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.
Eastern Kentucky, near Lexington. No yard signs of any type. I have seen one car driving around with a sign on the back window “A C A B” – All Cops Are Bast@rds.” I don’t know if there are others of the same in the area. People are hunkered-down and holding their cards close to their vest.
Driving from north Alabama to Colorado-saw 1 or 2 Biden signs along the interstate until we got to Colorado. Saw many Trump signs along the way. Received many complimentary comments on on my Trump face mask when we went into the gas stations.
From the People’s Democrat Republic of California. North-east of SF. There are literally no signs for either Presidential candidate. Have just started to see a few signs for local city council races. Based on yard signs the clear winner is ADT. People seem to be more concerned about possible burglaries than anything else.
Very annoying that they have sent ballots to all registered voters.
ADT….Against Democrat Takeover?
“clear winner is ADT” – LOL!
Last week I drove from north Texas to the Big Bend and back over a variety of highways. Lots and lots of Trump signs flags and such in west Texas. The only Biden sign I saw was on a gravel road near a handmade “Resist” sign.
My neighborhood has many Trump signs, and one “Republicans for Biden” sign.
thats my data, such as it is…..
I live in Western NC; in Buncombe county you cannot keep a Trump sign up…they are almost immediately stolen. Good thing is that Dan Forest signs (GOP governor candidate) signs seem to be left alone. I have heard even Dems recognize that Cooper is destroying the state with his lockdowns…destroyed small businesses.
When you get to the more rural counties, there are tons of Trump signs…these areas are more Republican but Dems are slowly moving in.
Something evil happening here…I was viciously attacked holding my Trump flag in downtown Weaverville. Man attempted to block me by standing in front of me with a Biden mask on…bumped me once but I told him I would file assault charges if he did that again. Vile name calling, etc..hostile crowd across the street…..at least 50% of the cars going by are Trump supporters, but no one stopped and stood with me…cowards I am sorry to say. .I stood on that sidewalk in 2016 with no problems
Now, Madison Cawthorn’s house was covered with vile spray painted messages and he received a death threat (he is running for Meadow’s seat). Lots of Trump signs stolen and nazi symbols sprayed on them; this is in Henderson County. His opponent is evil (Moe Davis); he was placed here…he is former military was at Guantanamo, he told his supporters they should place their boots on the necks of his opponents and twist until they die. Very evil person..I have heard it was Antifa that did the vandalism and threats.
So, right now, being a Trump supporter here requires courage: I feel he (POTUS) took the slings and arrows for us, now it is time to take the slings and arrows for him…now it is not the time for cowardice, it is the time for courage.
Early voting starts this week….lots of mail in ballots already received….I am sure massive cheating…the Dems here have gone totally insane. Some of them wear their masks in their homes and only take them off when they go to bed. These people are nuts…hate has driven them insane.
Good news: Trump now taking the lead in statewide polling!
I forgot the Senate race: Tillis vs Cunningham. Both are equally corrupt. Cunningham was caught texting this woman who is the wife of another Vet…he admits it and then a second woman spoke up. Cunningham is married with two kids; he refuses to drop out…well he is a Dem so it is ok to be corrupt and sleazy…don’t know how that race is going…I think Tillis has pulled slightly ahead only because everyone knows we need to keep the Senate red.
In the text, Cunningham committed a grave offense, beside the affair. The Vet’s wife (Todd) was saying suicidal things… according to the wife…and LT COL Cunningham took no action! I don’t know current stats, but for awhile 20 vets a day were committing suicide. The officer just continued wooing the troubled vet’s wife. An evil level of apathy!
I swear both Dem candidates here are evil… and since changed the district lines to include more Dems, they have a chance of winning….district only slightly red now so everyone has to go out and vote.
Tillis is terrible. I just have to remember, whatever the names on the ballot, the choice is really between Mitch McConnell, and Chuck Schumer.
Now, normally, I’d never vote for a Democrat, but I don’t like Tillis and my mother-in-law works at the hospital with Cunningham’s brother-in-law (Cunningham’s wife’s brother) who said he’s a great guy. Really, a sincere, trustworthy guy. Wonder what he is saying now Cunningham’s gone and humiliated his sister in front of the whole country! Just goes to show you can’t never know a person’s heart. Vote policy, not feelings, not “for the person”
Thanks for standing up and being counted.
I won’t even drive into Asheville metro area because of just what you describe. Shameful what our beautiful mountains are turning into from outside forces!
I don’t go near downtown Asheville.
You should have asked that Joe Biden clone if he was trying to sniff you:
lol…I did tell him that Biden was pedophile and he said that is a lie he is a nice guy….oh said a senile pedophile, forgot the racist part.
“Welcome to Weaverville. Chartered in 1875, The Town of Weaverville (pop. 4000+) is located 9 mi. north of Asheville and rests in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina.”
