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MineralMan

(147,301 posts)
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 02:06 PM Jul 2024

No MAGA Bumper Stickers or Signs

Over the past weekend, plus last Friday and this Monday, my wife and I did a 500 mile each way road trip from Minnesota to central Illinois for her 50th high school reunion. Not once during that drive did I see a single vehicle sporting anything pro-Trump. We were in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

Anecdotal, of course, but I was surprised. I saw nothing political whatsoever on any vehicle or on any roadside area. I find that interesting, somehow.

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No MAGA Bumper Stickers or Signs (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2024 OP
I am starting to think the MAGA clowns are MOMFUDSKI Jul 2024 #1
Maybe so. It's very interesting, I think. MineralMan Jul 2024 #2
I just bought the ticket to my 50th HS reunion! Damn, we're getting old. OMGWTF Jul 2024 #25
Maybe old, but we did have the best music! Attilatheblond Jul 2024 #43
Too Pooped to Pop! 3825-87867 Jul 2024 #47
Drive through Indiana, it will make you sick. Emile Jul 2024 #3
I have no plans to visit Indiana. MineralMan Jul 2024 #4
I've spent the last 2 months in South Dakota proud patriot Jul 2024 #5
Went to Canada last week, never saw a Trump doc03 Jul 2024 #6
I think things are looking up! MineralMan Jul 2024 #8
Interesting. Did you see many Biden stickers or signs? TheRickles Jul 2024 #7
Nope. None of those, either. MineralMan Jul 2024 #9
People don't want their vehicle vandalized. It's crazy out there. Bonx Jul 2024 #55
Found out there is magnetic paper you can use in most printers Attilatheblond Jul 2024 #57
I went to only one high school reunion. Mr.Bill Jul 2024 #10
It never occurred to me to wonder about MineralMan Jul 2024 #12
What route did you take? 33taw Jul 2024 #11
I-90/94 and I-39. MineralMan Jul 2024 #13
Do you live by me? PlutosHeart Jul 2024 #20
West metro. MineralMan Jul 2024 #40
No, central WI. I was in MN for a few days. 33taw Jul 2024 #58
We live in solid Trump country mcar Jul 2024 #14
I think that's a very good sign. MineralMan Jul 2024 #17
I do too mcar Jul 2024 #19
There's less of it in California's Central Valley too. hunter Jul 2024 #15
Good to hear. MineralMan Jul 2024 #18
I've seen a few really big banners and yard signs. Unfortunately this is in my neighborhood. TCU Ft Worth flying_wahini Jul 2024 #16
My experience, too, on my long drive from SC to Washington State last week .. Bo Zarts Jul 2024 #21
Thanks for sharing this. We live in the Seattle area and are flying to OK City in September OMGWTF Jul 2024 #28
When I drove from Washington to Colorado in 2016 Dan Jul 2024 #52
I went to Myrtle Beach last month. Dulcinea Jul 2024 #54
Same Here... mede8er Jul 2024 #22
LOL DENVERPOPS Jul 2024 #45
Maybe there are much fewer of them now than in 2020, because they dared to listen their leader, and were 4lbs Jul 2024 #23
I think a lot of things are responsible for the lack of in-your-face enthusiasm Warpy Jul 2024 #24
And Steve "Three Shirts" Bannon is silenced for the next four months. OMGWTF Jul 2024 #34
I agree. Limbaugh staying dead has reduced the hot air. Thank you Lord! Ohioboy Jul 2024 #39
I have to believe that DENVERPOPS Jul 2024 #50
I forgot about limbaugh still being dead! Think. Again. Jul 2024 #53
Sign season hasn't started WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 #26
Doesn't mean anything awesomerwb1 Jul 2024 #27
Sure it means something. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #44
Wisconsin is still mixed - TBF Jul 2024 #29
For the Trump rallies. keithbvadu2 Jul 2024 #30
You don't see anything political from liberals. SidneyR Jul 2024 #31
Yes, my yard got turfed because someone purposely ran over my Biden sign back in 2020 Ohioboy Jul 2024 #35
I put up signs every four years. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #46
WHY ELECT A PRESIDENT........... WHOSE WIFE HATES HIM? keithbvadu2 Jul 2024 #32
I'm seeing less Trump promotion in my neck of the woods too Ohioboy Jul 2024 #33
First Biden/Harris sign today. mucholderthandirt Jul 2024 #36
A few other DUers have posted similar stories recently. CaptainTruth Jul 2024 #37
The MAGA zones are near blue cities IbogaProject Jul 2024 #38
They know to hide Traurigkeit Jul 2024 #42
In the GA-14th and 11th Congressional Districts, I haven't seen as many signs as 2020, but it is early japple Jul 2024 #41
In my rural VA county AverageOldGuy Jul 2024 #48
I mean....it's pretty much telling everyone you are ok with rape/pedos Nimble_Idea Jul 2024 #49
That's good to hear. We've got one person on our NH dirt road with a sign and it's kind Vinca Jul 2024 #51
I've noticed the same. I live in small-town Central Illinois, and it is heavy Trump country. Midnight Writer Jul 2024 #56

MineralMan

(147,301 posts)
2. Maybe so. It's very interesting, I think.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 02:15 PM
Jul 2024

I also noticed, while attending reunion events, that nobody was discussing politics there, either. Since I was attending as just a spouse, nobody paid any attention to me, so I could study what was going on around me without being noticed at all.

