Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:29     Subject: Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
It's about 50/50 with some signs for both, but most people have no signs. It's a diverse MC area. Houses for the most part have at least one if not two immigrant spouses (our case as well) Everyone gets along great. One extra trumpy older neighbor always tries to engage dh on the topic but he just nods.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:27     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
I live near McLean HS, which is near the center of McLean.

There are nearly no trump signs up. Lots of harris signs

There is one trump voter near the school, but democrats kept going on his property and vandalizing his campaign signs.

It got so bad for him in 2016, he put up warning signs that he had installed video surveillance cameras to warn potential trespassers / vandals.

The same sign is up again (along with a very small trump sign close to his house).

I am voting for trump. But I know how intolerant my neighbors are, so there’s no chance I’d risk exercising my freedom of expression here.

Democrats here are extremely closed-minded.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:24     Subject: Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Anonymous wrote:Live in Georgetown area - a few Harris signs, but mostly no signs. There's lots of "quiet Republicans" in this neighborhood.

Tbh, no one talks politics and not many advertise their views.

This is a big contrast to when we go into NoVa for activities. Tons of Trump & Walz signs. It seems that Trump houses insist on putting up 5+ signs on their property; big overcompensating vibes. Lots of single Harris signs on lawns.


While we have plenty of Harris/Waltz signs in my neighborhood in just outside the Beltway in VA there are also a handful of very quiet Republicans. You only know them once they trust you to not judge them. Go about a mile away and then you get the 5+ Trump signs, but not in our clusters of neighborhoods. Part of that might be because the quiet Republicans are often also never Trumpers.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:22     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
50/50 neighborhood.

Mixed race family in largely white neighborhood.

We all socialize occasionally (block parties, Halloween events, etc.).

Might be different if anyone was in-your-face MAGA or LWNJ. But everyone seems pretty moderate and keeps politics out of the neighborhood.

Frankly, it’s delightful.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:20     Subject: Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
I don’t get along with our Trump supporting, election-denying, J6 supporting neighbor. Our kids were friends but ended up going to different high schools. He was constantly defensive yet insulting.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:16     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our immediate neighborhood in NOVA has almost no yard signs. There are two for Harris on my block. One is a firefighter who puts Democrat signs up for every election. But I know my neighbors on my block well enough to be 90% sure it's a about a 60% for Harris, 40% for any republican, even Trump. We have lots of neighborhood parties and we just avoid political talk as much as possible.

The neighborhood immediately to our north, that I walk through every day with our dog, has a lot more yard signs and they are about evenly split. It bothers me because that neighborhood has a very large immigrant population and I hope they don't feel that the Trump signs are targeted toward them.


Here's the thing, there's a good chance the Trump signs are theirs.


This, absolutely. And of course PP doesn't understand that, because she knows what is best for these immigrant families.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:14     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would be courteous but not close.

DH dropped a long time friend for supporting Trump. I thought that was a bit much of him to do that early on (it happened just after the election), but he said that he could not in good conscience continue a relationship where the person supports someone and their policies that seem racist and anti-poor people immigrants.

We are a biracial family full of immigrants (including him), where my side is from a former sh*thole country. My parents are uneducated and at one time, had to go on food stamps. When Trump said, "why do we let in people from sh*thole countries".. he was referring to people like my family. In hindsight, if we had kept that relationship, not sure how I could look those people in the eyes and not wonder if they think my family should not have been allowed here.


I truly, truly do not understand this. Your DH obviously has some internal anger issues that I hope he is able to better manage than he is currently doing.

To answer OP's question, I am a Trump supporter in DC. I would say that our neighborhood is 80% Harris and a silent 20% or so for Trump. We all get along just fine and we rarely talk politics - maybe that is why.


If you don't talk politics, how do you know there's a silent 20% for Trump in DC? I admit I'm very curious to know if more of DC goes for Trump, especially since 1/6 was in our backyard and my friends on the Hill were very scared.

Also, such a ironic response to PP when Trump is seething with anger. Otherwise, why would you have an enemy list (especially one that encompasses more than half the country)?


I don't know. I'm guessing, based on knowledge of how these people live their lives and what they say about other things.

Trump is not the one "seething with anger." Trump is remarkably relaxed and at ease during this election. I'm afraid it's Kamala who is throwing things and screaming at staff behind closed doors.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:04     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Anonymous wrote:Our immediate neighborhood in NOVA has almost no yard signs. There are two for Harris on my block. One is a firefighter who puts Democrat signs up for every election. But I know my neighbors on my block well enough to be 90% sure it's a about a 60% for Harris, 40% for any republican, even Trump. We have lots of neighborhood parties and we just avoid political talk as much as possible.

