How does your favorite presidential candidate’s lawn match up to the White House lawn? Who has weeds, brownout and irrigation problems? Who has beautiful, lush grass? Who do you think you should contact to try to sell your services? Now you can find out and show your support for the candidate with the best lawn by voting in Briggs & Stratton’s online Grass Poll.
This unique voter poll asks users "Which presidential candidate will make the cut?" Users can answer that question by viewing photos of each candidate’s lawn and selecting the appropriate candidate for several categories. The poll includes both current candidates and those that have dropped out.
The intro to the poll reads, "Before you allow a candidate onto the White House lawn, take a look at his own lawn. It might just be the best ‘yard’ stick yet for determining his fitness for office. If he can’t cut it at home, can we really expect him to cut it on Pennsylvania Avenue?"
By visiting www.grasspoll.com and clicking on thumbnail photos of each candidate’s lawn, an enlarged view of the lawn shows up along with a brief caption. Bill Bradley’s lawn photo caption reads, "Bill Bradley’s boyhood lawn in Missouri includes a small basketball court where the former NBA star first learned the game." George Bush’s reads, "George W. Bush resides in the Governor’s Mansion in Texas – a perk of his current position." An image of Donald Trumps’ concrete and asphalt "lawn" reads, "Donald Trump spends his time at Trump Tower. For green space there’s Central Park." John McCain’s reads, "Senator John McCain’s Arizona residence is a private desert oasis."
After reviewing the candidates’ lawns, users can then vote for the top lawn in several categories, including "Most likely to go dormant in the fall," "Most conservative landscape," Best ability to rake in the green," "Most likely to dig up the dirt," "Most creative hedging," "Least likely to make the cut" and "Most likely to be weeded out."
The lawn photos and captions are also updated as candidates drop out of the race. For instance Steve Forbes’ lawn now reads "Forbes’ Fortune falls in Delaware," Trump’s reads "Donald Ducks Out," Orrin Hatch’s reads "Weeded out in Iowa" and Gary Bauer’s reads "Flipped then flopped in N.H."
So before heading out to the real polls for your election primary, find out how the candidates’ lawns match up to each other. If you find a lawn that’s in bad shape, you may also want to contact that candidate and offer your services. You may find that the candidates’ lawns are their source for political mud slinging – after all, the real dirt is in their lawns.
To take part in Briggs & Stratton’s Grass Poll, please visit www.grasspoll.com.
The author is Internet Editor of Lawn & Landscape Online.