All that said, I highly recommend going to one's 50th reunion. I went to mine 11 years ago, and now to my wife's. She was surprised at how much she enjoyed it, and at how many people actually remembered her with fondness.

3825-87867

(1,057 posts)
47. Too Pooped to Pop!
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:00 PM
Jul 2024


Too Pooped to Pop - Chuck Berry (way back when!)

Lyrics

Casey is an old man who wants to be a teen
He goes to all the dances and they call him cha-cha King
He cha-cha's when the band is playing rock and roll
He tries to keep in time but the beat leaves him cold

[Chorus]
Because he's too pooped to pop, too old a soul
Hips getting weaker when he tries to do this stroll
And every time his feet get to go in one way
Here comes a new dance and it's going to stray

[Verse 2]
Chicks told Casey, you better move man
This is only a one night stand
Casey wasn't in time but he was dancing awhile
Till a cramp caught his leg and he had to change his style

[Chorus]
Because he's too pooped to pop, too old a soul
Hips getting weaker when he tries to do this stroll
And every time his feet get to go in one way
Here comes a new dance and it's going to stray

Because he's too pooped to pop, too old a soul
Hips getting weaker when he tries to do this stroll
And every time his feet get to go in one way
Here comes a new dance and it's going to stray

[Verse 3]
Casey finally learned to do the hoochie koo
This might have been fine back in '22
Now, I'm going to give you fellows just a little tip
If you want to keep your girl you'll better get hip

[Chorus]
Or, you'll be too pooped to pop, too old a soul
You hips are getting weaker when you'll try to do the stroll
And every time your feet getting to go in one way
Here comes a new dance you'll be left to stray

proud patriot

(101,050 posts)
5. I've spent the last 2 months in South Dakota
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 02:27 PM
Jul 2024

I've seen 2 trump flags and 1 trump bumper sticker .

zero trump shirts, hats etc .

I've been on the road to Iowa and Nebraska while here .

I live in Hawaii and I was expecting a lot more in your face magatness

doc03

(36,508 posts)
6. Went to Canada last week, never saw a Trump
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 03:07 PM
Jul 2024

sign or sticker once leaving western PA. None in NY. Saw cars from all over the US in Canada not one Trump sticker. 5 days without Trump,!

Attilatheblond

(4,090 posts)
57. Found out there is magnetic paper you can use in most printers
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 08:11 PM
Jul 2024

One can make bumper stickers that one can take off the car!

Mr.Bill

(24,716 posts)
10. I went to only one high school reunion.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 03:39 PM
Jul 2024

It was the 32nd one. I was dazzled to find out who was gay. Some of them were my best friends, and in '71, the year we graduated, they kept quiet about it. (It was illegal then to be gay.)

One of my classmates, who had all the affectations of being gay, was there. He's mariied with three kids and is as straight as an arrow.

Glad to hear you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

33taw

(2,712 posts)
11. What route did you take?
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 03:43 PM
Jul 2024

We saw a nice billboard of Trump and his pal Jeffery Epstein in Stanley, WI. Stanley is in Clark County which is very red. We were happy to see it.

hunter

(38,818 posts)
15. There's less of it in California's Central Valley too.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 03:51 PM
Jul 2024

With any luck the MAGA folk, having lost their enthusiasm for the rapist felon, will decide to sit this election out.

flying_wahini

(7,939 posts)
16. I've seen a few really big banners and yard signs. Unfortunately this is in my neighborhood. TCU Ft Worth
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 03:51 PM
Jul 2024

BUT the homes that have them up are $ 2-3 million dollar homes.
Usually with a Mexican yard crews out working all the time.

One has a fairly big banner that Peace through Strength TSF 2024.(what does that even mean?)
The other has a 10x12 wooden posted one that says Trump 2024.
He’s used this one several times now. He also has a big Navy sign.
I so badly want to catch him in his yard and ask him if he’s a sucker or a loser.
Just to watch him go apoplectic.😜
Not one bumper sticker or yard sign elsewhere.

