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barbtries

(29,950 posts)
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 02:45 PM Aug 2016

i wanted to get yard signs and bumper stickers

for Roy Cooper and Deborah Ross. I cannot believe how hard it is! Any advice? thank you

these things should be available for a nominal donation on the candidates' pages in my opinion, but they are not. the NC democratic party referred me to a consolidated campaign office. no luck there... i'm gobsmacked

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i wanted to get yard signs and bumper stickers (Original Post) barbtries Aug 2016 OP
No surprise. Some local/state Party organizations are moribund. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #1
it leaves me feeling a little frantic. barbtries Aug 2016 #6
There is a lot of dead wood and entrenched incompetence in the Party. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #7
You might have better luck contacting the campaigns online Warpy Aug 2016 #2
If you order from the online shop, be prepared for a long wait time for delivery. Arkansas Granny Aug 2016 #3
Turnaround will likely be quicker as the election date nears Warpy Aug 2016 #4
nope. barbtries Aug 2016 #5
The Consolidated Campaign has no interest in anything but votes for POTUS Ford_Prefect Aug 2016 #8
Try the individual campaigns. murielm99 Aug 2016 #9
thank you murielm99 barbtries Aug 2016 #10
I was a county chairman at one time. murielm99 Aug 2016 #11
I need two CRK7376 Sep 2016 #12

barbtries

(29,950 posts)
6. it leaves me feeling a little frantic.
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:39 PM
Aug 2016

this is NC - we have a real chance to turn around some or most of the damage the republican super majority has wrought in this state, AND go blue for the president again. my greatest fear is not getting out the vote. this does not bode well to my mind, but maybe i'm jumping the gun.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
2. You might have better luck contacting the campaigns online
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 03:24 PM
Aug 2016

The DLC "eggs in one basket" strategy of starving the party in red states (even when those states are demonstrably purple) has starved the party of many resources, including well stocked local campaign offices. You can usually get campaign gear for donations at the candidates' web sites.

Arkansas Granny

(31,869 posts)
3. If you order from the online shop, be prepared for a long wait time for delivery.
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 03:41 PM
Aug 2016

My first order took over 2 months to complete (tote bag and buttons) and I'm still waiting on a second order of buttons after 4 weeks.

I'd love to have a campaign sign, but I'm afraid the election would be over before it arrived.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
4. Turnaround will likely be quicker as the election date nears
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 03:56 PM
Aug 2016

Just a guess, but they'll have more volunteers after Labor Day.

Ford_Prefect

(8,216 posts)
8. The Consolidated Campaign has no interest in anything but votes for POTUS
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 06:10 PM
Aug 2016

and guarantees of a win on that level. They have no interest in NC local or state politics at all. They likewise have little comprehension of how to reach voters who live anywhere else but the suburbs. They see NC through the same distorted lens that categorizes all southern states as barely 2 steps removed from reconstruction

I have heard it opined that they would as soon have NC a red state since that makes a more accommodating home the the enormous military infrastructure here.

murielm99

(31,521 posts)
9. Try the individual campaigns.
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 06:22 PM
Aug 2016

Tweet, email, whatever it takes.

Often, it is expensive to get the signs, especially for a campaign that does not have much. Offer to help. Say you will pick up signs at a central site and bring them back to a headquarters. Help them find UNION printers for signs if they do not have any. I have done this for local campaigns in the past.

Go to the county Democratic meeting. Get this placed on the agenda. Then, put something in the papers, or other venues, about where sign and bumper stickers are available. Get small donations for them if you can.

murielm99

(31,521 posts)
11. I was a county chairman at one time.
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 10:10 PM
Aug 2016

One of the other things we did was to reimburse local candidates for their purchase of signs, bumper stickers, buttons. If they turned in an invoice, we would give them a set amount of money to help cover the expense. See if your county Democrats do that. That is one of the reasons we had drawdowns, raffles, picnics and all that. The money went to help local candidates.

CRK7376

(2,227 posts)
12. I need two
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 10:34 PM
Sep 2016

Hillary yard signs….one for my yard and one for my classroom. Unfortunately I also need a trump yard sign for my classroom…that way I am fair and balanced unlike Fox News was I help my high school Civics kids negotiate this wacky election year….. Classroom is pretty evenly divided between the two campaigns…

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