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Post by wvhsparent on Feb 26, 2006 12:14:25 GMT -6
Vote away
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Post by fence on Feb 26, 2006 15:36:45 GMT -6
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Post by cantretirehere on Feb 27, 2006 10:51:02 GMT -6
Vote early and often.  You can take the girl out of the city but you can't take the city out of the girl. ;D |
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Post by doctorwho on Feb 27, 2006 12:14:06 GMT -6
Did you grow up in the city also ? I did and worked for a very powerful alderman for a period of time....I lived the statement you make - LOL !
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Post by rew on Feb 27, 2006 12:20:34 GMT -6
Question....could we do some polling of ESs before the election???Guesses as to how a given area will vote? Not numbers, but say 60/40 one way or the other??
I had to drive through Knoch Knolls today. I was amazed at the # of Vote No signs. Could someone explain to me what their gripe is???
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Post by momto4 on Feb 27, 2006 12:28:00 GMT -6
Question....could we do some polling of ESs before the election???Guesses as to how a given area will vote? Not numbers, but say 60/40 one way or the other?? I had to drive through Knoch Knolls today. I was amazed at the # of Vote No signs. Could someone explain to me what their gripe is??? I don't know! But the vote yes signs are available as of last Friday. If you or someone you know wants one, contact 204 the Kids, or your ES PTA president, or PM me and I'll send the info on. From what I hear there are a few areas that are expected to have more no votes than yes, and most areas have a lot of yes voters. I hope this is right! |
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Post by admin on Feb 27, 2006 12:30:39 GMT -6
I have yet to see a VoteNO sign in my subdivision.
Which I say is a key area for passage.
The Yes signs came out over the weekend.
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Post by soxfan on Feb 27, 2006 12:32:31 GMT -6
I have yet to see a VoteNO sign in my subdivision. Which I say is a key area for passage. The Yes signs came out over the weekend. I just got off the phone with a neighbor who is voting NO. She was looking into how to get a vote NO sign. |
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Post by gumby on Feb 27, 2006 13:09:30 GMT -6
In the May Watts area, since I suppose it appears that we are a yes camp, there were only 200 Vote Yes signs allocated for a subdivision having over 1100 houses.
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Post by momof3 on Feb 27, 2006 13:14:19 GMT -6
Yes, I believe the signs were rationed, don't know why, just know there wasn't enough supply to meet the demand. Some subdivisions were forced to only try and put the signs where the most people could see them.
And to answer the next question that will come up, no I don't believe that just because you don't have a yes sign in your yard that you are automatically a no voter! (and vice-versa!!)
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Post by momto4 on Feb 27, 2006 13:22:23 GMT -6
Yes, I believe the signs were rationed, don't know why, just know there wasn't enough supply to meet the demand. Some subdivisions were forced to only try and put the signs where the most people could see them. And to answer the next question that will come up, no I don't believe that just because you don't have a yes sign in your yard that you are automatically a no voter! (and vice-versa!!) Obviously those of us discussing issues here wouldn't have our votes swayed by something as simple as seeing a bunch of vote yes or vote no signs, but overall does it make a difference? I mean, is someone going to see a bunch of signs that say "vote x" and decide they should vote the same way? Or if they were planning to vote x anyway, might they stay home thinking that it looks like x will prevail? Or if they were planning to vote y, might they be more likely to get out to vote since it looks like the x's have it? I have no expertise in this whatsoever, I'm just curious about the impact of the signs and especially considering that it doesn't seem that enough "vote yes" signs were made for those who want them. Yet there are areas with lots of "vote no" signs and few or no "vote yes" signs... |
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Post by rew on Feb 27, 2006 13:28:07 GMT -6
Gumby, don't be offended, the demand outstripped supply and there are more coming. But everyone is doing the best they can with the $$$$ available.
I was looking for a "judging by the "visible signs of support" and talking to neighbors, and going to the PTA meetings, etc etc... I think my ES has more YES votes than no votes" kind of feedback.
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Post by fence on Feb 27, 2006 13:30:24 GMT -6
I mentioned in another thread that the ton of VoteNO signs in Brookdale on Friday seems to have all but disappeared. I am not sure if something happened to cause that.
Its hard to say what the signs actually do in terms of generating actionable behavior at the polls.
I don't think the influence necessarily goes beyond the neighborhood. So an area of "NO" signs, a person within that neighborhood who hasn't done any research might be convinced to vote the same way as they see those in their own neighborhoods voting. Driving through another subdivision with signs going one way or the other is probably not going to do much to influence a change. For example, seeing signs in Knoch Knoll, people not from that area are apt to say "who really cares what Knoch Knoll thinks."
That's my 2 cents.
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Post by fence on Feb 27, 2006 13:32:35 GMT -6
Oh, and would the PTA endorsements or lack thereof be any type of baseline indicator of ES yes vs. no? Someone posted the endorsements for the ref. on another thread.
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Post by momof3 on Feb 27, 2006 13:33:10 GMT -6
momto4 -
I think all of the yes or no signs make a difference, based on my own personal experience last year. I was not involved at all in the pro or anti referendum movement, I went to one school board presentation and decided I was a yes voter.
On election day, I was loading the kids into the car and noticed my neighbor's vote yes sign. I had completely forgotten it was election day! I schlepped all 3 kids to the polling place and voted, immediately, then called my husband to remind him to stop and vote on the way home.
So, for me, a NO sign would have had the same effect, but it made a difference.
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