Bernie Sanders exceeds Obama’s historic 2008 run in crowds, donors and polling
Here's an article that was a nice way to begin my morning.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/bernie-sanders-exceeds-obamas-historic-2008-run-in-crowds-donors-and-polling/comments/#disqus
Record-Breaking Crowds
Over the summer, it became clear that Sanders was drawing some of the largest crowds in Democratic primary history, with tens of thousands pouring out into cities to see the senator.
Up until this point in 2007, the largest rally Obama had held was in New York City, our nation’s most populated location, which brought out 24,000 people. Sanders has exceeded that in numerous locations that are actually much smaller in population: Boston, Portland and Los Angeles. Earlier this month, Sanders set a record for the largest Democratic primary rally in Boston’s recorded history.
At the end of September, the Sanders campaign announced it had hit one million donations — faster than any presidential campaign in history. This was a target the Obama campaign did not hit until February 2008 during his challenge to Hillary Clinton. Perhaps even more remarkable is that this milestone was achieved with an average contribution of $24.86; although the Obama campaign was quick to boast of its sizable number of small donors, less than half of his money, 47 percent, ended up coming from small donors.
Polling Stronger Than Obama
Obama managed an upset of frontrunner Hillary Clinton that few believed possible. But at that point in his initial campaign, he was polling well behind her. Real Clear Politics has a chart showing polling averages among major pollsters for that primary. In early October, Obama was at 22.6 percent to Hillary Clinton’s 48.2 percent.
On and on.....complete with infographics and everything else.
Tonight, America will be stunned at what they hear because a message like Bernie's hasn't been heard since the days of FDR and America is about to fall in love. It's time to #FeelTheBern!
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