Bumper Sticker check, or Proof Cons have given up.

[Wait Wut]

I live in what I'm told is the "reddest" city in Arizona. I've noticed an interesting trend here in bumper stickers.

1. No Romney stickers. Not one.
2. Quite a few Ron Paul stickers.
3. More Obama stickers than anything.
4. Way fewer teaper stickers than last year.

Add to that the hilarity of the teaper rally that drew a gigantic crowd of about 18 people along with the disgust that is shown in our local paper over the corruption and insanity in our local government, I think the GOP may be in trouble here.

Any other red staters seeing a trend?

Edit to fix: "local" government. We've got some funny shit goin' on both city and state. "Funny" as in, you get what you ask for...idiots.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. No Rmoney stickers in Tucson. A few Ron. A few nobama. Many Obama

I should be getting my OCCUPI licence plates soon.

[Wait Wut]

2. I love Tucson.

Glad to hear they're following the trend!

There are enough Obama '12 stickers up here that I'm almost brave enough to put one on my car. I just can't afford to replace a window.

[DefenseLawyer]

3. No Romney stickers in Indiana

But without a contested primary I doubt the party is spending a lot of dough passing them out. Plenty of anti-Obama crap and "don't tread on me" stickers and multiple variations of "I pay too much in taxes" stickers, which are invariably on old beater trucks that look to be worth about $200 (the car of choice among the overtaxed crowd).

[Wait Wut]

5. "(the car of choice among the overtaxed crowd)"

Yeah, we have plenty of those.

[LiberalCatholic]

20. you made me laugh out loud

Thanks!

[HughBeaumont]

4. I have yet to see a Romney sticker or sign. ANYwhere.

Believe it or not, I've actually seen three instances of Santorum signs. How foooookin sad is that?

Like a freeper thread participant once said about (R)Money: "He has the stink of 'loser' all over him".

[Wait Wut]

6. I've only seen one in the past few weeks.

Probably should've tossed them some flowers, or sumthin'.

Oh, and I saw a Newt Gingrich sticker last week, too! That one was on a "nicer" car. Hopefully, they'll send him some cash.

[HughBeaumont]

9. I see Ron Paul stickers all over the place (NE Ohio).

Not that it matters, since Paul has about as much chance as being the GOP nominee as I do of being Pope, but it's still amusing nonetheless.

I often wonder how a conversation with a Paulite would go if you were to bring up the fact that he wants to destroy the social safety net as we know it.

"Thet don't matter t'me. I won't need thet shit."
"Uh, but what if you DO?"
"AH WON'T!"
"You'll never need Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Assistance . . . you'll always have a job and your health, guaranteed? Really??"
"Damn right, Commie!"

Ugh.

[wandy]

13. Boy, did you hit the nail on the head.......

"Thet don't matter t'me. I won't need thet shit."

Dumb, just dumb. Unbelievably Dumb.

[HubertHeaver]

22. Consider that a major employer in Ron Paul's district is

NASA.

[denverbill]

7. I think most Romney bumper stickers go on Lear Jets and helicopters.

[JoeyT]

8. I haven't seen a Romney sticker at all yet, either.

The cars with Ron Paul stickers tend to look the same:The only part of their cars not covered in stickers are the tires, windshield, front side windows, and the back glass. I'm sure they think view obstruction laws and tires that won't hold stickers are a communist plot.
I've seen a lot more bumper stickers supporting equal rights than I ever expected to see.

Yeah, your trend sounds about right, at least in this part of Alabama.

[Turbineguy]

10. Could be fear.

Wingers are afraid that commie-liberal-democrat-pinko's will vandalize their cars.

It goes both ways when we had a DU sticker on our car, my Son was harassed by some 6 mile per gallon patriot in a pick-up.

[FSogol]

11. The only Romney sticker I've seen is "I Ride Inside: Dogs Against Romney"

I see more McCain and McCain/Palin stickers than Paul.

[Worried senior]

12. No Romney stickers

up here, did see one on a broken down, rusty car with Walker for President in the clinic's parking lot. We parked in front of him so he could see out Obama/Biden and 99% sticker on the back of ours.

[marmar]

14. I don't think I've seen one Romney bumper sticker.

[gratuitous]

15. They seem an unenthusiastic bunch, don't they?

For travelers on Interstate 5 through Washington, you're no doubt familiar with the nitwit private billboard featuring the bad Uncle Sam. Over the years, the message has bounced from A to A on the political scale, and back again, giving voice to nitwit conservative and poorly informed libertarian alike. This last weekend, it had some incomprehensible criticism of Sen. Cantwell one side, and standard overheated endorsement of Ron Paul on the other. Even the most ardent fascists seem to be marshalling their dry powder for 2016.

[Bake]

16. I've seen more Ron Paul stickers than Rmoney here in Louisville KY

Although we are the blue bastion of an otherwise red state.