I wanted to paintball them all but my husband is a scaredy-cat. 😎

Bo Zarts

(25,572 posts)
21. My experience, too, on my long drive from SC to Washington State last week ..
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:11 PM
Jul 2024

SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, KS, NE, WY, MT, ID, and WA: Not one single Trump billboard, sign, flag, or bumper sticker. It was uncanny.

OMGWTF

(4,388 posts)
28. Thanks for sharing this. We live in the Seattle area and are flying to OK City in September
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:23 PM
Jul 2024

to meet a first cousin my husband didn't know he had, then finish up my quest to visit all 50 states (OK, KS, NE, IA, and ND) and I have been wondering if I should cancel because those MAGAts are mean and crazy. Fun fact: If you finish up your 50-state quest in ND at the Fargo/Moorhead Visitor Center, you will be rewarded with a T-shirt, a certificate, and a round of applause from the staff. We are flying home from beautiful blue Minneapolis.

In 2016 I drove from DC to Chicago, then took the train to NOLA by way of Memphis and Nashville. Trump signs were freekin' everywhere. We didn't see a Hillary sign until NOLA. Sounds like this trip might not be so bad based on yours and other's reports on DU. I plan to keep my eyes open, and my mouth shut and make it a quick and uneventful trip.

Dan

(4,011 posts)
52. When I drove from Washington to Colorado in 2016
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:16 PM
Jul 2024

the homes/yards/barns were paved with Trump signs.

Dulcinea

(7,333 posts)
54. I went to Myrtle Beach last month.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:24 PM
Jul 2024

I've never seen so many stupid Trump flags, red hats, & "Voting for the Convicted Felon" T-shirts in one place. I couldn't wait to come back to purple Georgia & my blue county. (I have relatives there. I'd never go otherwise. I love the beach, but not that one.)

Not sure, though, if that was the locals or the vacationers.

mede8er

(256 posts)
22. Same Here...
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:13 PM
Jul 2024

I live in one of the (very few) red counties in Colorado. In 2016 and 2020 this town was awash with Trump hats, Trump posters and diesel trucks flying Trump flags. Today there are none of those things in sight. Anecdotal or not I take that as a good omen.

DENVERPOPS

(9,850 posts)
45. LOL
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:58 PM
Jul 2024

I have seen only ONE trump bumper sticker, and it was on an old jalopy. The bumper sticker was upside down and had the word FUCK written above the sticker in Bold Magic Marker.........

4lbs

(7,364 posts)
23. Maybe there are much fewer of them now than in 2020, because they dared to listen their leader, and were
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:13 PM
Jul 2024

"poisoned" by Agent Orange for their effort.

We will see in November.

Warpy

(113,065 posts)
24. I think a lot of things are responsible for the lack of in-your-face enthusiasm
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:14 PM
Jul 2024

of the last 2 elections, but the main change I see is that Limbaugh has remained dead. The lack of their favorite middle school bully and hatemonger seems to have removed a lot of the hot air that expanded the conservative movement beyond a minority of malcontents and jerks.

TFG being his own worst enemy is also having an effect. of course. but no one else has managed to keep him aloft like Limbaugh did.
Since resurrections from the dead are such an infrequent phenomenon, the high flying conservative balloon will continue to run short of the hot air needed to keep it aloft until it eventually crashes into earthly reality.

It's just a thought, but Limbaugh staying dead has given me more hope than anything else has over the last 35 years.

Ohioboy

(3,442 posts)
39. I agree. Limbaugh staying dead has reduced the hot air. Thank you Lord!
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:34 PM
Jul 2024

The two clowns that took his place are stupid and very forgettable.

DENVERPOPS

(9,850 posts)
50. I have to believe that
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:11 PM
Jul 2024

his death was caused by the massive amount of acetaminoiphen he took, which is an ingredient in the massive number of Oxy's he was ingesting daily......
Acetaminophen, (tylenol), absolutely destroys the liver in more than the normal daily allowance...........

I always wondered how he and his housekeeper, (who was supplying him), got out of jail sentences. He blamed the Dems on his daily show, for secretly doing something that caused his total deafness. (It is well known that large doses of Tylenol cause total deafness)....

Elessar Zappa

(15,421 posts)
44. Sure it means something.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:58 PM
Jul 2024

It means people aren’t enthused if even a few thousand stay home in the swing states, we win.

TBF

(33,972 posts)
29. Wisconsin is still mixed -
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:25 PM
Jul 2024

I'm seeing both sides from my friends/family back there.

But currently I live in Texas and we happen to know many moderates & also republicans. Most of the repubs we know here are pretty well off & they're voting on tax policy. Some of them have shown displeasure with their party after the immunity decision this week. I didn't expect that - I thought they'd ignore it like everything with Trump. But these are wealthy folks and they like democracy - they are making great $$ and having quite a lot of freedom. They realize that under Christian Nationalism - as dictated by the Heritage Foundation - they may not have so much freedom. This could get very interesting this fall.

