As Election Day approaches, we’ve all been inundated with news stories and ads.
It happens every November.
But one thing is different this year.
You may not have noticed, because it’s not something you see. Rather, it’s an absence.
This fall, there are far fewer political signs than usual.
The bad old days.
Sure, there are some Harris/Walz and Trump/Vance signs, on front lawns and in traffic islands. There are several too for US Senate and House, and State Senate and State House races.
But far, far fewer than usual.
Perhaps people realize that no one has ever made up their minds based on yard signs.
Maybe they are afraid, in this fraught political environment, to express themselves.
Whatever the reason, let’s all agree — Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Greens, unaffiliated — that this is a very welcome “sign.”
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