Interesting column, though I don’t put much faith in yard signs. I didn’t use yard signs after my first campaign for the Massachusetts senate in 1972, which I won by nine votes. And I only used a few hand-painted ones that year. Too much trouble, as supporters get in “sign wars” stealing the other guy’s signs. I preferred car signs which were mobile. In 1974, people were worried by the number of signs my opponent had in my town of Lunenburg, but I wasn’t and carried the town heavily. He had many signs, but I won by 10,000 votes, carrying every city and town in my 3-1 Democrat district. (I’m a Republican.) I will link to this from my Old Jarhead blog.
Robert A. Hall
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