. Farm country. Many more Trump signs than Biden signs, but we’re in a red congressional district in a dark blue state so it’s not surprising to see more Trump signs. Doubtful there’s enough of us to deliver Illinois for Trump.
Here’s a tip kiddies: the odds Trump vs Biden are not based on the weight of money as any betting market usually is. There is more money for Trump but he’s not shortening.
That’s all the pollsters need to know.
South Mississippi. I haven’t seen a Biden yard sign. More interesting to me, I haven’t seen a Biden bumper sticker. Usually democrats in our area have a ton of bumper stickers and decals on their cars. All of my black friends are conservative in their views but they vote democrat. I’m hoping this time will be different. Lots of Trump signs and flags.
I live in Oregon and have a sign for an opposite party, local candidate, in my yard after my business was quietly threatened by the BLM activist who called to ask about our “diversity and inclusion” policy, and then within 24 hours a person of color in a community with very few people of color showed up at our door with a sign they wanted me to post. I tried politely to say I wasn’t going to put a sign up for a candidate I knew nothing about, and then let-the-pressure-begin. I thought about it on the spot and decided I wasn’t in a great position for a solo confrontation – we are relatively isolated, though also visible, and don’t know a lot of people. In my last life, I confronted a certain group of jerks too soon for my own good and I learned my lesson. So signs aren’t always a sign of the thing.
Discovery Bay CA (population 10,000) had a large Trump boat parade a few weeks back. We have two boat parades a year generally — April open of boating season and Christmas season. I think there were as many boats (50+) for Trump as there are in the other parades. A scattering of Trump flags about (including my house and the neighbor across the street) but a lot of American flags which I think represent mostly Trump supporters.