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Prospect Park Bernie Rally 28,356; 50,000 with overflow included (Original Post) GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 OP
Really? That is awesome! pdsimdars Apr 2016 #1
So why don't the polls show this...something stinks. bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #2
Here is the source GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #3
Because TMontoya Apr 2016 #4
HRC Just Cannot Compete - No Similar Energy Or Enthusiasm For That Campaign cantbeserious Apr 2016 #5
Her rallies have all been low energy GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #6
As opposed to ~500 people the pollsters contact. n/t tabasco Apr 2016 #12
I'm With You - It Just Doesn't Compute... global1 Apr 2016 #7
WashingtonPost reported on it as well GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #8
K & R. Largest Bernie Rally to Date, Amazing!! But No Surprise, He's a Pro :) appalachiablue Apr 2016 #9
Don't be so dramatic, Hillary had 10's of people at Clooney's house donating big bux! Snarkoleptic Apr 2016 #10
Poughkeepsie: Chelsea, 100; Bernie, 4,100! Divernan Apr 2016 #11
Another picture GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #13
Something is happening...hope they checked their voter registrations! ViseGrip Apr 2016 #14
 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
1. Really? That is awesome!
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 07:15 PM
Apr 2016

But you have to edit your OP to nail down that it is a BERNIE rally. You don't mention that.

 

TMontoya

(369 posts)
4. Because
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 07:17 PM
Apr 2016

Its a drop in the bucket for the state. 28000 people really is not an indicator of anything. It just means those that already voting for him want to see what he has to say. I doubt he even wins in Brooklyn.

global1

(25,270 posts)
7. I'm With You - It Just Doesn't Compute...
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 07:32 PM
Apr 2016

The crowds he draws. How he raises money. Hillary's 'yuugh' unfavorability numbers. Bernie's ability to beat the Repug nominee. I just don't get it.

 

GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)
8. WashingtonPost reported on it as well
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 07:38 PM
Apr 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/17/sanders-campaign-says-sunday-rally-drew-more-than-28000-his-largest-to-date/

Aides to Sanders said Sunday’s crowd totaled 28,356. The figure was attributed to a representative from a company that helped produce the event. Aides said the company also works for Clinton’s campaign.


BOOM Headshot! The largest rally of this election cycle.

appalachiablue

(41,170 posts)
9. K & R. Largest Bernie Rally to Date, Amazing!! But No Surprise, He's a Pro :)
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 07:45 PM
Apr 2016

It's going to be a big week coming up. PLAY BALL!!



CATCH!!

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
11. Poughkeepsie: Chelsea, 100; Bernie, 4,100!
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 08:46 PM
Apr 2016

The comparison is just pathetic! "About" a hundred people - the reporter doesn't give the source of this estimate, but obviously it would be beyond humiliating to admit she couldn't draw even 100 people. One of the local folks commenting on the article had this to say: "According to the County’s Parcel Access the rented space in this building obviously doesn’t hold more than 40 or 50 people at best..." Only photo is of Chelsea alone - no one behind her or next to her, let alone a long shot of any kind of crowd. And Dutchess County is where the Clintons have their token home and where Chelsea got married. Locals showing next to zero support for the Clintons.

Speaking in the Town of Poughkeepsie today, Chelsea Clinton praised her mother and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, slammed her opponents and discussed health care, gun control and abortion rights.
Speaking a few hours before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was scheduled to hold a rally at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in the City of Poughkeepsie, Chelsea Clinton addressed about 100 people who packed the Civil Service Employee union's office.


http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/04/16/chelsea-clinton-stop-poughkeepsie-sunday/83118562/

Bernie Sanders storms Poughkeepsie
(headline)

Bernie Sanders brought his populist message to the banks of the Hudson River Tuesday night, rallying a packed audience of supporters at Marist College.

Speaking for just under an hour, the senator from Vermont blamed income inequality and economic hardship on Wall Street greed and cost-prohibitive college education, themes that were cheered on by an audience marked by its youth. In the hours before the rally, the capacity crowd had waited in long lines across the campus to get in.

"This is not a moment to elect a new president. It is a moment to transform America," said Sanders, a week before the April 19 primary. Sanders is the first presidential candidate to make a primary stop in Dutchess. Republican Donald Trump will hold a rally Sunday at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center.

In the arena and two overflow areas with monitors, about 4,100 people attended the speech, not including press, according to Marist College.

http://www. poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/04/12/bernie-sanders-poughkeepsie-marist-rally/82937880/
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