….9 mi. north of Asheville…
How did Asheville become so crazy let alone a tiny town like Weaverville?
i’m in n.w. iowa and travel most of the state for work.up here in the 4th district(steve king) signs are 100 to 1 trump to biden, last week i was in ames,big college town and i saw more blm signs then biden and more biden then trump,
Here in the suburbs of Ilhan Omar land, you see 10 lawns, 4 with Biden signs, 6 with none. The six with none are made of one person who doesn’t care and 5 Trump supporters who know their signs will be ripped off so why even put one up? Shy Trump voters? You can call them shy. I prefer Quiet, Pissed Off Trump Voters who don’t want to get into a pointless argument about whether BLM is a Marxist organization or has the communities’ best interests in mind. If pressed, they just say they are “Undecided” but will pull the lever for Trump and RED all the way down the ballot. Of course, that generally turns into a “How can you be undecided? Don’t you hate Trump like the rest of us?” Uh oh, a confrontation in the land of Minnesota Nice. So you can’t, at this point, actually BE undecided because they will call you out if you are not vehemently against Trump. I actually bamboozle the assholes by saying, “I don’t vote based on personality. I vote based on policy. I go to isidewith.com and answer the 500 policy-based questions and then it tells me which candidate I most agree with.” They are usually then a deer in the headlights. They have never heard of the site. They don’t understand how someone can not care about personality. They usually change the subject. The further away you go from the city, the more Trump signs and less Biden signs you see until you get to basically farmland and then it’s ALL Trump. I guess, in that way, it’s kinda like a microcosm of the USA.
Yep. City vs Country.
At Daytona Beach, Florida, there are a lot of yard signs, about 90% Trump. Earlier in the summer there was a huge Trump flotilla on the Halifax River, including a jumbotron on a barge!
Southeast Minnesota here (mostly congressional district MN-2, but a little MN-1 too)
The north end of CD-2 is in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. My county voted Trump around 66% to 33%, and the other nearby counties were also close, but lumping us in with the south metro makes the congressional race a close call every time.
In towns, signs are fairly close now. All summer, there were Trump signs everywhere and essentially zero Biden signs. About a month or 6 weeks ago, Biden signs started popping up fast. I think Trump still has a moderate edge in signs, but it isn’t huge. I also wonder sometimes if I am overestimating the number of Biden signs because I spent 6 months searching in vain for them.
Outside of the towns, I would say there are 4 to 6 yards with Trump signs for every one with a Biden sign.
The people with Trump signs seem to be quite a bit more likely to also have downticket signs up – Jason Lewis for Senate, Tyler Kistner for Congress (election postponed until February after the death of the candidate from the Legalize Pot party), and state offices (Goggin/Haley/Drazkowski/etc)
The people with Trump signs are also more likely to have multiple Trump signs, Trump flags or homemade Trump signs.
With that said, I do see a bunch of homemade Biden signs this year, and I don’t think I saw any homemade Hillary signs in 2016 (except for a couple of Hillary For Prison signs). I don’t know if homemade Biden signs reflect greater enthusiasm or is just a reflection of the slow start because of COVID. Probably the second one – I’ve never met anyone who was enthusiastic about Biden, but maybe someone somewhere is.
One house has a homemade “Biden / Truth Over Lies” sign. Every time I see it, I think to myself “That’s not a real Biden quote. It should be Truth Over Facts, or maybe Poor Kids Are Just As Smart As White Kids”
Both of the registered voters in my household received applications for absentee ballots. I wasn’t able to figure out who sent them. They did not appear to have the same postage markings that I normally see on regular mail from my county A/T office. The county might have contacted with a private vendor to send them, or they could have been sent by a political entity.
Fortunately, the forms were not pre-filled, they were the same blank form that anyone can download from the internet.
Turnaround time was 4 or 5 days. My local post office doesn’t sort mail any more – literally everything goes to St. Paul for sorting. If I sent a letter to my next door neighbor today, they wouldn’t get it until Wednesday or Thursday. To me, this strongly suggests that my county office is not overwhelmed with these requests and are getting them back in the mail they same day they receive them.
I’m still voting in person on the 3rd because I think that must-issue absentee voting is an abomination. I think we need a Constitutional Amendment to establish election day as a fixed federal holiday, eliminate in-person early voting, and severely curtail absentee voting.
Tell everyone you know to contact every Republican candidate in your area and urge them to publicly declare their support for the Ginsburg Amendment, a Constitutional Amendment that would fix the number of SCOTUS seats at 9, just as Ruth wanted it to be.
I live in the SF Bay Area, South Bay. I work on the peninsula. There are zero Biden signs, bumpers stickers at all. Some of my liberal, but not insane friends, about 10, don’t like Trump but are voting for him.
I’m in Northeastern PA (NEPA), Pocono Mountains, and this is Trump country 🙂
We had a huge boat parade on Lake Wallenpaupack that was organized by local Republicans this summer, and there are Trump signs and billboards everywhere.
I’ve recently seen two Biden bumper stickers on cars and two, maybe three households/businesses with Biden/Harris signs on the lawn, but the Trump banners and billboards pretty much drown them out.
Nearby Milford, PA has always been pretty liberal but as you move west from there you literally enter Republican country. That’s the way it feels, anyway.
I was in that boat parade too! It was an AMAZING experience We! We are full timers living right on the lake…Walt’s Cove. The Trump support in the area is great, but I’m seeing a flury of Biden signs pop up in and around our closest small town of Hawley this past weekend. Most of the new signs are located on “public” property…intersections, open land, etc. and very few in someone’s actual yard; typical leftist Alinskyite astrotrurfing strategy.
