Here, in the heart of Obamaland, Californians don’t seem too enthusiastic about their choices for Senator and Govrrnor. LIving just over two miles from the center of Hollywood. I often drive through some of the most liberal jurisdictions of the country. Henry Waxman is my Congressman. He’s going to have a close election this year. He’ll edge his opponent by just 25 points.
Yet, despite the overwhelmingly Democratic makeup of this area,I have seen a total of three bumper stickers for the statewide elections, two on the same car, one for Jerry Brown, the other for his soon-to-be septuagenarian sidekick, a Ma’am Barbara Boxer. On another car, I saw one for the unsmiling Senator. If Democrats aren’t slapping bumper stickers on their cars in this area (where such signs of support are considered a status symbol), where would they be doing it?
As a point of comparison. When I drove to the grocery store earlier this week, I passed more cars with Obama stickers than the number of cars I have seen with Boxer stickers during the entire campaign. Indeed, in the average parking lot, I see more Obama stickers on cars than the number of Boxer and Brown stickers combined I have seen in this entire campaign.
A lesbian friend who lives in Venice (another very liberal jurisdiction) reports the same thing, “I have seen only 1. And I am [on the] road almost all day.”
Doesn’t sound like Southern California voters are too enthusiastic about their choices this time around. How that will impact turnout is anybody’s guess.
UPDATE: Just returned from the post office where I mailed the first draft of the last chapter of my dissertation and saw a car with Carly and Meg stickers. So, I’ve almost seen as many Republican bumper stickers in this left-wing bailiwick as I have seen Democratic ones.
Is it lack of enthusiasm over the choices, or that people don’t generally get motivated enough to put stickers on their car during mid-term elections? Even for governor? Maybe a mix of that?
Poseidon, could be, but I mean, only two cars with Democratic bumper stickers in all of Hollywood?
I work in a dental office here in so/cal and not one day(I swear) goes by when every person that sits in that chair does not comment about what Urkel is doing to this country. During the campaign people would praise him all the time, now, NO WAY. Even our neighbor (a black lawyer) took her O bumper sticker off her car 6 months ago and put a “not of this world” in it’s place. I listen to talk radio a lot (since my Dish was turned off) and the callers here in CA are really angry at Allred and illegals. Lot’s of votes going towards Meg after that little stunt. Keep the faith we will do this no matter how long it takes.
“A lesbian friend…” out of curiosity, why was important to identify her as a lesbian?
Are you really? ” And I am road almost all day.” Might want to fix that to say, “And I am on the road all day.” LOL!
Well, across the state line, I have to say that Reid stickers are also a rarity. Angle stickers aren’t very common, either. I have seen a few anti-Angle stickers, which isn’t a good sign, but it doesn’t mean that the folks with those stickers are going to vote for Reid.
Unfortunately, I met a guy for coffee last weekend, and on the way back to my car, I noticed he had one of those rare Reid stickers on his car–and it was a new one, too. Ugh.
Come to think of it, Rubio stickers are all I’ve seen and probably not many of those. None for Crist and none for Meek. I’ve not seen any for Rick Scott, but at the same time, none for Alex Sink either. Can’t really remember previous mid-terms though. Well maybe 2002 when Jeb was running against Bill McBride and Janet Reno.
I live in very liberal Humboldt county and have seen no boxer, bown stickers. There are a few obama ones hanging around on cars, but the drivers are looking kinda embarrassed. They won’t look at me when I glare at them.
San Jose and the south bay seem pretty clean of these stickers too. And I have not seen any yard signs, and usually by now my neighborhood is covered in them.
I’ve noticed I only see the Obama bumper stickers on the weekend. Never on the road early in the morning as I go to work.
I see one or two Obama stickers in Alabama about every other week.
Interesting the paucity of Boxer/Brown stickers not limited to LA, but seems to extend to all liberal jurisdictions of Golden State.
Well, here is something to cheer you up. Where I live is the29th congressional district. Home of Adam Schiff. I have seen one. Uno. Een. Un. One Adam Schiff for congress sign. However, Republican John Colbert signs are EVERYWHERE! I have seen about 50 in front of homes here in Pasadena. Again one Schiff sign. This is a pretty Democrat-heavy district. But there are a lot of independents. And that is what I hope will help elect John Colbert to congress.