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I must really live in a liberal bubble in Seattle

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When I was in NYC at Times Square, I was in a gift shop and I saw one young guy wearing a MAGA hat come in with a group of friends to look at trump memorabilia. The guy was what I imagined a trump supporter would look like, trash from a trailer park. I was shocked because it was the first time I've seen a trump supporter and it was in Liberal NYC.
 
julian

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Saw an Infowars bumper sticker in TriBeCa a couple weeks ago. I'm gonna say that counts.
 
TalonJH

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I live in Kentucky. If I stay in Louisville, I may see maybe one or two every couple of weeks. I work in the most affluent county in the state and I'll see one or more every day or two. Confederate flags are a every day thing.

The worst was this gem:
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Goldboy

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In Seattle itself maybe it's like that, but drive like 30 minutes to a place like Everett or the shithole rural towns surrounding it and you'll see the MAGA hats and Trump signs you're looking for.
 
SamuelBeckwit

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I don't think I've seen one in the wild, but it did ruin my GF's Nuka-Cola cap. Now I use it when working in the attic.
 
Mozendo

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Go north of Seattle in Mount Vernon, tons of conservatives here, even saw a Kekistan shirt with lots of MAGA hats
As a person of color I hate living here

Saw it a few times in Boston, but it was rare.
 
ruxtpin

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I've seen a MAGA hat on some frat-bro idiot in the airport, and some old redneck far in a Starbucks a little ways outside Pittsburgh. Saw plenty of Trump yardsigns when the election was more recent.
 
One Eyed Willy

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I see MAGA here in California all the time, and bumper stickers for Trump daily. Its no different then when I saw Bush stickers or Clinton, Bernie or Obama stickers as well.
 
Davilmar

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In Tampa, I have seen several bumper stickers and signs supporting Trump. Head toward Pasco County, have seen MAGA hats and Trump materials all over Zephryhills, New Port Richey, etc. In northern Florida, I have seen MAGA hats at some gas stations above Alachua County. Back home in Long Island, my old neighbor had a few Trump signs.
 
Dude Abides

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julian said:
Saw an Infowars bumper sticker in TriBeCa a couple weeks ago. I'm gonna say that counts.
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I've seen infowars.com chalked on the sidewalk a couple times on the Upper West Side.

The reason you don't see MAGA hats that often is because white letters on red background looks objectively stupid and they're also cheap-looking.
 
jb1234

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Even Seattle has been getting dicier with all the tech bros moving in from different parts of the country. There's been more hate crimes against the LGBT community reported.
 
Bernd Lauert

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Only 8% of Seattle voted for Trump. He got the most votes from the wealthier parts of the city, and I assume wealthy people wouldn't wear MAGA hats.
 
fluffydelusions

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I've never seen a MAGA hat in Olympia Washington. I saw a trump bumper sticker the other day for the first time ever here though.
 
Futureman

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TalonJH said:
I live in Kentucky. If I stay in Louisville, I may see maybe one or two every couple of weeks. I work in the most affluent county in the state and I'll see one or more every day or two. Confederate flags are a every day thing.

The worst was this gem:
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This is weird because just today I saw a truck with a Confederate flag sticker and a rainbow sticker right next to it. Not sure if the rainbow sticker meant something else?
 
ApexPoogie

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Keep in mind that most people aren't very public about their political views. It's pretty easy to be surrounded by people with polar opposite political viewpoints, and you would only pick up on it in certain situations.

I will say that Seattle is probably becoming more right-wing due to continuing influx of tech bros.
 
DiscoPizza

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I've never seen one in public but I work at an Amazon warehouse and definitely ship out an embarrassing amount.
 
RedMercury

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The thing with the hats is people know they are inflammatory (they know it's hateful and they love it) so they won't wear it in public much unless they know they are going to be among other nazi's. You see a lot of them at country music festivals and Trump rallies, you see more in red states than in somewhere like Seattle.
 
Citizencope

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I'm shocked by the SanDiego talk. Never knew that. My daughter is part of a huge group of transplants out there, all in their upper twenties and they hate what Trump stands for. Sad to hear they are in the minority.
 
Alex

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I've never seen a hat but I've seen plenty of bumper stickers and yard signs.

Eastern WA sucks.
 

Panic Freak

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I saw a college kid wearing a MAGA hat in the Reykjavik airport. I wanted to slap him for giving us a bad name.
 
