Quarter Million Have Attended Bernie Sanders events through Oct 10

[relayerbob]

Last edited Sun Oct 11, 2015, 04:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Bernie Sanders has now exceeded (as of Oct 10) 250,000 participants in his events from the date of his announcement May 26. He's attended at least 81 public events, a little more than half of which were in Iowa and New Hampshire. Most of those were fairly small and hard to get accurate counts for. However, the top 25 events alone account for 224,900 per published counts (and including overflow) and total of the events I can find decent numbers for = 237,700. Assuming 300 average at the smaller events that I wasn't able to get numbers for - events which range from meetings in homes to VFW halls to HS auditorium-size venues) (not a bad average estimate, I think, and even if it's a hundred or more off it doesn't affect the numbers by by a few thousand), this totals out to just over 250,000.

This is far, far more than any other candidate in either party has drawn so far.

Top 25 Sanders events (unfortunately the neat table I made in the edit mode, doesn't work when displayed, sorry for the slop):

9-Aug Portland, OR 28000
10-Aug Los Angeles, CA 27000
3-Oct Boston, MA 24000
8-Aug Seattle, WA 15000
14-Sep Manassas, VA 12000
18-Jul Phoenix, AZ 11000
9-Oct Tucson, AZ 11000
1-Jul Madison, WI 10000
13-Sep Greensboro, NC 9000
10-Oct Boulder, CO 9000
6-Jul Portland, ME 8000
19-Jul Dallas, TX 8000
3-Oct Springfield, MA 6000
26-May Burlington, VT 5000
20-Jun Denver, CO 5000
19-Jul Houston, TX 5000
26-Jul Kenner, LA 4500
18-Aug Reno, NV 4500
19-Sep Manchester, NH 4200
31-May Minneapolis, MN 4000
22-Aug Charleston, SC 3100
12-Sep Rock Hill, SC 3000
20-Sep Durham, NH 3000
21-Aug Greenville, SC 2800
21-Aug Columbia, SC 2800

[BooScout]

1. 18,000,000+ voted for Hillary in 2008...

A lot more are gonna vote for her this time....specially with so many of the Obama supporters on board with her this time.

[OmahaGTP]

6. Wow

Hillary wasn't even mentioned in the OP.

Instead of being excited for how engaged people are being in politics, your first reaction is to be partisan?

Interesting.

[retrowire]

15. it's called

being overly sensitive and knee jerk defensive.

people getting nervous around here lol.

[sabrina 1]

18. I supported Obama in that election and he WON! This feels a lot like that election

people attacking Obama said many of the same things they are now saying about Bernie. I take that as a great sign.

We KNEW Obama was going to win and of course, some of those who have flip flopped since then without explaing why, are doing the same thing or trying to, to Sanders.

And BErnie just keeps gathering more supporters, every single day.

I love the way he is being so careful too about how he spends the PEOPLE'S money. Shows what a great money manager he will be in the WH.

[senz]

34. Good point about Bernie's care with the PEOPLE'S money.

Says something about character, imo -- as well as his respect for the wise use of funds.

[artislife]

43. And still....she LOST.

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Good ratio of women: check
Good ratio of minorities: check

All on board: check
Weird storylines and full of enigma characters: check

Making it to their final destination: It depends on which theory you have.







* for those of you who don't get the reference...this is a photo of the original cast of LOST besides their plane. Sort of the start of 6 seasons (uncanny isn't it?!) of weird twists and turns. Good people becoming bad, bad people becoming...obsessed. And really hard to follow and in the end, disappointing to those rooting for the cast.

[Fearless]

46. She also lost still. How many have been at rallies for her this time? How many rallies has she had

That you didn't have to pay to get in?

[workinclasszero]

3. I haven't ever in my life gone to a rally for any political figure

Neither has my wife. Too busy working and all I guess.

However we always make it to the ballot box to vote a straight democratic ticket and we are looking forward to giving our votes to Hillary soon.

[Motown_Johnny]

10. Maybe you should.

It might open your eyes a bit.

