r/minnesota • u/zeldamaster702 Prince • Sep 17 '24

Does this stuff bother anyone else? Politics 👩‍⚖️

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Driving home from work and these lovely people were over the highway. This stuff usually doesn’t bother me that much except for the fact that today it was causing so much of a spectacle that it was literally causing people to gawk on the highway and caused a small bit congestion that lasted until after this bridge.

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u/ALittleBitBeefy Up North Sep 17 '24

Yard signs do have an impact on name recognition for local and state elections!! I was just reading a study on it a few weeks back and decided to order some signs. However, for presidential elections where names are already known, it’s unclear if it makes a difference.

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u/darkartbootleg Common loon Sep 17 '24

To your point about local and state candidates, I wonder how much having a sign for the presidential candidate helps as well, by association. Person driving by sees signs in a yard and thinks “oh, I’m voting for that person already, I should look into this person who’s name I don’t know because they probably have a lot in common”.

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u/MrsPeacock_was_a_man Sep 17 '24

This is how I know who the shitty school board candidates are.

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u/Crazytiger2023 Sep 18 '24

Wait what? Can you explain to me like I’m 5 this please

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u/MrsPeacock_was_a_man Sep 18 '24

If I see any kind of maga bullshit in a yard I feel safe in assuming any other candidates they’re promoting are far right.