With Yard Signs Elusive From Trump Campaign, Supporters Buy Their Own
With the Republican presidential nominee trailing in the polls, some of his swing-state backers complain his campaign isn’t letting them help his cause.
A Donald Trump sign is displayed in the backyard of a house on Aug. 14, 2016, in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.
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Donald Trump supporters are spending their own cash to buy yard signs and bumper stickers because there’s a shortage of free campaign merchandise in their local areas, including in key swing states the Republican presidential nominee must win.
At a time when Trump has fallen behind in swing-state polls, and his campaign has been slow to organize its ground game operation, he needs to seize every opportunity he can and effectively harness the energy of those ready and willing to promote him, Republican activists said.