The neighborhood immediately to our north, that I walk through every day with our dog, has a lot more yard signs and they are about evenly split. It bothers me because that neighborhood has a very large immigrant population and I hope they don't feel that the Trump signs are targeted toward them.


Here's the thing, there's a good chance the Trump signs are theirs.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:02     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Our immediate neighborhood in NOVA has almost no yard signs. There are two for Harris on my block. One is a firefighter who puts Democrat signs up for every election. But I know my neighbors on my block well enough to be 90% sure it's a about a 60% for Harris, 40% for any republican, even Trump. We have lots of neighborhood parties and we just avoid political talk as much as possible.

The neighborhood immediately to our north, that I walk through every day with our dog, has a lot more yard signs and they are about evenly split. It bothers me because that neighborhood has a very large immigrant population and I hope they don't feel that the Trump signs are targeted toward them.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 12:01     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would be courteous but not close.

DH dropped a long time friend for supporting Trump. I thought that was a bit much of him to do that early on (it happened just after the election), but he said that he could not in good conscience continue a relationship where the person supports someone and their policies that seem racist and anti-poor people immigrants.

We are a biracial family full of immigrants (including him), where my side is from a former sh*thole country. My parents are uneducated and at one time, had to go on food stamps. When Trump said, "why do we let in people from sh*thole countries".. he was referring to people like my family. In hindsight, if we had kept that relationship, not sure how I could look those people in the eyes and not wonder if they think my family should not have been allowed here.


I truly, truly do not understand this. Your DH obviously has some internal anger issues that I hope he is able to better manage than he is currently doing.

To answer OP's question, I am a Trump supporter in DC. I would say that our neighborhood is 80% Harris and a silent 20% or so for Trump. We all get along just fine and we rarely talk politics - maybe that is why.


If you don't talk politics, how do you know there's a silent 20% for Trump in DC? I admit I'm very curious to know if more of DC goes for Trump, especially since 1/6 was in our backyard and my friends on the Hill were very scared.

Also, such a ironic response to PP when Trump is seething with anger. Otherwise, why would you have an enemy list (especially one that encompasses more than half the country)?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 11:55     Subject: Re:Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Anonymous wrote:I would be courteous but not close.

DH dropped a long time friend for supporting Trump. I thought that was a bit much of him to do that early on (it happened just after the election), but he said that he could not in good conscience continue a relationship where the person supports someone and their policies that seem racist and anti-poor people immigrants.

We are a biracial family full of immigrants (including him), where my side is from a former sh*thole country. My parents are uneducated and at one time, had to go on food stamps. When Trump said, "why do we let in people from sh*thole countries".. he was referring to people like my family. In hindsight, if we had kept that relationship, not sure how I could look those people in the eyes and not wonder if they think my family should not have been allowed here.


I truly, truly do not understand this. Your DH obviously has some internal anger issues that I hope he is able to better manage than he is currently doing.

To answer OP's question, I am a Trump supporter in DC. I would say that our neighborhood is 80% Harris and a silent 20% or so for Trump. We all get along just fine and we rarely talk politics - maybe that is why.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 11:46     Subject: Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
It’s a mix, but probably more Harris supporters based on signs. I probably wouldn’t get too close to the Trump supporters but I am still civil to them. My kids have friends whose families may be Trump supporters but I am not going to forbid them from playing with those kids or anything.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 11:43     Subject: Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
The four houses closest to mine in my UMC NOVA neighborhood are GOP voters—not sure if they are MAGA or how they will vote this time. I don’t ask as I never discuss politics. DH and I are Dems but I’m not sure if anyone knows that. The last time we put up any political signs was when Obama ran for the first time.

As an American who lived abroad for many years, I don’t feel comfortable discussing politics with Americans. It’s just not as safe a topic as in other countries I’ve lived in, especially in the current climate.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 11:34     Subject: Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
Anonymous wrote:The majority of yards in my neighborhood do not have any political signs. I just got back from a walk around my neighborhood and I'd guess only about 10% of the houses had a sign. I don't personally know the residents of those homes. It's a pretty even mix of Trump and Harris.


OP - we are Harris supporters but don't have a sign in our yard. My DH asked if we could put one in our yard but I told him no because I didn't want to attract undue attention from Trumpers who might target non-Trumpers if Trump loses.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2024 11:31     Subject: Is your neighborhood mixed R and Ds?
I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of Trump supporters in my neighborhood. There are zero Trump signs, but a few for down ballot candidates, several 'choose life' car tags, a few families where the kids go to religious school, etc. It is also about 80% white, and skew older. We could be the only Harris supporters here.