I saw a Mercedes convertible with a TRUMP/MAGA bumper sticker.

[Cyrano]

Without even getting into the politics of it, who would spend somewhere in the area of $100K on a car, and then put any kind of bumper sticker on it? Think about it. How many top-dollar luxury cars have you seen with bumper stickers?

Then, thinking politically, I thought the guy driving it may have been good enough at something to make big money, but, beyond that, had a fucked up world view and was part of the GOP cult.

However, given where I live, there may be another explanation. I'm about a half hour from Mar-a-Lago. This guy may have been a paid up member of Trump's Palm Beach "palace." He may have put on that bumper sticker to demonstrate his loyalty to "Dear Leader." Whatever the reason, my opinion was that the guy was a world-class asshole.

And one more important thought. Why can wingnuts drive around and announce who they are with no fears? If we Democrats drove around with an Obama or Biden bumper sticker, there's a very good chance we'd be assaulted or, at the very least, get keyed in a parking lot.

[TheRealNorth]

1. The MAGA gentry

https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-gentry?s=r

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/trump-american-gentry-wyman-elites/620151/

[Initech]

3. MAGA is for the very well off and people who think they're going to be very well off.

Those of us who are in between are smart enough to realize we'll probably never be the former, and we're much better off than the latter.

[Initech]

2. I live in a fairly well off area.

I know plenty of upper class types who are very well off that are very glued into the Murdoch / MAGA cult. These are the people we need to worry about. It's not necessarily Joe Six Pack, it's his country club boss that likely has Fox tuned to every TV in the house. They're also likely to have high speed internet connections that are needed to stream content from Facebook and internet news sources that are far right.

[Cyrano]

5. One point of the OP is that

wealthy Republicans don't advertise their preference for the malicious, prick of Mar-a-Lago.

[Initech]

11. Oh not where I live!

I've seen tons of MAGA themed bumper stickers and even custom license plates on some very high end cars (think Porsches, Maserati, Lambo, etc).

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. In fairness I have seen Obama, Hillary, and Biden bumper stickers on luxury cars .

Also saw yard signs for the same in Fairfax, Beverly Hills, and Highland Park.

[Cyrano]

6. Yard signs, yeah. Bumper stickers? First I've seen on a luxury car

[BlackSkimmer]

7. I've never been afraid to display my Obama/ Hillary/ Biden stickers.

I had my DU sticker on my old car forever.

I live in a red town, and I’ve never had a problem with keying and certainly not assaulting.

So, not only wingnuts can “drive around and announce who they are with no fears.” We can too.

[Cyrano]

9. Don't know where you live, but

most Dems, virtually everywhere, are aware of the asylum that the GOP is. And they feel it's safer to keep a low profile around these crazies.

[BlackSkimmer]

13. I live in NC, a purple state, but I live in the deepest red part of it.

I also travel a lot, so my different cars, with various Dem stickers, have been everywhere.

I even have a Darwin fish sticker. Nary a problem.

My DU sticker was from years ago, the one we used to get with a donation…that was on my pickup truck when I lived in SC.

My neighbor around the corner has an Obama sticker on his car too. Numerous Bernie stickers around here, and I’ve never heard of any problems from any of my Dem friends here. A friend of mine lives up in deep red Madison County, and her Subaru proudly bears a Hillary sticker to this day.

Nothing to fear but fear itself. A great Democrat said that.

[Emile]

12. I wouldn't advise you to put it on a new car in my neighborhood.

Old car is different.

[BlackSkimmer]

14. My car is pretty new.

A lovely vehicle it is, too.

Funny thing, I’ve read stories here on this forum about people pilfering tfg signs, so if this sort of juvenile crime happens, it must be on both sides.

[Emile]

19. When you said, I had my DU sticker on my old car forever.

I figured you were saying your car was old.

[TlalocW]

8. When I did bumperstickers

I went to a magnetic sign company and had them cut up some of their blank material into bumper sticker dimensions. I put the stickers on those and then the magnet on my bumper. When I parked, the signs went into my trunk because no one was going to key my sweet, sweet ride (94 Nissan Sentra).

[blueknight73]

10. This is very common

in SWFL. I see it daily

[Cyrano]

17. Southwest FL tends to be conservative

Broward and Palm Beach Counties tend to be far more Democratic than the rest of Florida.

[Victor_c3]

15. I've got three stickers on the back of my Porsche Macan Turbo

Though none are blatantly political. One is a CIB (combat infantryman’s badge) the second is one that says “dysfunctional veteran” and the last is a bright yellow sticker that says “Caution Idiot Driver”.

It’s just a car. It’s meant to be driven and enjoyed.

But you’re absolutely right about political bumper stickers drawing the ire of the right.

[lame54]

16. Taxes is his one issue...

The carnage around that matters not to him

[piddyprints]

18. The only bumper sticker I ever had said

“I survived Catholic School” that I put on my Chrysler E-Class after I graduated from a Catholic university. The local priest thought it was hilarious. The Methodist were afraid it would offend someone (uh, maybe like the priest?). It stayed on.

I put my political bumper stickers on my garden cart. Very red state/county/etc. and I would be afraid to put anything on my car here.

[Qutzupalotl]

20. On the road today, I saw a Dead-Head sticker on a Cadillac.

A little voice inside my head said, “Don't look back, you can never look back.”

[GoodRaisin]

21. The ultra rich don't need to concern themselves with the value of their luxury cars.

It’s likely a small part of their wealth, so a wealthy MAGAt probably isn’t concerned about putting a bumper sticker on it.