To wonder where all the posters are? (election related)

[yolofish]

By now, I would have expected to see the usual banners in fields, on fences, posters in peoples' windows etc etc.

But round here there is literally nothing - are people apathetic, or afraid to express their allegiance?

What's it like round your way?

BTW this is nothing to do with which party you want to vote for, and I'm not looking for a political bunfight, I'm just really surprised by the lack of election material. Should add we've had the usual maildrops from all the usual suspects, and yesterday I had my first ever visit from a canvasser in 21 years of living here.

It is a Tory stronghold though!

One massive Tory placard up the road but the guy is a Tory councillor. Nothing else.

Leaflets from the major parties, one Lib Dem canvasser last week and I know Labour are planning on canvassing in my area of town this week. No sign of the Tory who is the standing MP with a majority of 6000.

We've had loads of leaflets, mainly conservative and Brexiteer. If I'm home when the bastards put them through my letterbox, I hand them back, if not they're returned by post to their local address.

No posters at all though

Plenty of LD and Labour here. I've not seen any for the Conservatives in my town, though saw some next to fields in between here and Preston the other day.

Oh, I'm in one of the key seats in the UK that may swing from Conservative too. (We're on the list for the bribe money.)

They’re everywhere in my ward. Most of my closest neighbours have Labour boards up. I haven’t seen a single conservative poster of board up in city.

I think people just don’t want to share how they’re voting tbh.

I’m in a swing seat so I expected more Tory involvement tbh, but no canvassers or leaflets yet!

DS informs me that there are lots of Lib Dem posters on his bus route, we had lots of Lib Dem leaflets through the post, 1 Labour leaflet hand delivered and nothing from the Tories.

We have a Tory MP who is quite safe.
Only 3 parties to vote from.

I've had a leaflet for the Tories through my door.

I see two houses with posters on my way to work. One for the Tory candidate (who is our current MP) and one for the Labour candidate.

Interestingly, my area has always been a Tory seat (winning by over a 4000 vote majority in 2017) but the latest odds are saying that the Labour candidate will win.

There was a meeting in one of the local pubs for the public to ask questions, which all the candidates attended apart from our current Tory MP. Maybe that's the reason.

Not as much as previous elections round here, there's always a big Tory one on the farm going out of the village, and today I saw two posters on cottages on a country lane for labour, a few posters up in nearest town in Windows. Here was labour for quite a while then changed to Tory last time.
There was far, far more from the local candidates for the local elections, but then we're an area that tends to be bypassed now we've no industry left to speak of. We've got 4 candidates, Tory, labour, green and lib Dems, it's only really going to be between labour and Tory really.

Hardly anything round here either. A neighbour had a Tory poster up in her window and had someone knock on her door and ask her why she was so heartless etc

So after that, she took it down. I find it horrendous that people feel their freedom of choice is being limited.

Seen a few around, including a Brexit Party one tied to a bench. Saw some today that were literally on the 'border', if they had thought better they could have had them double sided, killed two birds with one stone.

I have strong memories though of there being placards on every lamppost. They would do every so many so it would alternate between the parties. (Though I don't think the BNP got very far)

Good observation.

Here in my area of Kent I’ve seem two Lib Dems and one conservative.

Had such an interesting dinner the other day with very very close friends. Amongst 12 people we had a few a Conservative voters, several Lib Dem voters, a a labour voter and a Green voter! How diverse is my social group? 😀

Nothing here

I've seen fairly few compared to previous years. Less than I remember at the Locals in May, even. We are 10 days out, right?

DH & I both voted already (postal). We have had a lot of election literature directed at us, but nothing to the 2 adult DC. Interesting

We're utterly drowning in leaflets from all 3 parties. Barely a day passes without another couple. We've had named and general literature from all 3.

Still virtually no - in fact zero - posters round here in fields, roadsides windows etc. Given that we are in Kent, Brexit area, huge issues with ports/M20 etc I find it decidedly odd when you look at the polls.

@CactusAndCacti if you want to see posters on lampposts, go to Northern Ireland - they're everywhere there! Not sure whether they have different rules about them or something?

I had a poster in my garden. Someone nicked it in tne night. I am left with just a stick.

Very, very little in the way of posters and banners. The constituency MP (Tory) has been pounding the streets and knocking doors, though - first time I've ever seen him canvassing here.

I have not out my eu flag in the window for over three years now and likewise have not put labour poster up. In Central London labour constitutency. Very very few posters/placards up. I have no doubt it is through fear - fear of brick through window or loss of political anonymity which just seems safest now. properly Worrying that that is maybe where we’ve got to and how divided and intolerant we are now.

Tory heartland here which is usually plastered with blue. This time there’s nothing. Probably complacency although some Tories have fallen out with the MP because he’s not Brexity enough.

We have an independent running. He was the Labour MP but got deflected. He seems to halve more posters than anyone.

Lib dem poster in my window though. Our local candidate is fabulous- ex police officer, well known community activist, volunteers with a homelessness charity and clearly very hard working. To be fair as an ex Lib dem councillor I would say that but I might even consider voting for this lady if she were independent