“I’m seeing a flurry of Biden signs pop up in and around our closest small town of Hawley this past weekend. Most of the new signs are located on “public” property…intersections, open land, etc. and very few in someone’s actual yard; typical leftist Alinskyite astroturfing strategy.” ~ EF
They pulled that around here back in 2016. About 2 weeks before the election some Killary signs showed up at the entrances to the subdivision. Since they were illegally placed in the street’s right-of-way I promptly puled them out and trashed them. Locally yard signs can only be placed on private property with the owner’s permission. Waiting to see if Obiden signs mysteriously show up one morning and prepared to take action. 🙂
I live right up the road from you, LOL…Owego and Rte 590!
I live in Northeast FL…huge Trump support.
Just returned from my sister’s wedding in Parke County, IN, west of Indianapolis….saw Trump signs and flags everywhere we went. Saw 2 Biden signs. BTW…what an absolutely gorgeous area there. Covered bridges and fall foliage.
*northwest
That’s more like it. I didn’t think I had misplaced you.
Thank you for the compliment on our area! This is indeed Trump country out here. Trump signs outnumber Biden ones about 15-20 to 1. Our town is a college town (Depauw) so there are a few Biden signs in the yards around the campus- probably campus prof’s. Covered bridge festival canceled this year but the sales and vendors showed up anyway. many Trump hats at the vending booths and at the big flea market when we attended a few weeks back. several vendors doing a brisk business in Trump items but curiously no Biden booths selling Biden march. No doubt how our area is going to vote- Trump/Pence 2020!
We saw the bridges at Mansfield and Bridgeton. Absolutely beautiful. Great food at the little Amish store. So enjoyed our visit.
We were in Wisconsin first weekend of Oct.- Madison to be precise, arriving Friday and returning to upstate NY that following Monday.
During our visit, yellow vested individuals were on street corners collecting mail in ballots. Biden signs were visible but not frequent.
Leave the capital area & Trump signs & billboards were plentiful and universal – from WI east through IL, IN, OH, PA and western NY.
At a couple of rest stops in OH there were electronic billboards with the following message:
Having driven hundreds of miles from NY to WI and back, Biden signs were very rare and less than a handful during entire trip outside of Madison.
Here in Dutchess County NY, there were no visible yard signs for Biden until last week. Again, less than a handful, but they are popping up.
I lived in Millbrook 36 years ago before moving to South Carolina.Loved that town.It was solid Republican back then.
Millbrook remains a beautiful area which several celebrities call home. MiL was a resident up until last year…thoroughly enjoyed the drive to visit her every weekend. The local farms offered freshly butchered Black Angus beef, pork & poultry products as well as dairy…the horse farms were mesmerizing in the morning mist. Trump signage is visible – haven’t seen any Biden signs there recently but given the status of celebs – not surprised.
I live in WI, and even in downtown Madison (for the first time ever), I saw a house with a Trump sign out in the yard (complete with a Trump flag). To this day, I still see it as I drive by. There have also been people spray painting and writing right leaning messages on the boarded up windows around the Capitol Square (One says “Resist the BLM Cult), for example… Otherwise, there are plenty (although not a bunch of) Biden signs throughout Madison and all of Dane County (most liberal county in the State)… Get outside of Dane County though, and no matter where you go, you will see more Trump signs than Biden signs (some areas are probably 10 Trump to 1 Biden, others are closer to 5 to one, other areas such as smaller cities are closer to 2 or 3 Trump to 1 Biden) Wisconsin will be quite close, but I think Trump will squeak it out once again…
We did not venture near the WI Capital this time having foregone the opportunity to visit the farmers market around the capital building as we had in years prior to pandemic. Sigh.
Granted, our whirlwind visit didn’t take in much of the local traffic since I refuse to wear a mask and according to family, a face shield was not acceptable. Instead we enjoyed a visit to WaldVogel’s Pumpkin Patch – no face masks in sight.
Generally we traveled mostly on highways where political signage was limited but overwhelmingly in Trump’s favor.
Yeah, the farmer markets in the area are quite nice, and it’s too bad that Dems had to ruin it. Besides having to wear a mask (below my nose) at work to keep my job, and for health care type stuff such as the dentist’s office, I have yet to wear a mask around anywhere else in the State, and so far I haven’t had any issues with anyone saying anything, even in uber liberal Dane County (but due to the “pandemic” scam, I’ve been avoiding most of the “big box” stores and have mostly been supporting local and independently owned stores instead). Depending on where you go, sometimes the employees/owners aren’t even wearing masks, let alone the patrons… Other times I am the only person in the store without a mask on…
I’m not surprised to hear that there were no masks in sight at WaldVogels, as that is in Dodge County. I frequent that county a lot, and it is one of the more conservative counties in the State. Trump signs are EVERYWHERE there (Biden signs are very rare)… There’s some nice Trump signs along the Dodge County segment of Hwy 151…
Highway signage here, a lot of times, is a farmer with his hay wagon parked in plain sight with a huge Trump sign across it… I was just in the Trempealeau area of the State a few days ago and those residents are quite adamant about their politics apparently (most everyone in the area has a sign in their yard)… While there were quite a few Biden signs within the city, Trump signs still outnumbered them (I’d say there were maybe 2-3 Trump signs to 1 Biden sign)… Outside of that city, however, there were many more Trump signs than Biden signs…
I also have a hard time believing that the conservative voting Milwaukee suburbs are going to sway more towards the Democratic side of the isle this election (as gets mentioned here) given the Kenosha and Wauwatosa rioting that has occurred… I just know that the north end of the northern Milwaukee suburbs (and outside of them) have Trump signs up everywhere and barely any Biden signs. I don’t go to the Western and Southern suburbs, so I wouldn’t know about those areas…
Again, the race should be really close in WI, but I think Trump will squeak it out again.
