Seen while canvassing
Part III- Signs
The best part about canvassing is having an interaction with fellow citizens. One favorable outcome to canvassing is being able to plant a yard sign.
Here are some signs we saw while canvassing, and a few signs we planted.
Part IV is here.
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During a canvass early in the summer, it was unusual to find yard signs out yet.
We were delighted to find this at the top of a huge hill we climbed. |
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For months I've had yard signs spilling out of the trunk of my car. |
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A sure sign that the canvasser will encounter a dog at this house. |
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Encouragement - yard signs for our candidates. |
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The trunk of my car. |
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My canvassing partner and I planted these signs! |
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Less often seen - signs for the governor and lieutenant governor. |
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Signs of the opposition: "Who Killed Seth Rich?" and "Drain the Swamp" |
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Not sure what flag this is. |
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"Hate has no home here" sign |
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An emergency alert we received while
out canvassing. Plus my rendition of the
President, with his tie. |
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A sign on a car. |
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We tried to leave a hand-written post-it note for each voter
we did not get to talk to personally. |
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As Halloween got closer, we saw quite a number
of signs with this message. |
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Wine a bit. You'll feel better.
My sentiments exactly. |
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3 comments:
I think that mystery flag might be the state flag of Tennessee.
I am one of those people who do not put political signs in my yard, although if a canvasser such as yourself had come to offer, I might have done so this year. The signs for the opponent here gave me opportunity to think bad thoughts about my neighbors. I would have rather not known how they voted. There is a hill near my house where many, many signs are planted (not sure if it's legal) and it looks a bit trashy to me because they don't get picked up after the election.
I like the wine sign and the cute door mats. We see a lot of political signs here, about 50-50 between most candidates which is interesting to me.
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