Political Ode to the Road...
So far this week, I've traveled 350 miles across Texas.
Yesterday, I took the country-filled scenic route down Hwy 183 and Hwy 281 to San Antonio.
After spotting the 5th "McCain-Palin" poster tacked to the fence posts I started counting.
At the end of the day yesterday, I counted 19 such posters- 1 per property. (Over 4 hours of driving non stop.)
Some were little, some were HUMONGOUS.
How many "Obama/Biden" posters do you think I counted?
(None)
Call me crazy - or - driving with blinders manufactured by the NRA if you must. But I'm telling the truth. I covered the better part of the midway point between West Central Texas down to South Texas on my journey and I didn't see ANY support for the left by way of campaign signs.
Today finds me traveling from San Antonio to Austin on I-35. Since I wasn't actually near personal property, I started counting bumper stickers instead. As of 2PM today (when I hit the hotel parking lot), I tallied the following:
McCain/Palin: 12
Obama/Biden: 1
Sure, this simple little test has little to do with matching national polling statistics or focus groups in key swing states. And it is also true that I'm only covering a small part of one state. But consider this: I'm driving through the heartland of Democratic country- and for whatever reason- the minions are NOT advertising their allegiance to their multi-generational voting tendencies in support of the Democratic Party.
Could there be something for this so-called "Bradley Effect" after all?
-TMS
Yesterday, I took the country-filled scenic route down Hwy 183 and Hwy 281 to San Antonio.
After spotting the 5th "McCain-Palin" poster tacked to the fence posts I started counting.
At the end of the day yesterday, I counted 19 such posters- 1 per property. (Over 4 hours of driving non stop.)
Some were little, some were HUMONGOUS.
How many "Obama/Biden" posters do you think I counted?
(None)
Call me crazy - or - driving with blinders manufactured by the NRA if you must. But I'm telling the truth. I covered the better part of the midway point between West Central Texas down to South Texas on my journey and I didn't see ANY support for the left by way of campaign signs.
Today finds me traveling from San Antonio to Austin on I-35. Since I wasn't actually near personal property, I started counting bumper stickers instead. As of 2PM today (when I hit the hotel parking lot), I tallied the following:
McCain/Palin: 12
Obama/Biden: 1
Sure, this simple little test has little to do with matching national polling statistics or focus groups in key swing states. And it is also true that I'm only covering a small part of one state. But consider this: I'm driving through the heartland of Democratic country- and for whatever reason- the minions are NOT advertising their allegiance to their multi-generational voting tendencies in support of the Democratic Party.
Could there be something for this so-called "Bradley Effect" after all?
-TMS
posted by Troy M. Stirman | 2:23 PM
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