I have only seen 1 biden sign in the Nacogdoches area lots of Trump 2020 signs and flags. some houses have only Jeff Davis for District Judge who is republican. Only seen 2 Gohmert signs. This is only in the area I travel to the feed store, Lowes, Walmart etc. Early voting starts here tomorrow so I will go to town to vote and hopefully will have a better idea then. This is a very red area.
sherryoftexas, we used to live in Nacogdoches, it is a college town and those kids don’t usually vote. However as you said very red part of Texas. We are going into town to vote tomorrow too here in south Texas. I am interested in seeing the lines if any. Usually a ten minute wait, this year will probably be different. Same story here on signs, but like you only travel to Walmart, HomeDepot and Tractor Supply.
Clermont County, SW Ohio, East of Cincinnasty. Out in the countryside the occasional biden sign poke up like a dandelion in a well kept lawn of TRUMP 2020 signs, flags, semi-trailer painted TRUMP sign(s).
In the yuppie areas you see a few more biden signs but not all that many.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they are posted to ward off vampires.
I delivered TRUMP signs during the Ohio primary and the Presidential elections and none of those people have TRUMP signs out this year. Mine is the ONLY TRUMP sign in my little plat but 2016 there were several. I know some of these people and they are certainly going to vote TRUMP.
Shy TRUMP voters certainly.
A while back they tried a blm “protest” in little Bethel Ohio and it didn’t go well for the “protesters” LOL
biden has extremely cluttered signs out along the road here and there but the graphic design is so bad they can’t be read from a moving car LOL!
PS I tried to vote early but the line was a block long. Will try again later.
One other comment from suburban NY where I live- because of my work, I have to park my car in many Commie enclaves including places that have had BLM mini riots and demos. No way can I take a chance with a bumper sticker for fear of what would happen to my car.
As for my home- an American flag is the safest way to go. Trump lawn signs are being placed on neutral ground around town near the roads, “public” spaces with other local signs for Repubs.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
In the foot of the Appalachian Mountains where I come from “Discretion is the better part of valor” is known as “pulling your horns in” 😉
I love how you talk so much sh!t on here, but then choose “discretion” in the real world. Meanwhile little flower is standing tall and proud.
Uh huh you just keep telling yourself that.
Seneca, I told my daughter in Houston to consider a home with the American flag to be a home voting for President Trump because libs don’t believe in our country. And since they kneel for the flag they certainly wouldn’t be flying one at their home.
I am in northern NJ, small town.
Not many Trump signs but many Republican signs for local election.
Trump signs are vandalized so nobody volunteers for that.
Neighbor said if American Flag out front, it’s same thing as Trump sign.
I have 3.
I neglected to add to my earlier report a picture of my compo….erm, farm gate. Note my Trump sign for my many Treeper detractors who cannot seem to abide my (or any) criticism of him that is eerily similar to the “cancel culture” of our enemies.
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You must be on the other side of the planet
because everything looks upside down? 🙂
Many think we Southerners are indeed from the “other side of the planet” or even another planet for that matter.
Not being, or caring to be, a techie type, I have no clue to what you refer but in case it is the link I posted, I repost here
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Eastern TN is Trump country – hands down. I’ve seen one Biden/Harris sign in my travels through several counties surrounding mine. I work in customer service seeing an average of 400-500 people a day. Those whom are wearing any political attire are overwhelmingly wearing Trump attire.
I sense the undercurrent of the Monster Vote as well as the Fed Up Vote everywhere I go.
Yes indeed, there are way more of us than there are of them.
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I traveled from Florida where I live to Colorado where my sister now lives. Through seven states and back it’s Trump all the way. We saw Trump flags on pick-ups, trump billboards, trump bumper stickers. We did see one homemade “Biden2020” painted on a small cardboard sign on the side of a highway. We also saw one Biden sign on a condo in Pensacola. Other than that it was all Trump!
Spokane – Eastern Wasington update
Washington State’s turnout for Trump will surpass all polling. What is especially interesting is that Washington’s govenor Jay Inslee is under siege and may be unseated by Republic, Washington’s Cheif of Police. So much is going on here in the ‘state of chaos’.
Trump Parade’s; both by boat (Lake Roosevelt) and cars, Local events with hundreds of people watching the debates, much Trump wearables and flags on vehicles, and a special showing of Trump Card next Wednesday.
The establishment Republicans (GOPe) are trembling with angst, whlle we eagerly wake each morning to read what PDT has tweeted and watch to see the media responce.
Chehalis – SW Washington Update
I agree with what Grassroots wrote above. Comrade Inslee is in trouble here & there are Culp signs being displayed openly at Business’ and I have not seen this in past elections here. Lewis Co & Southern Thurston Co are fired up & pissed of; Trump & Cul[p signs everywhere. The “liberal” area of our little City was riddled with Obama signs in 2008, you couldn’t spit w/out hitting one, & I have yet to see a Biden sign anywhere near there.