[SoapBox]

12. +1000

[artislife]

44. High Five. nt

[retrowire]

16. defensive much?

this op has nothing to do with Hillary.

wow, that's two users who went straight to defense mode after seeing Bernie's large numbers.

people are getting nervous. lol

[valerief]

33. Well, isn't that special. nt

[Fearless]

47. Ohhh I get it... Bernie supporters are lazy and unemployed.. Gotcha.

They want their "pony"... You know like fair health care practices and retirement that won't disappear in the next market crash.

Right?

[MineralMan]

4. That's really an insignificant number when you consider

how many people will be voting next November. He is getting a good turnout at his events. No question about that. But a quarter of a million people is not a large percentage of actual voters in general elections in presidential election years.

In all 50 states, it's not even that large a percentage of primary voters, who are those who get counted when it comes to the nomination.

Bernie's popular with many Democrats. That's obvious. Will that translate to a nomination for him? That's not so obvious. We'll find out, though. That's certain.

[zalinda]

11. When no one knows your name, it's amazing. n/t

[sabrina 1]

19. I guess you weren't around DU during the 2008 campaign. So you are probably totally unaware of the

way that campaign went. Your comment however, made me laugh, as it reminded me as an Obama supporter at that time, being told the exact same thing at this stage of the campaign. 'Crowds like that are nothing, Rock concerts attract more people'. And the crowds kepts on growing and we worked harder to get more people to know about Obama.

And he won.

So, what was your point again? I love the feeling of deju vu we get when Hillary supporters, then and now, try so hard to dismiss the growing support THEN for Obama, now for Bernie. And btw, Bernie's crowds exceed Obama's at this point in the campaign. So do his donations.

So iow, as a supporter of both campaigns, we are ahead this time of where we were in 2008.

So who did you support in 2008 as clearly you weren't working on Obama's campaign or you would known these facts.

[MineralMan]

24. Actually, I was working on the Obama campaign

here in Minnesota about this time in 2007. If you had read all of my posts, you'd know that. I joined DU at election time. And I've been reading attacks on President Obama here ever since. Isn't that a strange coincidence?

As I've said, I'm supporting Hillary Clinton for the primaries. I like Bernie a lot, but I truly believe he would lose the general election, so I'm working to elect a Democratic President. That's what I always do.

You will do as you see fit, and so will I. In the end, we'll all be voting for the Democratic nominee next November. All of us who are Democrats, anyhow.

[artislife]

45. Did that last jab come in after the bell?

[JDPriestly]

20. My husband got a call from an old high school buddy of his, a life-long Republican.

He's for Bernie.

Bernie's appeal is amazing.

Bernie is just real, and people respond to him and want to vote for him because they like his views on the issues.

[MineralMan]

25. Bernie supporters SHOULD vote for him.

Good luck to him and his supporters. If he's the nominee, he can count on my support during the GE campaign. You won't see me attacking him here. But, I'm supporting Clinton in the primaries. Good luck to us all.

[BernieFan57]

37. This was Obama's strength, too: He appealed to Americans, a broad spectrum.

And I supported him, and continue to, wholeheartedly.

Sanders is a whole higher measure of progressive, however.

His win will be significantly more important then when Obama won.

[senz]

35. Especially when you compare his turnouts to those of his opponents.

It is not insignificant.

[Demeter]

5. And every person attending a rally will bring 10 to the polls by word and deed

It's the impact of personal politics. And the season is young, there's over a year to go on steadily and inexorably building support for the Common Man.

[hack89]

39. And there is actual science behind your belief

Or is it wishful thinking?

[left-of-center2012]

7. Numbers don't matter. Polls don't matter.

Isn't that the mantra someone's been telling us?

[senz]

36. Nuttin' matters but monaaaaay!

[SoapBox]

8. Go Bernie!

Bernie is going to eat Ms. Inevitable's lunch.

She's been hiding out with Billionaires and Banksters, running around in that private loaner jet, sucking up those $2700 per plate dinners...she will finally have to stand in front of cameras for the true public to see. It will take only minutes for millions to remember why they do not like her NOR trust her.

