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My wife is from Erie and still has most of her family here even though we live in California now. We're back here visiting and what I've seen has made me feel a lot better about Harris' chances here. In past elections if you drove around the neighborhoods there would be mostly Trump signs. Now driving through them these past few days I would say it's about 5 to 1 Harris to Trump on the sign count. It's really amazing to see just how many people are putting out Harris signs.
Of course this is anecdotal but it has definitely left me with a good feeling.
malaise
(279,442 posts)Rec
Erie Co, PA has been a bellwether county in determining the outcomes of the past 4 or 5 election. Go Erie!
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,253 posts)They may not vote, but minds can be changed.
For we know who her opponent is and what he stands for.
AllaN01Bear
(23,545 posts)William Seger
(11,146 posts)They know what people will think of them for looking like a Trump cultist, so they're keeping a low profile. But... I'm afraid they'll vote for him anyway.
progressoid
(50,854 posts)Martin68
(24,805 posts)Sogo
(5,892 posts)until they started stealing the Harris signs....
lindysalsagal
(22,453 posts)Great news. People are waking up.
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KS Toronado
(19,925 posts)meaning TSF would only get about 16% of the vote, guess what would happen...he'll still claim stolen
election. I see a similar ratio in my red town but I have a feeling it's because way to many reQublicans
are embarrassed that they'll be voting for such a idiot. They are not bragging about him like they have
in the past.
lees1975
(6,159 posts)Erie is considered a bellwether county. If it tilts toward Harris, it's a sign she's probably going to win Pennsylvania.
I think it would be fascinating to study the correlation of yard signs to votes. I've seen similar results, areas where, in the last two election cycles, there were scads of Trump signs and few for Clinton or Biden, this time around, there are scads of Harris signs and in some cases, virtually empty of Trump signs. I've been helping to canvass in some of those areas, and I know we have taken signs with us to distribute when we go out, and that likely didn't happen in 2020 because the areas weren't covered in the canvassing. Now there are more than enough volunteers to swarm the counties in the area of Wisconsin where we're working. The other side isn't canvassing, and that could explain the lack of Trump signs, or maybe their campaign ran out of money to print them.
debm55
(39,717 posts)mountain grammy
(27,433 posts)Ive been getting some bad vibes lately so I needed to see this.
SpankMe
(3,326 posts)The town I live in is right-leaning but not a bright red stronghold. In 2016 there were "some" Trump signs on people's lawns. A very few Hillaries.
In 2020 there were basically no Trump signs and no Biden signs.
Today, there is a single Trump sign (a Trump flag on a flag pole) and there are more Harris/Walz signs on front lawns today than there were Trump signs in 2016. It's anecdotal, but I have to say this town has flipped from red-leaning to blue-leaning for the 2024 election. Trump has become an embarrassment even to his own people.
peppertree
(22,850 posts)That's why El Bastardo and his flying monkeys are plotting - as we speak - to 12th-amendment the presidency to him.
Because they know it's not as tight as the polls suggest - even in the battleground states.
Thank you for that fortifying anecdote, J.G. A breakfast of champions.
Elessar Zappa
(16,219 posts)Typically I see 50/50 Trump/Democrat signs but this time Id say Harris signs outnumber the Trump signs by 3 to 1. As you say, its anecdotal but I take it as a good sign.
mdbl
(5,557 posts)let's hope it shows at the voting booth.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,821 posts)As you say, anecdotal, but that is, I imagine, a pretty conservative area. My wife is from neighbouring Chautauqua county, which she described to me as "white and uptight." Solid Dem. family, though.
GumboYaYa
(6,001 posts)no Trump signs. We were in a Republican part of St Louis County last weekend and saw lots of signs for other races but zero Trump signs. In our neighborhood Harris owns the streets. Her signs are everywhere. There is no way she wins MO, but St Louis and St Louis County is probably a pretty good example of urban and suburban trends.