Driving up & down I5 in Lewis County, through Liberal Thurston Co (Olympia) & into Pierce County (Tacoma) I have only seen a few Biden bumper stickers and the one I do see are on a car that is not from WA State. I see more Bernie stickers than I do Biden.
There is zero enthusiasm for Biden on this side of the State, but I’m sure King Co.(Seattle) is preparing for another 2004 theft of a Governor race & boxes of ballots will be found every week until they get the result;t they want..
I have a twitter associate who lives in Portland & he’s 98% sure that the Zoomers & Millennials are going to stay home and not vote & I suspect this same demographic in Seattle (King Co.) will do the same.
Since CV-19 I’ve been banned/kicked out of a couple open water FB groups. I occasionally swam w/a Woman who works for the State as an Ecologist. She’s a nice, quirky, funny lady, who drives a Prius & in ’16 had a Bernie Sticker & in ’20 she switched to Warren. When the crazies took over CHAZ she sent me a text that floored me. She told me the Dems & the crazies were starting a Civil War & she was stunned & upset with how many people she knows & swims with supports the crazy idea or defunding the Police. I don’t know if she’ll switch & throw the lever for Trump or if she’ll just sit this one out; but I do know this, there is a massive political shift occurring in our State & out Nation.
I live on the peninsula in SF Bay area between Palo Alto and SF. Affluent area, zero Trump signs. More BLM signs than Biden / Harris signs. People here tend to blame Newsom for the lockdowns, not Trump.
The proposed new taxes by CA dems have affluent people fed up. Many, many, many rich people are fleeing the area for lower tax states (I am one of them). 16.8% is the new proposal, plus 3.8% obamacare tax, plus a possible wealth tax, more local taxes, more property taxes, and if Biden is elected, cap gains treated as regular income. In return for paying what we used to call the Sunshine tax (which we were OK paying because CA is awesomely scenic), we now get mask mandates and lockdowns, no restaurants, no fun, no thanks.
Most people I know are going to be voting Trump, or not voting at all. There’s a feeling of hopelessness falling over the Bay Area. Newsom’s latest insane mask and ‘gathering’ mandates are getting a giant eye-roll, yet people here accept it otherwise you are shamed into oblivion.
I will be a Nevada resident shortly. Can’t wait.
I recently went home to Ft. Smith, AR to visit family. In my week there driving around there, Van Buren, AR and Muldrow, OK I did not see a SINGLE Biden sign. The Trump signs weren’t overwhelming but I did see many. Several trucks with Trump flags.
My area of Texas is actually pretty low key. Not many signs at all. I have my Trump flag up and have seen others. I know I’ve seen a Biden sign but surely not near as many as the Hillary signs of 2016. Trump enthusiasm is Yuge among my crowd, many of which were cold to him in the beginning.
Keith
In suburban NE kansas, there are pockets of biden harris signs that I see. I would say Trump signs have the edge, but not as many signs overall as 2016. Local news is biased to democrats of course. There was a massive Trump truck parade this weekend and local news gave coverage to a 30 car biden deal. My wife’s colleague is a democrat and says she will not be voting this year because “there is something about Biden that we can’t trust.”
I am pessimistic that Republicans will keep retiring Pat Robert’s senate seat. They are dumping big money into the “moderate” democrat, non stop TV, signs and mailers. The house seat in my area will probably stay democrat. The kansas republican party needs a makeover.
I’m hoping the Senate will be fine with the Trump vote. KS is weird though we, as a state, seem to buy BS easily. If no other Dem senator stands up to Schumer then what makes moderates believe Bollier is going to do anything other than rubber stamp progressive policy.
Reminds me of when there were some stupid ads against Phil Kline calling him “snoop dogg Kline” because he was looking into abortion clinics, so the voters vote a Dem in who then has an affair on the clock and is forced to resign. KS don’t fall for their fake moral outrage. They are using your compassion against you.
Reporting “live” from Georgia. I live about 30 minutes southwest of Atlanta in solid Trump country & if you watch “The Waking Dead” then you have seen where I live. Early voting starts today so I will provide an update, hopefully later today. We knocked on over 5,000 doors in our county this past Friday, Saturday & Sunday with about a 98% positive response from homeowners we conversed with, so we are not letting our guard down. I have heard from a few folks that Biden is either close, tied or a few points ahead here however, I don’t know the source of their info so as far as I’m concerned they are “voter suppression polls”.
Update: Reports on early voting are stating (source: local news reports) a record turnout for the first day of early voting, somewhere north of 125,000 ballots cast. We waited about an hour thirty minutes to vote taking only 5 minutes, which was helped along by being familiar with the ballot. There are complaints of long lines and that’s correct however, the ballot is a big part of the problem. For one U.S. senate seat there are 19 candidates resulting in additional time for the voter to make a choice. Another and probably the main reason for the long lines are 3 ballot questions or initiatives that, unless you are already familiar with them are confusing, resulting in even more time spent voting. Now throw in requested “social distancing” and you have all the makings of a long wait, a long line and a long day at the voting precinct. For what it’s worth Trump signs out number Biden signs probably 10 to 1 or more.
In 2016 there NO Trump signs in my Chesterfield County central Virginia suburban neighborhood. Most people did not want to tell anyone they were voting for Trump.