SidneyR

(109 posts)
31. You don't see anything political from liberals.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:26 PM
Jul 2024

Because putting up liberal signs on your lawn results in firecrackers going off in your front yard. Putting political signs or bumper stickers on your car results in your car getting keyed. The other side doesn't tolerate dissent from their party line. If you don't conform, you're fair game to be "corrected."

Ohioboy

(3,442 posts)
35. Yes, my yard got turfed because someone purposely ran over my Biden sign back in 2020
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:31 PM
Jul 2024

I don't advertise my politics anymore. I just make sure to vote!

Ohioboy

(3,442 posts)
33. I'm seeing less Trump promotion in my neck of the woods too
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:29 PM
Jul 2024

As you said, anecdotal, but interesting. In 2020 my area was covered in Trump merch, both the vehicles and the homes.

mucholderthandirt

(1,070 posts)
36. First Biden/Harris sign today.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:31 PM
Jul 2024

Had Mama out and about today, saw a yard sign for Biden/Harris. Got some happy hoots and hollahs. There have been no new Trump signs around here, or at least not yet. The one our neighbors up the road have out is almost hidden. LOL We still have the ones from years ago, big signs by the side of the road (one is Farmers for Trump), and the occasional worn-out bumper sticker, but nothing new. It's odd. Usually we're overrun with the Republican crap by now.

Sigh. Trump is no GWB, and this area went mad for that idiot.

CaptainTruth

(7,160 posts)
37. A few other DUers have posted similar stories recently.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:33 PM
Jul 2024

A notable lack of Trump signs, flags, & stickers, along with the appearance of anti-Trump/pro-Biden comments on sites like NextDoor where everyone has to use their real names & there's a chance some neighbors in the area (a red area) will see it.

Even in my red area there are only two Trump flags in the neighborhood & those are places that have been flying them since 2016. One of those houses has multiple flag poles & on the tallest one they fly the Christian (nationalist) flag, white with a red cross on blue in upper left corner, & Trump flags on the shorter ones. I go by regularly & I have never seen them fly an American flag, ever.

IbogaProject

(3,497 posts)
38. The MAGA zones are near blue cities
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:34 PM
Jul 2024

I saw a study and it found most of the MAGA symbols were in areas with increasing racial diversity. I summer just below the Catskills and this area has some MAGA support. But it has died down form 2016 and 2020. I wouldn't read too much, those idiots all know each other now and don't need to advertise.

japple

(10,276 posts)
41. In the GA-14th and 11th Congressional Districts, I haven't seen as many signs as 2020, but it is early
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:38 PM
Jul 2024

yet. I haven't seen a single pop-up tRUMP merchandise store either. Yet. Will have a better idea in September when the county fair opens.

AverageOldGuy

(1,941 posts)
48. In my rural VA county
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:05 PM
Jul 2024

Around 14,000 registered voters.

In 2016 and 2020:
-- went 70% for Trump.
-- local Republicans from several counties around came here for three huge rallies.
-- one local businessman had a stock of 500 Trump yard signs, gave them away. He also rented and filled a 42-passenger bus to go to the Jan 6 rally.
-- Trump flags and bumper stickers everywhere.

Now, the Republicans in my county and surrounding counties have no plans for rallies.

One Trump 2024 flag in my county. Only bumper stickers are those left on since 2020.

The business that was Trump Yard Sign Central has not a single item with Trump's name on it visible.

Five Republican friends have told me they will leave the Presidential ballot blank.

One the major highway leading north toward DC from here is an old farm where the owner had two big billboard-size signs, one facing each direction. Now, there is nothing on either sign, blank. In the center of one billboard is a flagpole with the remnants of a Trump flag. Weeds grown up over the whole thing.

Nimble_Idea

(2,320 posts)
49. I mean....it's pretty much telling everyone you are ok with rape/pedos
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:09 PM
Jul 2024

orange king, katie johnson, jeffrey epstein??

Vinca

(50,867 posts)
51. That's good to hear. We've got one person on our NH dirt road with a sign and it's kind
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 05:12 PM
Jul 2024

of amusing because something keeps knocking it down into the weeds. (Not me . . . honest.)

Midnight Writer

(22,885 posts)
56. I've noticed the same. I live in small-town Central Illinois, and it is heavy Trump country.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 06:03 PM
Jul 2024

In 2020, the whole town was plastered in Trump yard signs, trump flags, Trump bumper stickers. Some homes looked like Trump shrines, even two years after the election. We even had a Trump parade down Main Street every Friday night as late as last March.

Those are all gone. I drive around every day and see no Trump signs. I know who the hardcore Trumpers are around here, and they are keeping mum this year. I've talked to friends who have noticed the same.

That's got to be a good sign.

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