2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI've seen several videos of huge crowds for Bernie Sander's speeches
but haven't seen any video showing huge crowds for Hillary's speeches
along the campaign trail. Is she drawing as many people? Curious.
If not, what is the reason and why isn't that reflected in polls and votes
that consistently show her ahead in popularity?
Ino
(3,366 posts)talking to maybe 200 people in a basement. They say she prefers small groups.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)- Carefully screened so no dissenters could get in and embarrass her.
- Minimizes the money the campaign has to spend. Big facilities cost a lot more to rent.
- Fear of pictures getting out of her speaking to 500 people in a 10,000 seat venue.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)And are just hoping to coast into the nomination from name recondition alone, then this is type of event tou have so that less people see your lack of issues and using rhetoric in your speeches.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)People busting their asses to make a living, not so much, even if they could afford to travel there.
The important thing, of course, is not how many people are able to go to your rallies but how many vote for you. And last time I looked Hillary's advantage there was over 2 million.
Double BINGO!
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)n/t
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)In this case, it's votes that matter.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)It works to support her GOTV efforts.
She usually does larger group venues on primary day parties.