campaign signs

I took a bicycle tour of Wellman this afternoon after realizing I had seen two Ron Paul yard signs and no Mitt Romney signs on display in town. To confirm my observation and to get some exercise, I pulled on some warm cloths and jumped on the bike. The two Ron Paul signs were on a busy street and I see them nearly every day. When I made my way to the Daytonville neighborhood I found a Romney sign in the entrance to a lane. The second Romney sign was in the "little Italy" neighborhood behind the feed mill. Again it was in an area which doesn't get much traffic. I thought there was another Ron Paul sign still being displayed but I couldn't find it. Paul won the Wellman caucus and some of his supporters are irritated at how the Republican party treated him. From what I hear some of these folks plan to either sit out the election or to vote for Gary Johnson the Libertarian candidate.

As I made my way through the central part of Wellman I began to find the Obama signs. One was along the highway which runs through Wellman, two were on main streets and two were a little more out of the way.

All the signs were outnumbered by the "Home for sale" signs. There were at least 12 of these signs which I suppose means the economy is still slow since a couple of them have been on the market for several months.

The lack of signs may mean that folks aren't that interested in the election, at least not yet. Or perhaps it means folks have already made up their minds. One difference, at least for Democrats is that this year the campaign headquarters are asking for donations before handing over a sign. Four years ago, especially before the caucus, candidates were happy to hand over the signs so I ended up with several.