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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWas the repub convention sold out?
I didn't watch it at all, and haven't seen any attendance figures for it. Was it sold out the night of Mitt's speech? Curious.
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Was the repub convention sold out? (Original Post)
charlyvi
Sep 2012
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. They've been sold out for years
That's why none of them has a soul. They've sold their souls and they are all souled out.
Every skybox was rented, whether or not it was occupied. The wealthy buy those kinds of things like the Nature Conservancy for preserving our native plutocratic habitats.
If you are asking how many groundlings there were, I doubt anyone bothers to count them.
charlyvi
(6,537 posts)2. Good one. Heh.
Most of the tickets are sold to corporations, or groups that give financial support, then of course you have the delegates on the floor. It looked like all the tickets were sold or given out. I am not sure if there are published figures on the seat counts.
Dustin DeWinde
(193 posts)4. I saw lots of empty seats every time I tuned in
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)5. Same here...n/t