Several Denver neighborhoods have been saying that the negative election season has now been spilling beyond the TV channels and radio that has become criminal activity.

Congress Park resident Lisa Ball said, “You have people who have all the little signs all over the place.” But up and down 6th and 8th Avenue, from Corona Street to Colorado Boulevard, In Congress Park, Cheeseman Park and Capital Hill on electric boxes and street signs, someone’s opinion has become a crime.

Neighbor Raymond Jones said, “We never had a graffiti problem in this neighborhood.”

Sara Schiffer who also lives in the area has said, “It is vandalism”. Political graffiti, included "lock Hillary up," "Obama is a coward" and "Trump wins."

Schiffer stated, “I think it’s cowardly and it’s divisive. It also just doesn’t show any pride for your own community”. Ball added, “Whoever it is doesn`t know how to make an “N. You have to take that with a grain of salt. Whoever it is clearly isn`t literate,” .

For angry neighbors this has been more than politics. According to Jones, “Graffiti attracts graffiti. Someone has written a pro trump message and someone else has tried to wipe that out ... I don`t want any graffiti on the box or in the neighborhood,”

Schiffer said, “Canvass, campaign for your candidate. Be proactive, if you don`t believe a certain candidate is right for our country, join up, do something” .

Schiffer wants involvements from the neighbors to get involved.

By Prakriti Neogi