Lawn campaign signs
I don't get people who put signs in their yard indicating which candidate they are supporting - especially for presidential elections. What is the intention? Are they hoping to sway people? What really is the net effect, except to create work for the sign people. Have you ever voted for somebody because your neighbor had a sign in their yard?

Now I know that my neighbors realize they probably aren't going to sway the way people vote. Maybe it's just a show of support, similar to the way I put up my Michigan flag on every gameday Saturday. I know that I'm not going to make more people become U of M fans. However, if that is the case, shouldn't these campaign signs then stay up throughout the president's term (for the winner at least). Did you suddenly stop supporting your candidate now that he won?

I do have to give the green party credit. You just don't see the unnecessary signs from them. They know that the signs will just end up in a landfill someplace, and as they decompose the ink will leach into the soil and contaminate the groundwater. Either that or they just haven't found anybody who wants their signs.


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