Yams

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I've never seen one in Fresno but Clovis? Yes. It's like they take them off when they cross border between the towns
 
Distantmantra

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TimExecutor said:
I have never seen a MAGA hat being worn IRL, nor have I ever seen a Trump sticker on a car (but have seen plenty of Bernie and Hillary stickers) or other signs on display.

I do know a few people who voted for Trump via private conversations, but I haven't seen anyone outwardly supporting Trump in the public environment.
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Born and raised here, I've seen plenty of Trump signs in the suburbs. I've even seen confederate flags in south king county.
 
UltraMav

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I live in Bakersfield and I think I might have seen a MAGA hat once, but am not sure. I was driving and it was at a distance but it was a bright red trucker hat. I have also seen one Trump sticker on a truck that the idiot driving it couldn't navigate properly through a drive-through. Other than that, nothing.
 
AnimeJesus

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TimExecutor said:
I have never seen a MAGA hat being worn IRL, nor have I ever seen a Trump sticker on a car (but have seen plenty of Bernie and Hillary stickers) or other signs on display.

I do know a few people who voted for Trump via private conversations, but I haven't seen anyone outwardly supporting Trump in the public environment.
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Cause Seattle is a heavily liberal city. Eastside (Redmond\Bellevue, etc...) is a different story.
 
Wolf

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In cities all around Seattle I see them. Tacoma, leavenworth, Kelso, everett... but you're right, I dont think I've ever seen one in the city.

I dont think I've seen one in Bellevue either. I've seen a few redneck trump pickups in Redmond and issaquah though.
 
Chekhonte

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Wolf said:
In cities all around Seattle I see them. Tacoma, leavenworth, Kelso, everett... but you're right, I dont think I've ever seen one in the city.

I dont think I've seen one in Bellevue either. I've seen a few redneck trump pickups in Redmond and issaquah though.
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I will forever and always think of this whenever I hear Kelso Washington.

 
Delio

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I had not seen a ton here in Fort Worth (but im sure im surrounded by trumpets) but just the other day i saw a Trump/Pence 2020 sticker. Me and my aunt just looked in disgust lol.
 
TheMango55

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I live in a rural southern town that voted Trump 70-30 but I still don't know if I've ever seen anyone actually wear a MAGA hat. Seen plenty of bumper stickers and yard signs though.
 
Ocean Bones

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I live in central oregon. Seen plenty of stickers and posts outside peoples houses. Havent seen that shitty hat yet.
 
Wolf

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Let's not forget that fucking terrible uncle Sam billboard along i5 near centralia. It's a landmark at this point.
 
Bob White

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Walter White Walker said:
I'm in Snohomish County and have seen a few Trump signs in the past. There was a big one for a long time on Highway 2 just before Snohomish but the guy finally took it down.
Also I was in Bellevue during the election and there were some Trump supporters on a few street corners.
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lol, my wife's family lives up there and I think I know exactly what sign you are talking about!
 
Mr. President

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Purple Chocolate Bar said:
When I was in NYC at Times Square, I was in a gift shop and I saw one young guy wearing a MAGA hat come in with a group of friends to look at trump memorabilia. The guy was what I imagined a trump supporter would look like, trash from a trailer park. I was shocked because it was the first time I've seen a trump supporter and it was in Liberal NYC.
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In a gift shop in Times Square is the last place you would find someone who actually lives in Liberal NYC.
 
iksenpets

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I live in Dallas, and I've never seen a MAGA hat, but I do see the occasional Trump bumper sticker (those these days they're outnumbered by stickers and yard signs for Beto O'Rourke, which is nice to see).
 
winkyface

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ApexPoogie said:
Keep in mind that most people aren't very public about their political views. It's pretty easy to be surrounded by people with polar opposite political viewpoints, and you would only pick up on it in certain situations.

I will say that Seattle is probably becoming more right-wing due to continuing influx of tech bros.
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In my office this guy had a Trump sticker on his laptop. It was a jarring sight.
 

Robdraggoo

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Come over to eastern Washington. Spokane is Trump country. I went to the park in cour d Arlene ID for 4th of July and it was Trump shirts and Hillary for prison shirts everywhere.

I love living here but hate the people.
 
Kendrid

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I live in the conservative NW burbs of Chicago and I have never seen a MAGA hat or shirt but I see confederate flags every once in a while. There is also a Prius with a 'not a liberal' bumper sticker I see quite a bit.
 
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