FF to 2020 and here in Bon Air Va where guilty white liberals abound the tables have turned. Trump signs are not everywhere but you cant drive down a street without seeing at least 2 or 3. Doesnt seem like much but believe me with these brainless wine swilling soccer moms going all in for BLM it’s a miracle.
What a hoot if President Trump could take Virginia.
I’m in NE Tampa. In my area there are (and always has been) more Trump signs/flags. Both vs. Hillary and now Biden. However, our “I-4 corridor Tampa to Orlando” area of FL has been trending blue for some time now. I fear there are as many quiet Biden supporters as there are for Trump. Turnout will be extremely important.
Just a side note (and a little disheartening sorry to say) – I saw this morning the IBD/TIPP poll (one of the polls that actually predicted Trump’s 2016 victory) has him down around 8 points. At this point in 2016 the same poll had him up 2.
Mississippi: Not as many Trump signs as last election…likely due to supporters wanting to avoid criminal Democrat vandalism. But the chatter in the community is dominantly for Trump, with only a scattered couple of libtard neighbors sporting ‘BLM’ signs in their yards.
PS: the ONLY thing I’m concerned about is the new ‘Lazy Voter’ group that may be brought into the election by virtue of the Dimm states sending out millions of unsolicited ballots — which may appeal to the ignorant lazy people (including indoctrinated ‘students’) that never voted before, due to not caring enough to trouble themselves to stand in line at the polls.
Bakersfield, CA, where big oil and big agriculture dominate our economy. A no nonsense police force into the bargain. People are moving here. Trump signs and flags in our neighborhood have really exploded in the past few weeks. I say its 9-1.
I live in Sarasota, Florida, and there have recently been multiple boat flotillas and car parades for Trump. Many, many participants in both, and high enthusiasm. Flags, hats, banners…you name it. This area also has a very liberal population as well, and they are definitely Biden supporters, but they are not very visible. All visibility goes to Trump. I have liberal friends who detest Trump, and I have Trump friends who are strong Trump supporters. A lot of us are pretty quiet about it, because the Dems are so anti-Trump that it is impossible to have a discussion with them without losing a friendship. It is sad. I suspect that, nationally, it is going to be another Trump landslide, and I suspect that Florida, with a large Latino population, will, as Sundance says, go big for Trump. If so, I intend just to smile wisely….and enjoy a huge serving of schadenfreude…
Douglas County, Wisconsin. This is pretty much Democrat territory. Obama won in 2008 and 2012 about 66-33 percent of total vote. In 2016, Clinton barely eclipsed 50 percent of the vote, and Trump got about 43 percent. The Libertarian candidate got over 3 percent of the vote. I think a lot of those Libertarians are coming home to Trump this time around. I don’t hold hope that this county will flip anytime soon, but I’d say if Trump can cut into the margins here as he did in 2016 he’s in a good position to win Wisconsin. You may or may not recall, the polls said Trump was down by 8 or 9 percentage points in Wisconsin heading into election night.
Some things that I’ve noted that bode well for 2020: Since 2016, my “never Trumper” friends and family on social media now in 2020 appear to be the most stalwart Trump supporters I know. My mother has voted Democratic for decades. Huge Clinton supporter. While she will not be voting for Trump, she also told me that she does not recognize the Democratic party and I suspect the rioting plays a large part of that. She will be sitting this one out. I think there’s also something under the surface that’s percolating. That “silent majority” thing. The best evidence is that no one on my social media feeds is talking about sports anymore since they did the whole leftwing lecture thing. While there are lots of Biden signs, there is also a large number of Trump signs as well.
I am in San Diego, actually staying 30 mins west in El Cajon with my girlfriend and amazed at all the Trump signs in this area, They outnumber the Biden signs easily 10 to 1.
I’ve been here with you all since Ferguson!
So, glad I found you all!
I live in the middle of Missouri and have to tell you! There is going to be a massive turn out for Trump. I am thinking 90%/10% for Tump. Seriously it’s that noticeable everywhere you look….Signs, flags, hats, t-shirts, people openly talking about politics…all for Trump.
I frequent the Lake of Ozarks. Yes! This is the area that made national news with the pool party at a lake side bar at the beginning of covid.
For all of you that don’t know! The Lake is one of the coolest areas in the US. (It is nothing like the TV show Ozarks)
Thousands of people come to the Loto (Lake of the Ozarks) every weekend. Yes…even this covid year. Besides the first few weekends of covid, the loto has had the busiest year ever.
Yes! Everything has been normal. Meaning full pools, full music concerts at lake side bars, full bars on the strip, car shows, bike weekends.
The only thing that I have noticed that is different, is that you can’t have salt & pepper shakers or a squeeze bottle of ketchup. LoL They bring you the To Go packets.
I do believe the virus is real but this is all a hoax. I have completely used myself as a test.
Yep…after the first two weeks of (remember we must slow the curve) I have been right in the middle with thousands of other’s. Seriously it’s been that busy.
No masks anywhere and NO breakouts!
Anyway this is the going to be a huge win in Missouri for Trump. I talk a lot and openly talk about Trump with people I meet and have known for years but never talked politics. (All Trump)
So…. too conclude this!
Trump has 9 votes out of every 10 people in this area.
