2016 I put up 160+ lawn type signs I had purchased in a D majority city. Rarely survived a day in place, even if positioned to take some effort to remove - such as partially behind some bushes with thorns by an overpass. Exception - punch a hole in the exact center and tie a loop of string through same. Use ground stakes temporarily or other method to hook string on the top of a high fence, so bottom of sign is at least a foot or two above what someone could easily reach without a ladder or other method. Some of those lasted a week or more (but could be removed with an umbrella or similar hit on the underside of the sign). Might have been better (but more work and riskier) to go higher and use a ladder to place or to have figured out a placement method with a longer pole like a broomstick.
Yard signs on the ground were often trashed a bit more or less in place, or half-assed thrown by nearby garbage cans, so some could be re-placed.
Draft Our Daughters signs scotch taped to lamposts averaged a day or two, sometime as much as a week if it was not ultra clear that they were anti Hillary. Ones placed on lamposts that already had signs that advertised paid Hillary election related positions tended to be the longer lasting ones. Tip: scotch tape the 4 corners only with one piece of tape per corner. When they get ripped down, the punk always grabs the center. Allows you (in a later pass) to easily remove the remains of such a sign cleanly with no tape remnants stuck on the lampost (if you care about cleaning up the aftermath). You learn these things from experience.
2016 I put up 160+ lawn type signs I had purchased in a D majority city. Rarely survived a day in place, even if positioned to take some effort to remove - such as partially behind some bushes with thorns by an overpass. Exception - punch a hole in the exact center and tie a loop of string through same. Use ground stakes temporarily or other method to hook string on the top of a high fence, so bottom of sign is at least a foot or two above what someone could easily reach without a ladder or other method. Some of those lasted a week or more (but could be removed with an umbrella or similar hit on the underside of the sign). Might have been better (but more work and riskier) to go higher and use a ladder to place or to have figured out a placement method with a longer pole like a broomstick.
Yard signs on the ground were often trashed a bit more or less in place, or half-assed thrown by nearby garbage cans, so some could be re-placed.
Draft Our Daughters signs scotch taped to lamposts averaged a day or two, sometime as much as a week if it was not ultra clear that they were anti Hillary. Ones placed on lamposts that already had signs that advertised paid Hillary election related positions tended to be the longer lasting ones. Tip: scotch tape the 4 corners only with one piece of tape per corner. When they get ripped down, the punk always grabs the center. Allows you (in a later pass) to easily remove the remains of such a sign cleanly with no tape remnants stuck on the lampost (if you care about cleaning up the aftermath). You learn these things from experience.
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