At the Polls: Deconstructing Political Signs and Searching for Voters

On a primary day that lived up to expectations – gray drizzly skies and a light turnout – a drive around town to visit polling stations became a scramble to find talkative voters and a chance to ponder the differing approaches to political signage.

On front lawns and porches on the Eastside, there were relatively few displays for either top candidate for the city’s top job, Mayor Brandon Scott and former Mayor Sheila Dixon.

As for the polling places, there was the usual cluster of markers for a host of candidates. Among them was usually a single, very big blue-and-yellow one for Scott.

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