What bugs about my Democratic candidates [View all]

[jes06c]

I live in Arizona and I'm already starting to see the 2018 election posters and signs going up. Once again, I can't help but notice that all of the Republican posters clearly identify the candidate's party identification in bold, red, all capital letters, and usually the little red elephant logo somewhere on the sign. REPUBLICAN! Or sometimes CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN! Occasionally I'll even see TEA PARTY REPUBLICAN! (yes, in 2018). The Republican candidates make it very clear that, yes, we're Republicans, and damn proud of it!

Then I see the Democratic candidates signs, and unless you follow local politics, you'd never know that the person on the poster is a Democrat. More often than not, there's no party identification, no donkey logo, nothing. It really bugs me.

Maybe this is just an Arizona thing (I live in the Phoenix suburbs). To me, it sends a horrible message. On the one hand, you have these chest thumping Republicans who boldly display their party membership to the world. And then you have Democrats seem embarrassed by their party membership. Seriously, that's how it comes across to me, that they're ashamed to admit they're Democrats, that they feel like it's something they're trying to hide.

I'm cleaning out my desk drawer right now, and I just came across my collection of campaign buttons that I've collected over the years for local candidates. Unless you Googled their names, you'd never know that they were Democrats. Not even a donkey logo. Not even a letter "D" on any of them.

I've lived in Phoenix for over ten years, and it's always been like this. Every. Single. Election. I think it's a terrible idea, and I really think it sets the tone among voters that Democrats are losers. Does this happen anywhere else?