The past week plus I have been on a really, long road trip mostly through Trump country. It was a mixture of visiting some friends and family and moving some items that people did not want to be shipped commercially. It consisted of starting in Chicago, going through southern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas, back to southern Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, northern and west Texas, New Mexico, rural northern Arizona, and finally rural Nevada.

The most notable thing was the lack of Trump signage.

Now some will say that is because Trump isn't running for election right now. While that is true, it did not matter in the past. As someone who has regularly driven around the country for years, I can attest that during Trump's first term and during Biden's term, a six-hour drive through Trump country a person would see dozens (if not hundreds) of Trump bumper stickers, Trump flags, Trump signs and what not. They would be on cars, front lawns, in windows (residential and commercial). Heck, lots of farmers put up a series of mini signs (like the old Burma shave signs) in their fields along the side of road.

Now there is none of it.

The first couple of days I didn't realize it and therefore didn't notice it. Then once I became aware, I started looking for them and they have become really hard to find. At most I would see one or two per day.

Not only has Trump lost supporters as polls show, I think there is a distinct lack of enthusiasm among people who still support him.