Fellow co-workers yesterday, again said they don't trust her...this has been consistent for weeks and is spread over working with different people every time.

Bernie is honest, focused, authentic and has been consistent for about forever.

Go Bernie Go!



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From a NationOfChange.org article:

"On the other hand, she has not yet chosen to challenge many of the ways this economy is rigged against working people. She opposes breaking up the big banks, a new Glass-Steagall Act that would separate Wall Street’s casino from federally guaranteed deposits, and a true financial transactions tax. She has not embraced expanded Social Security benefits or Medicare for All, the necessary next battle in health care reform. She doesn’t call for taxing investment income at same rates as the income from work, or for taxing multinationals at same rates as domestic small businesses by repealing the deferral of taxes on income earned abroad which gives multinationals incentives to shift jobs or report profits abroad (with an estimated $2 trillion now nominally stashed abroad to evade taxes). She’s not advocated new higher tax rates on millionaires and billionaires, and thus is vague about the scale of her public investment agenda."

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And an almost endless list of why we do NOT need her:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251662646

[Motown_Johnny]

9. Only if you don't count that ~100,000 that attended the video event.

Your statement would be more accurate if you said that they have seen him speak in person.

[jwirr]

22. Exactly.

[relayerbob]

26. No

I specified that Sanders has attended approx 81 events, and that those events were attended by 250,000 people. "Seeing" someone on TV or a computer monitor is not "in attendance".

[Motown_Johnny]

30. I see your point.

But I did attend that event where I saw him on a TV. He did not attend it, but merely was presented on that screen.


I still think that those ~100,000 should be acknowledged in some way. The 250,000 number does not do justice to the true number of people who went out and braved traffic and crowds to attend an event for Bernie.

[olddots]

13. the L.A. event should be counted as double the people

If you live in L.A. you understand .

[JDPriestly]

21. Right.

Going from East LA to West LA is really a long way if you consider the time it takes in our traffic.

We don't have decent public transportation.

[retrowire]

14. it's greensboro, NC NOT SC

I would know, I was there! lol

[relayerbob]

27. oops, typo, I'll edit

it was a long list, what can I say

[cantbeserious]

17. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

eom

[sadoldgirl]

23. When a friend of mine and I attended

yesterdays rally in Boulder, we had to get tickets.
They were free of course. The reason for those?

They contained a part where you could leave
some info about you with the wish for you
to volunteer. Most of the people were more
than happy to join. The rallies are meant to
get volunteers, and in that they are successful.

If even 30% of the attendees are willing to
work for Bernie then he just got 3,000 new
helpers in a purple state.

[relayerbob]

28. I attended the fundraiser in Atlanta

Tickets ranged from $50 to $1000 (or whatever else you chose over $50) - he needs his income too. I donated well above the minimum.

[RiverLover]

29. These are the only "endorsements" that have any true meaning, & there are 1/4 mill of them!

Love that!

Thanks for posting this incredible figure!!!

GO Bernie!! Power to the People!!

[senz]

31. Excellent reality check. Thank you, relayerbob!

It's an eye-opener to see all these venues and counts listed -- and I can only imagine your frustration when the layout collapsed! It's too bad the DU software can't accommodate tables.

Bernie is an amazing phenomenon and these numbers show how much the American people want and need to hear what he has to say.

And all that with minimal MSM attention and NO corporate money. It says something about this primary -- and the GE, too.

Thank you so much for putting this important information in one place!

[valerief]

32. Wow, and I'm guessing those numbers don't even include the huge overflow counts. nt

[Trajan]

38. The Portland number includes the overflow ...

I think the Moda Center only holds 20,000 or so ... 28,000 if you include the overflow ...

I thought Boston had a large overflow, but I don't see it here ...

[relayerbob]

40. A I stated in the post, I included overflow numbers where I felt I could reliably get them

And I'm sure there are more

[valerief]

41. Oh, sorry. My bad. Thanks! nt

[artislife]

42. Flash in the pan!!