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Not sure if election signs is a thing in Europe but as we're in election mode in both Canada and the US thought i'd ask. 

I imagine Barrister Boy already has his giant Conservative Party of Canada billboard up in his front yard... what about everyone else?

I did once. But it was my mother's yard and I was just turning old enough to vote. I never have since then.

Voting no for the purposes of this poll.  :P

nope

No but the reasons listed in that option are not why.

Maybe, if I had a lawn.

No, I don't want that shit in my yard.

I wouldn't say no...I would say HELL no.

Anyway in my house it would have to be a sign for some communist commissar for my wife to go along with it anyway.

This is one of the cultural shocks we had in Canada.  In HK, most people live in housing estates, and the management companies generally ban the display of candidate signs in any public areas.  I've worked in the election areas, and there are rules that if someone displays the sign of one candidate, he has to display the signs of all candidates.  Failure to do so isn't an offence, but trouble will follow.  Tons of trouble in the form of phone calls from the election authorities and other candidates. 

Of course I don't have a lawn.  If I do, no, I won't. 

Back when I lived at home, as a mindless 16-year old, unable-to-vote, dumbass kid, I put a Ross Perot sign my parent's yard.  :P

Probably will never happen again in my lifetime.

Yeah, he's not likely to run again at his age.

Quote from: Tonitrus on August 10, 2015, 08:28:36 PM
Back when I lived at home, as a mindless 16-year old, unable-to-vote, dumbass kid, I put a Ross Perot sign my parent's yard.  :P

Probably will never happen again in my lifetime.

A Ross Perot sign?  That's just good sense. :wub:

I remember in 1988, during the epic Free Trade election, my parents wouldn't let me put a sign on the lawn - but I did put a sign up in my bedroom window.

Since then I have not only had many signs on my lawn, but put up many signs on other people's lawns.

So yes, you know what I'm going to do... :shifty:

My mom let me because I got her a lunch with the congressman.  :P

Whose name shall live in infamy. At least among accountants.

But it was the senator I was actually working for that year. College was a waste of time in every way. I wish I could go back to 1995 and start a landscaping business.  :lol:

There a street name post on my front yard. It will have a Candidate sign on it at some point.

I will take it down if it's the Liberals.

I have no lawn.  :D
Considering I will just cancel my vote, I have no incentive to put a card in my window,

Quote from: Grey Fox on August 10, 2015, 09:59:41 PM
There a street name post on my front yard. It will have a Candidate sign on it at some point.

I will take it down if it's the Liberals.

Which is, of course, totally illegal. :rolleyes:

If I had my own place I'd be happy to put up a yard sign.

Fat Boy for President.

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I have put up  signs in past and would be willing to do so again.

Quote from: PRC on August 10, 2015, 05:38:12 PM
Not sure if election signs is a thing in Europe but as we're in election mode in both Canada and the US thought i'd ask. 

I imagine Barrister Boy already has his giant Conservative Party of Canada billboard up in his front yard... what about everyone else?

No.  I don't want to offend clients that don't think like me.

I am surprised by the answers from some people here, like katmai - I guess it must really be a cultural thing.

Here (and, I suspect, in most of Europe), most people wouldn't do it, and it wouldn't be for reasons listed in the "NO" option - simply put, being apparently so much into politics that you would be willing to display your candidate's sign in your lawn, would mark you as a loon.

In Poland, it is borderline acceptable to fly the national flag in your window during major holidays (and even that varies from a person to a person and from a holiday to a holiday). I don't do it, for example, and not sure about my parents (they did it during the "unofficial" holidays, such as the 3th of May/Constitution Day, when it wasn't a holiday, during the communist era, as a sign of defiance).

Here in Belgium there are a lot of signs on private property. I never did it or will never allow it. My Gf's parents did for the Christian Democrats because a friend of them was running for them.
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And the govt provides also big boards to every party. In election time there's a lot of visual clutter in Belgium.

This is simply not done in Spain. The parties themselves already plaster their posters and the faces of their candidates everywhere anyway.

It was funny when I was in Austria a couple of years ago, in the countryside it was quite frequent to see displays in the fields, with hay bales piled up doing the letters of the party being promoted and the like, mostly OVP.

NO. Not my thing.

Only saw a few party acronyms quickly painted in Portugal. They may stay for years though, until a repaint. Sometimes, PS becomes PSD  :lol:
Far from being common, more like rare. In the countryside mostly.
As for France, no space in Paris to do that, never seen it and I do not really know the countryside.

In both cases, there are too many posters of parties and candidates everywhere.

We don't have election signs, but some people put posters saying "Vote SMITH Labour" with the name of the local candidate etc. in their windows. It might as well say "Insert BRICK here."

