Bishop: Your ‘Hood’s Yards Reveal Politics

On a call-in radio show in Minneapolis in midsummer, I talked about how people had sorted themselves into politically like-minded communities. Within an hour, three people came up with the same clue that told them they were living in a neighborhood where they didn’t belong politically. They noticed their neighbors used lawn chemicals. … But what struck me was the way people understood their political surroundings. Analysts talk about demographics. Voters, however, know that the way to tell the political makeup of a neighborhood has nothing to do with age, sex, income, or education. Much more telling is what people fling on their yards/ Bill Bishop , Slate. More here .

Question: Are their signs in nearby yards that tell you how your neighborhood votes?