Bake

[auburngrad82]

17. I rode from NC to NY and back and did not see one RMoney sticker

Quite a few Obama stickers, and tons of Ron Paul signs along the roads, even the country roads in VA.

They just won't give up until they have their own country and crown Paul "king 'o de world".

[thelordofhell]

18. Romney's not the candidate yet

There are a lot of Obama stickers because he's already the Democratic Party Candidate by default.

Ron Paul is a nutcase and most of his stickers are carryovers from his other runnings

The Rmoney campaign has been more subtle......Do you notice all those "I'm A Mormon" billboards and commercials. It's no accident they have been running since Rmoney has been the frontrunner of the republican party.

[SmellyFeet]

31. I saw a number of Cain stickers, and lots of Paul stickers.

Not being the nominee has nothing to do with it.

[GoneOffShore]

19. Saw a Santorum 2012 here in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia.

Wish I could say it was on a beater but it was a 2011 BMW suv.

Did point and laugh however.

"No Rick - you can't abort your campaign after 20 weeks. You have to carry it to full term."

[Initech]

21. They know they've lost this one - so time for plan B.

[trof]

23. I haven't seen a single 'current' bumper sticker in coastal Alabama.

I do see an occasional faded McCain-Palin sticker.
One has to wonder.
When I see one I automatically think "Dumbshit".


Another thing I don't see any more are the square white on black "W" stickers.
I guess they've all been scraped off.


Miz t. reports seeing an "Obama - 2012" sticker.
That's pretty close to asking for trouble down here.

[Jazzgirl]

24. I haven't seen any Rmoney stickers in the DFW metro either.

I've seen Ron Paul stickers and yard signs. I've seen lots more Obama stickers. Maybe one or two teaper stickers. An idiotic neighbor has a Ron Paul sign in her yard but I ignore it.....though I've thought about....never mind.

[tabbycat31]

25. I live in a red county in an otherwise blue state

I see Ron Paul stickers from time to time, but they're not on cars and instead defacing public property (I find it very ironic when they're on stop signs) such as road signs (I have never seen any other politician's stickers on public signs).

I see a few anti Obama ones but not too many. I'm seeing a lot of new Obama ones pop up around here and given how red my county has turned since the fat man got elected in 2009, it gives me hope.

McCain only won the county by 3 points. The following year (and since) it's been almost 2-1 GOP every year.

[JoePhilly]

26. Not one Romney sticker ... A few NOBAMA stickers

I get the sense that I won't see any Romney yard signs.

This is Wake county NC.

[bluesbassman]

27. I live in one of the more red parts of the Bay Area, haven't seen one Rmoney sticker.

In '08 this place was lousy with McCain stickers, and in '04 and '00 W's were everywhere.

[uponit7771]

28. South Grand Prairie Texas near Mansfield and not ONE RMoney sign or bumper sticker. By now you'd..

....think they'd passed them out

[w8liftinglady]

29. Honestly-I have seen more Obama stickers in Ellis County than RMoney stickers...

Now.... if you want to talk local elections....then the landscape is littered with elephant dung...but not bumpers...

[SmellyFeet]

30. I live in Georgia. I saw ONE ROMNEY STICKER a few weeks ago.

I've seen at least 100 Obama stickers.

[Aerows]

32. I haven't seen a single one in Mississippi

And honestly? I really don't expect to see many at all.

Republicans are almost ashamed of him being their candidate. It's a riot. If they say something about Obama or Democrats the quickest way to shut them up is to say "Oh, but your candidate is Romney" and proceed to laugh at the looks on their faces.

[Broken_Hero]

33. I have seen zero Romney bumper stickers,

or signs. I have seen a handful of Obama stickers, but a lot more Ron Paul stickers/signs. SW Missouri here.....

[Mr Dixon]

34. Northern VA

Checking in, plenty of OBAMA 2012 Bumper stickers, mine included add my yard sign to that, No mitt stickers just a few old McCain Stickers and a few Ron Paul Nuts, also saw a don’t tread on me sticker on a Honda? LOL.

[marlakay]

35. Live 45 min from very red city

last three elections Bush or McCain signs, have not seen one Romney sign yet…saw one Ron Paul it was a small one. No Obama either but that is no surprise.

I am seeing signs for local races of republicans only.

I don't think christian right want a sign of a mormon on their land.

[texdonkey]

36. Houston TX - none here

No Romney stickers see here either. I live in a northern suburb of Houston, all republicans around here.

I remember this time in 2000 and 2004, and for years afterward see a nauseating amount of BUSH stickers on cars all over the country not just in TX. Thank god those are all gone. Then a fair amount of McCain/Palin stickers in 08.

I thought about this yesterday when driving around town, then searched for this thread. Interesting how Repubs normally want to display their lockstep support for their team, but not this time.

It's like being an anthropologist observing the behavior of a primitive tribe. They have a tribal group-think going on with them - they either all display support via bumper sticker - or they all don't.