Those are basically the same as most election signs in American yards, B.

Generally no.  I generally don't want to throw my politics in someone else's face.  But in 2012 pretty much everyone on my street had a sign for one guy or the other, so I figured I'd join in.  Going by the yard signs, Romney won 80+% of my street. 

Only signs on the front of the house is Vivint Security, oh and sometimes there may be a lawncare service sign for a few days.

It meant something to me before to signal my political affiliation. I sometimes wear a t-shirt, but believe me, the parties are more than capable of plastering public space with posters.

On the lawn at my old house, we have had signs for local candidates, and...

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...Rand Paul. :ph34r:

People liked to put signs up there since it was a corner lot.  With our permission, of course.

Oh and I proudly promote my favored candidate(s) for Ohio Supreme Court, since it's awesome that we have the right to elect those folks.

Quote from: derspiess on August 11, 2015, 10:19:35 AM
Oh and I proudly promote my favored candidate(s) for Ohio Supreme Court, since it's awesome that we have the right to elect those folks.

Oh is that unusual?

Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2015, 10:22:51 AM

Quote from: derspiess on August 11, 2015, 10:19:35 AM
Oh and I proudly promote my favored candidate(s) for Ohio Supreme Court, since it's awesome that we have the right to elect those folks.

Oh is that unusual?

Dunno but it sure set off some Languishites when I mentioned it a while ago.

Quote from: derspiess on August 11, 2015, 10:31:06 AM

Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2015, 10:22:51 AM

Quote from: derspiess on August 11, 2015, 10:19:35 AM
Oh and I proudly promote my favored candidate(s) for Ohio Supreme Court, since it's awesome that we have the right to elect those folks.

Oh is that unusual?

Dunno but it sure set off some Languishites when I mentioned it a while ago.

Because electing judges is a fucking stupid idea. <_<

No, of course not.

Quote from: Barrister on August 11, 2015, 10:32:55 AM
Because electing judges is a fucking stupid idea. <_<

:lol: :contract: :donttreadonme:

I agree with Beeb. Elected judges are an abomination.

Quote from: Martinus on August 11, 2015, 10:40:18 AM
I agree with Beeb. Elected judges are an abomination.

It is ok. Nobody gets too excited about what the state supreme courts say anyway.

Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2015, 10:41:08 AM

Quote from: Martinus on August 11, 2015, 10:40:18 AM
I agree with Beeb. Elected judges are an abomination.

It is ok. Nobody gets too excited about what the state supreme courts say anyway.

Until you have to go before the court yourself.

Quote from: Barrister on August 11, 2015, 10:45:07 AM
Until you have to go before the court yourself.

If you end up in front of the Texas Supreme Court you know what you are getting: ring wing nutters. So your attorney should prepare accordingly.

I agree that we should not be permitted to elect judges.  The masses are asses.

Quote from: lustindarkness on August 11, 2015, 08:59:23 AM
Only signs on the front of the house is Vivint Security, oh and sometimes there may be a lawncare service sign for a few days.

Those aggressive motherfuckers have been in my neighborhood lately trying to con and badger people into signing up for "upgrades". <_<

As for election signs, I would probably only put one up if I knew the candidate personally.  So far, this has only happened once.

Quote from: Barrister on August 11, 2015, 10:32:55 AM
Because electing judges is a fucking stupid idea. <_<

Even though a friend of ours just got elected to the bench, I agree.  Same with DAs, sherrifs, and other legal and law enforcement positions.  It creates way too many perverse incentives.

People don't put political signs similar to those found in the US into their gardens here. 

Electing judges is awesome.

Quote from: derspiess on August 11, 2015, 11:26:29 AM
Electing judges is awesome.

Maybe. Nobody ever votes in Texas though and all these endless numbers of things we have to vote for is a contributing factor. It is just overwhelming trying to prepare for an election.

There have been times I not only have to research the candidates but also what office that is and what it does.

Oh and we have two supreme courts and elect both of them. Isn't that awesome?  :lol:

I don't think electing judges is a good thing.

Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2015, 11:30:08 AM
Maybe. Nobody ever votes in Texas though and all these endless numbers of things we have to vote for is a contributing factor. It is just overwhelming trying to prepare for an election.

There have been times I not only have to research the candidates but also what office that is and what it does.

Yep. Imagine having twice the responsibility and helping another person vote!

QuoteOh and we have two supreme courts and elect both of them. Isn't that awesome?  :lol:

That is twice as awesome!!!!

I don't put up signs. I may have a strong opinion of a candidate or issue but I don't want to advertise my views. Part of the reason is I don't trust that someone won't do damage to my house/property because they disagree with a sign.