I live on Long Island, basically on the border with Queens. Long Island has rather large hives of Karens and Suburban Wine Moms. Fortunately, my town is chock full of current and retired NYPD, plus lots of blue collar workers. Karens aren’t all that welcome here. Still, this being NY, we’re probably outnumbered by Dems overall.
There has been a yuuge Trump banner hanging on a house on the main strip in our blue collar area of town since 2015. This year it says Keep America Great. There are plenty of Trump signs here. Virtually all of my neighbors are Trump supporters. I have seen exactly one Biden sign hidden away on a side street. There are no cars with Biden bumper stickers. In fact, there are more Bernie bumper stickers than Biden stickers and obviously those were purchased before Bernie dropped out.
The added factor we have here is the blatant incompetence of DeBlasio & Cuomo. Even Dems know these guys are a horror show. The infamous airplane banner that said The Guv Killed Nana was a big hit here. Lefties have been fleeing the City in droves and snatching up homes out here left and right. While these are clearly not intelligent people (they voted for DeBlasio & Cuomo after all), they still are a bit cowed by having their own policies hit so close to home with businesses and apartment buildings burned down close to their neighborhoods. Crime is rampant and the City is no place to raise kids. They won’t vote for Trump but at least some will be hesitant about voting for more Lefty chaos. It ain’t cheap or easy to keep moving. Some may just decide to sit this one out.
All in all, things are good for Trump here in my tiny slice of heaven in deep blue country. He’s not gonna win NY, but he’ll do better than last time and hopefully he has coattails that can help us flip a few House seats.
Here in Marin county the pathetic guilt ridden white liberals are virtue signaling every chance they get. More BLM signs than biden signs and no Trump signs. I would have one in my yard but it would be vandalized along with who know shat else. Most biden supporters that I engage are just plain uninformed and ignorant. Eager to argue from a point of emotion with ZERO facts to support their positions. Typical California liberals. And I am moving as well. Born and raised here and have have enough. Nevada here I come.
I was speaking with a lifelong liberal Democrat friend of mine in Seattle recently and she said there are Trump signs EVERYWHERE in the eastern part of the state, and in Seattle even.
I had been telling her about how many Trump supporters don’t tell anyone about it, but she responded with disbelief due to the things she sees around her liberal state.
I was speaking with a lifelong liberal Democrat friend of mine in Seattle recently and she said there are Trump signs EVERYWHERE in the eastern part of the state, and in Seattle even.
I had been telling her about how many Trump supporters don’t tell anyone about it, but she responded with disbelief due to the things she sees around her liberal state.
Drove from Tampa to Vero Beach Saturday and back on Sunday… Saw hundreds of Trump signs, only a few biden/harris signs…
So. Az, a demoroid, unofficial sanctuary led area, almost no visible public support or demoroid enthusiasm, but you can sense it’s foul presence when any Trump support is worn or displayed, mcanall installed mcphony, so the few obscure AZ candidates we do have, and the sporadic Trumpublican rally’s have consistently been enthusiastic! it’s like a demonic lull just before our POTUS gets reelected and all hell breaks loose! Our Rnc is embedded with mccain era trogs who can’t inspire much, so,…. it’s up to us, again!
Rise up! Live loud! We wii the end!
I live in northern Virginia – blue central due to the overwhelming concentration of gov’t employees. Normally this area is covered with democrat yard signs, however this election year I see a few but no where the number from 2016. It eerily seems like no one wants to display any political affiliation at all.
My neighbor – in Maine – has a sign “We Just Wanted a Sign”. They are surrounded by Trump and Biden signs and were feeling a little left out.
Here in Silicon Valley, I’ve noticed a few more Biden/Harris signs recently than Clinton/Kaine signs four years ago. Only visual Trump support I can remember was a giant banner I saw about a year ago. Plenty of local political and BLM signs. A few American flags here and there.
Update: Was in San Joaquin County today, a little bit east of Silicon Valley. Saw at least one Trump sign and more American flags. No visible Biden/Harris support. No surprise with that area appearing more conservative.
I live in Brevard County East Central Florida. My brother and I live about 20 minutes apart. We make the trip on the richest road in the county, nothing but multi-million dollar homes. The Trump to Biden signs run about %60-%40 Trump. This makes sense with Trump carrying the county by 20 points in 2016.
We’re in NWFlorida living the dream in Fort Walton Beach, next door to Destin and in between Panama City and Pensacola FL. This morning I took my 2 home schooled grandkids for a short ride around town to take a sampling of yard signs and we counted 55 for Trump Pence and 11 for BH. Fort Walton Beach is 78% white and 11% black with lots of active duty military with the 2 nearby Air Force bases. NWFL is traditionally conservative with alot more U.S. flags flying off homes than anything else. And of course we’ve had several large Trump boat parades over the summer.
My next door neighbor, who is an active duty fighter pilot and is the Commander of his squadron, says he isn’t voting for Trump because of ‘all the bad things he’s done’. I was shocked speechless when he made that pronouncement including how much he liked Kasich of Ohio. Otherwise he seems fairly bright, married, two toddlers, and a couple of dogs.
“My next door neighbor, who is an active duty fighter pilot and is the Commander of his squadron…”
Looking to replace his Major bars with Lt.Col. cluster and a desk job?
