BY ANGELINA DeVINCENZO, East Lake High

Who’s going to win on Tuesday? Scientific polls attempt to measure an electorate’s intentions, but all you have to do is listen to the cable show commentators to realize polls can be interpreted many ways. So tb-two* set out to do some polling of its own — the unscientific kind. We counted bumper stickers and yard signs in an admittedly small sample around the East Lake region of Pinellas County. We won’t know until after Tuesday’s election whether the number of stickers and signs predicted the winner, and of course not everyone who supports a candidate displays their choice on their car or yard. But it was fun to count. Here’s our tally for the presidential race:

Bumper stickers
Romney                                                            Obama
6    East Lake student parking lot, Oct. 23       0
0    Driving home from school, Oct. 24            2
1    Walking home from school, Oct. 25           0
2    Driving U.S. 19 from Klosterman Road      0
              to Ridge Road, Oct. 25                    
4    Driving home from school, Oct. 26            1

Total: Romney 13, Obama 3

Yard signs
Romney                                                                      Obama
5       Pennsylvania Avenue, Palm Harbor, Oct. 23    0
22    Driving home from school, Oct. 24                     1
62    Driving U.S. 19 from Klosterman Road
                    to Ridge Road, Oct. 25                           2
2      Walking home from school, Oct. 25                   1

Total: Romney 91, Obama 4