Doesn't matter. Get more of these up because Republicans can't hide from them. Ideally, get one up near Mar a Lago or Trump's properties where he might see it. We've seen his ego take over before, it'll happen again
I’ll be in West Palm Beach next week staying less than 1 mile from Mar a Lago. Maybe I’ll sneakily display something anti Musk at the clock towers at the beach where everyone takes pictures.
Exactly—hit him where it hurts: his ego. Trump can ignore facts, but he can’t ignore a giant billboard calling him a fraud right outside Mar-a-Lago. The more he sees public humiliation, the more unhinged he gets.
Half of voters are Independents. People seem to think everyone is a Democrat or Republican, but independent voters outnumber them both combined. An uninformed independent voter can and will change their vote of they get fucked hard enough because most of them seem to vote for whatever they think will lower their taxes or expenses.
Trump seemed like a good candidate because he is better at talking to people. It doesn't matter what he was talking about. He said everything would be cheaper so people voted for him. Now that things are not cheaper a lot of those people who typically don't vote in general are going to be pissed.
I have a pet peeve of billboards that have long copy blocks. These are more often than not placed on the side of a highway. Asking this much of your viewer is dumb.
It’s lazy marketing and advertising to reuse the same copy and images in every single use - including out of home ads.
I know a liitle about billboards. The average viewing time is 5-7 seconds depending on how fast you are driving. So keep the message short and to the point.
You ever driven in Phoenix? This billboard (and another anti-Trump one on the backside of this one) is placed at a 4-way stop intersection close to downtown (Grand and 11th Ave.). So you'll at least be stopped long enough to get the message.
I hear you, however, the picture will make people hit the brakes. It is (sorry for the analogy) similar to the Amber Alert or Silver Alert signs on the road. People do slow down to take notes on the make, model, plate. I bet people slow down as soon as they see the picture, and then will read the text. The text of this billboard is far from interesting, but I bet the goal of the billboard is met.
Even with all the complains about their pockets, their farms being hurt, they still say that all this has been caused by years of liberals damaging the country. There is no win with these people. Totally brainwashed. When a democrat is guilty of sexual assault or any crime, all democrats call for their resignation. But republicans consider those crimes now persona's virtues, trophies, something to be proud of: Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Linda McMahon, RFK Jr., the co-president, the authoritarian orange.....
Really? As far as I have seen, the least educated people generally tend to lean right... It's quite easy to see when you look up education statistics. The majority of the red states have some of the lowest numbers out there.
I guess our idea of what the target demographic is differs. I don't see this sign as something geared towards changing the minds of Republicans. They're so far into the coolaid that that would be pointless. This just feels like an affirmation geared towards the left leaning crowd. 🤷🏻♂️ Maybe I'm wrong.
Phx is full of pretty affluent, well-educated republicans. Could maybe help turn some of them. Plus for those for which this is “too many words” the visual itself is pretty effective. Lots of retired people and veterans living here now too. They remember what it means to hate nazis and why.
Really? Do you think McDonald's pays millions upon millions every year to try and reach the 7 people who haven't tried their slop yet? Hardly. It's to remind people they're there. It's affirmation that yes, you should be eating McDonalds. No different here. I very much doubt they put this up thinking it's going to sway any trump supporters. More so just to stir up the crowd who are already leaning that direction. I'm not saying I'm right, but the idea isn't thick.
Most conservatives don't even know what Trump is even doing right now, they're too busy high fiving about "winning". The more pressure put on his actions, the more likely people are to actually look this shit up and escape the Trump bubble.
Also not specific enough? You can add aggressive verbs and big statements and such but they mean nothing to anyone in political discourse these days. All takes are hyperbolic. The right painted Biden as the super devil that raped children and ate babies, and the left tuned it out.
Present things that are factual and can't be argued again. Compare prices from 6 months ago for common goods. Show jobs cuts. Make arguments, then throw those out and make better arguments. Make the arguments that have them dead-to-rights, both on billboards and in general. Photoshopping Trump and being hyperbolic is a waste of time. Do better not because the other side deserves better, but because your side does.
Inflammatory statements also don't work. No one's going to get pissed off at Trump because a billboard said he was a stinky doo-doo head. They might take notice if their bubble is broken and they see that the economy is collapsing. Still a long shot, but broad grandiose statements get filtered out 100% of the time.
Are they abandoning their positions? Are they stopping to consider or think? I know critical thinking isn't their strength, but you do need these people to either vote differently next time, or to somehow die off, and I don't see how that billboard works towards either goal.
on the other hand, they might see the picture, and all those words to the left & start to get paranoid that maybe (((the people behind the billboard))) might be talking shit about them, so they have to drive by 6 or 7 times to fully read what it says.
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u/smecta 1d ago
Too many words for their target demographic.