According to – carolinaplotthound.com – Deirdre Stephenson; Sanford, NC attorney & president of the Lee County Bar Association, was arrested & charged with trying to steal Trump flags at a Raleigh, NC car parade 10/10/2020. Will concede that she’s innocent until proven guilty but this is the type behavior that is being reported all over the country. North Carolina is a red state but getting bluer by the incremental influx of “diverse” new residents in addition to the influence of the leftist propaganda being spewed by the media and the leftist indoctrination of our children in public schools.
I don’t know what happened, when I was growing up, Raleigh was filled with god-fearing, hard-working, church attending types with good jobs and families. Now it’s like, where did they all go? I think the population is 70% New Jersey/New York.
Agree wholeheartedly! And as evidence I will add that it’s getting pretty difficult to find a Southern Accent in those parts anymore.
Here in the People’s Republic of Staunton, Virginia (Shenandoah Valley) almost all the signs are Biden/Harris. On my street of about 20 homes, there is one Trump sign (friend of mine). That’s it. Sad to say Virginia will go for BH. Can’t wait to move out of this state.
I live in MI, south Oakland county. The Rep/Dem sign ratio in my neighborhood is 1/1.
As you travel north (5 miles) there are overwhelming more Trump signs that Biden signs.
I work in Macomb County. In my company I have not found a Biden supporter yet. I asked more that 3 dozen people, most of them blue collar.
In Saint-Clair county they distributed 5-6k Trump signs, twice as many as in 2016.
Trump/Biden sign ratio is 10/1.
We live in Boring, Oregon, an unincorporated cross-roads in the country about 18 miles SE of Portland, Oregon. Incredibly, the only Biden bumper sticker I have seen during this campaign season is an Obama/Biden sticker from 2012. I have yet to see a Biden yard sign. One routinely sees vehicles flying full-sized American, Blue Line, and Trump/Pence flags. They are obvious Trump supporters. I give them a thumbs up every chance I get and am often rewarded with huge horn blasts–the camaraderie and enthusiasm for Trump sends chills down my spine. There is no enthusiasm for Biden. People I know who are voting for Biden just say that they don’t like Trump. The constant media propaganda campaign against Trump has been very effective on them. The anti-Trump media has literally created the only source of Biden support. We fly a Trump/Pence flag below the American flag on our flag pole and people who I didn’t even know were conservative have given me compliments.
I live in a small town in central Georgia. Judging from yard signs and bumper stickers and conversations I have had the election is gonna be a landslide. Joe does not stand a chance. He might as well throw in the towel right now.
King and Pierce Counties, Washington State. My son travels regularly to various electrical substation sites within these two very liberal counties and he tells me he sees Trump Pence signs everywhere, and has yet to see a Biden Harris sign.
This is the Seattle/Tacoma area of the state, and even in far left crazy land there is no enthusiasm for Biden Harris. People are not happy with the tyrannical decrees by our lying Governor Inslee and we hope that the Republican nominee for Governor, Sheriff Leon Culp is an upset winner.
Tom Hansen ,
Well Stated and Waaay Better Said
than me , Far Down Thread !!!
I’m SO Happy to Know This !
Thank You and Have a Stellar Week ?
??Here’s to Washington State Going RED??
Rural South West Washington State
Hey RyderLee, I grew up in your neck of the woods.. Here’s to a red state! Cheers!
Hey Augie !
So Quiet and Peaceful here !
I often Wonder how I could have lived
for so long *in town* ?
Here the Deer and Bunnies and Occasional Couger
Roam Free on our Little Piece of Heaven on Earth ?
Best Regards to You , Augie !
Praying for WA State to go RED ??
Barnstable County, MA received my unsolicited ballot in the mail today,
I live in Enumclaw, WA, a rural, more conservative area of King County. Our Trump signs outnumber the Biden signs by 20 to 1! There is so much more enthusiasm for a positive ticket than the negative, fear-mongering one the Democrats continue to run. We sure are praying for our state to turn RED in 2020!!
Mrsmeowsalittle ,
Enumclaw is an Awesome Town
and I have many Family and Friends there !
From Your Lips to God’s Ears may WA State go RED 2020 !
@Tom Hansen, We too hope and pray that Inslee is done after his two terms. Our Loren Culp for Governor yard sign is still up after 4 days.
Took a little trip to SW Virginia (Scott and Wise Counties) last part of last week. Startling. Historically Democrat. I saw ZERO Biden-Harris signage…and a ton of Trump 2020 signs and stickers. I talked to about five locals, and they are all very concerned about losing the last of what freedom we have left. There is no way this part of VA will go to Biden — unless there is rampant fraud.
The fraud is engineered. Its a Cloward-Piven strategy. Overwhelm with chaos and volume and complexity in an engineered, planned, confused, invisible way. Huge volumes of mailed ballots, ballot harvesting in districts with Democrat election supervisors at State, County, local levels and their poll watchers. There are practiced processes so the evil conclusion can be reached for the Democrats win. Its succeeded time and time again, Minnesota Senatorial election, Washington Gubernatorial election, Torricellis Senatorial election. And in hundreds and hundreds of local elections. Insert malevolent actors in strategic places for their win with dupey opposition to scared of the medias ovewhelming support for the conclusion.
SW Virginia switched over about ten years ago. They threw out their congressman who had been there for decades and haven’t looked back. The issue for VA is that there has been a ton of migration into NoVA, Hampton Roads, and Richmond areas by folks moving from up North and bringing their voting patterns with them.