Norfolk Blogger makes a good point that he noticed on his trip down South that there was very little political billboards around. Maltheus must admit that on locally, around Norwich he hasn't seen too many either. Theres the four Lib Dem 'Winning here' boards at the house near the uni and a smattering of Green boards but Maltheus hasn't personally seen any posters or Billboards for the Tories, Labour or any others anywhere.
A board makes a affirmation that the person situated at that house is a keen supporter of the party and i suppose some may be reluctant to have them in case they then get sucked into the political debates of their advertisers.
When Maltheus used to lived in the 'Golden trainagle' he had a corner house and 4 other flatmates. They all have differing opinions on politics and so like Pokemon they tried to 'catch them all' - Our garden had advertisements for Green at one end and Lib Dem the other. Slightly confusing to the average passer by but making a statement that we were political. Maybe a way to raise awareness of the elections is to have a 'We're voting' poster or board people could put up - this helps advertise the elections without having to reveal your vote if you don't want to?I'd certaily be up for it if the council made them.
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The problem is always building up a tradition of having a board and people not feeling like they are going to be the only ones.
In North Norfolk at the last general election we had 1600 poster boards up and simply ran out of time to get to everyone to get a board up.
of course, the intereting things is then retrieving them. we had a by-election about three months after the general election and found someone with a general election poster still in their garden.
It seems it is very patchy. In Castessey it is a sea of yellow diamonds, as is most of North Norfolk. However aside from certain wards where Labour are keen (university Ward and Mile Cross), they have very few up.
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