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Yard signs don't change my opinion about anything except my neighbors.
Yep.
I never put up political signs of any kind in my yard, cubical, etc. It's nobody's business who I support. And I don't want people making assumptions about me because of who I vote for.
Funny Story: When I was growing up one of our neighbors ran and won the county commissioner seat. Well after a poor performance (and the fact that our badly worn street didn't get repaved) my dad put up a sign in the front yard supporting his opponent in the next election. Needless to say there has always been some friction between my father and the next door neighbor.
I like them, I have one. It makes me feel like I am doing something other than just voting even though I know I'm not changing anyone's mind.
Stupid me though, I kept seeing this sign all around the place saying "vote no on food tax". Well I was in the voting booth, and thought I should vote no since, hey, food's expensive, gotta vote no. Well it turns out that I should have voted yes, after I read the silly thing. So, yes, I guess signs have swayed my vote. But not for something like the presidency. And I like bumper stickers too. I guess I'm just one of those annoying people who like slogans.
Well... I don't know about your areas, but in mine people don't just put up dinky little signs. They put up GIANT PIECES OF PAINTED PLYWOOD with their views on them. The conclusion I have come to is that my county is I believe the only one on the coast of California to consistently vote republican, there are quite a few religious people on my street and most people want gay marriage to be banned. I have also realized that those neighbors with the 'yes on prop 8' and McCain/Palin are the neighbors that never wave, never say hello and constantly call the cops on us (my roomate works overnight and my neighbors don't like cars being started up at 3 am) even before the election. It's just interesting driving around town and seeing how 'traditional' everything is...it's weird for a California coastal town....
I voted NO but I don't think the signs are ineffective.
I leave in a deep RED state, but strangely, there are scant few McCain-Palin signs. Just driving around you'd think the state was going to vote overwhelmingly for Obama-Biden, but that's not going to happen. I think it's indicative of how many of the Repub base are not particularly enthused with the McCain campaign, but are still not going to vote for a Democrat.
I think the most powerful effect of the yard signs is that in entrenched states, it brings voters who have felt helpless to the realization that there are other people out there that think like they do.
They help hopeless democrats in red states and their counterparts in blue states to realize that there is still some hope for their state, lost cause though it may seem.
Look at VA and NC, no one would have thought they would have had a chance to go blue this year, to say nothing of GA, MT, or WV. Imagine a candidate compelling enough to turn IL and/or CA red.
Too afraid of the fallout to put out a yard sign...unfortunately.
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