Lawn sign wars: US election drains neighborhood spirit [Video]

It was a threatening message to his wife that made Adam Besthoff remove all but one of his Donald Trump lawn signs ahead of an election that has fueled divisions among Americans.

“They said they know where she lives and where she works,” the 49-year-old told AFP from his home in Fairfax, Virginia, where a single sign now remains with a picture of Trump raising his fist after surviving a July assassination attempt.

Besthoff, a plumber, had tried to deter the vandals — including by slathering oil from sardine tins onto the signs — but still, he says, more than a dozen were stolen in the run-up to the November 5 vote.

Democratic supporters have also been targeted in neighborhoods across the country split over the election.

In Missouri, a woman followed an Apple AirTag she had placed in her Kamala Harris sign to a car in a nearby town. …