athoughtthereforeiam t1_ix3b04s wrote
Unpopular opinion here but signs show a few things: 1) that the person is putting effort into their campaign, 2) that people believe in the person enough to give money (the successful local campaign I worked on was mostly driven by small donors), 3) the character of the elected or non-elected candidate can be ascertained by how quickly they remove their signs.
I also think they’re aesthetically an eyesore and also just end up at the dump. But for a few weeks, we’re reminded that we live in a democracy where people raise their hand for public service.
esspants t1_ix3i4zz wrote
Agreed. Legally they can't be up in public ways more than six weeks before an election, and the local campaigns in my area always collect theirs within a week of election day. One state senator had all his collected the day after. Funny how the ones that stick around the longest always seem to be primarily red.
bigbluedoor t1_ix46f40 wrote
millions of dollars came into maine from out of state this cycle. “people believe in this person enough to give them money” doesn’t really signal that they have your best interest in mind anymore and in some cases is a good signal to the opposite.
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