I don't mind yard signs at election time, I actually like to see them. They are decorations to celebrate that we soon get to once again exercise our right to vote. But who says " oh, I see a sign with a candidate's name, so I will now vote for him/her
2006-10-20 15:19:31 · 12 answers · asked by critter 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
It's mainly to show support for the canditate of your choosing. Kinda like the houses with the football team yard signs or even bumper stickers. It means your voting for that person and your proud of it.
2006-10-20 15:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by Little Birdie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you go to vote and don't really know the candidates for a certain office, then you might just throw a vote for whomever's name is stuck in your head. So I think the signs make a difference with those who don't thoroughly research every part of an election. As far as presidential signs go, those are a bit silly--everyone knows who they want for president. But I can see it for the lesser offices, like school board and selectman positions.
2006-10-20 22:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully no one. Yards signs encourage consideration of candidates by enhancing name identification and influence voting by expressing the positions of, perhaps respected, neighbors.
2006-10-21 12:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yard signs are not about convincing any ONE person to vote for a particular candidate. They are meant to build a candidate's "brand"--in other words, to get his/her name on people's minds who may only vote based on who's name they are more familiar with.
They also influence those voters who may be inclined to vote for whoever they feel most of their neighbors favor. If you lived in a neighborhood bedecked with one candidate's signs, you might think your neighbors knew more than you do and vote for their candidate...
Sadly, there are plenty of voters who choose a name based on which name is most familiar...
2006-10-20 22:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gosh, I hope nobody. It hadn't occurred to me that was happening - how horrifying! I thought it was just to show support.
But now that you mention it, I bet there are people who aren't super informed and (unconsciously) make decisions based on the signs, whether someone "looks" good (i.e. probably is handsome/pretty). And that's disturbing. Yikes!
2006-10-20 22:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by kundalinicat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only f...ing idiots or partisans (which are the same) would decide on an election by only reading yard signs!
2006-10-20 22:36:30 · answer #6 · answered by benzhowz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully, no one does. They are there to remind us to read up on a candidate, proposition, etc, so we vote intelligently, not by knee-jerk reactions given to us by one party or another.
2006-10-21 01:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by greg j. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No-one votes because of those signs. The people who put up those signs are totally wasting their time!!!!!
2006-10-20 22:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by coloradopsych 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
what? I thought those signs were simply there for us to draw mustaches of them! you mean we are supposed to vote for them! OMG!
2006-10-20 22:51:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's even more annoying when they stick unwanted flyers in my door or mailbox
2006-10-20 22:23:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