My 13 yo son would like it.
haha. My eleven-year-old would probably like it as well. Trump is definitely the favorite with the 5th and 6th grade crowd.
I haven't seen any signs this season. I don't recall seeing many in the years I've lived here. There is one guy about a block away who always puts out a Pitts sign. I don't know what he'll do this year since Pitts is stepping down.
You might want to check your Homeowner's Association rules before putting out that sign because sometimes they're against the rules. When municipal governments have tried to ban political signs such bans have been struck down because cities are state actors subject to the U.S. Constitution. There is no similar restraint imposed on private homeowner's associations. Unlike municipal governments, homeowner's associations are private parties that do not qualify as state actors. For example, a Pennsylvania state court ruled in 1996 that a condominium association did not violate the first amendment by removing political yard signs in accordance with a section of their rules prohibiting the posting of signs at individual units. That ruling has also been cited in cases involving single-family houses with homeowner association bans against political advertisement.
I couldn't find any such language in the HOA rules for this neighborhood, but I guess if the Trump signs suddenly started appearing I would think it strange. I'm not sure why it would matter. This is a very white collar neighborhood--people even pick up their dogsh
it with little plastic gloves--and most of the people here probably would vote for the Republican candidate thinking that the most important issue is taxes, and taxes will likely be lower with a Republican government. (That might not be true when comparing a protectionist Republican like Trump with a fairly Third Way Democrat like Clinton, but perceptions matter.) The only lawn signs I see here are those left by landscaping companies that my neighbors hire because they're too busy to mow their own grass and trim their hedgerows and they say things like "Chemically treated. Stay off grass until the nasty, toxic compounds evaporate." Who needs healthy children when you can have a perfectly smooth green lawn, right?
