Anybody with knowledge of Obama Crowds vs McCain Crowds vs Romney Crowds should post what they know.
We may be kidding ourselves.
We may be dead right.
It would be nice to know.
Crowds and polls and political science can give us signs.
The biggest sign of all, if it can be seen, is the sign of divine intervention, and this appears more and more plausible. Donald has survived an array of gaffes that would have floored candidates with mere surface appeal.
I had a friend who lamented she couldn’t get a ticket to see Obama in 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. The pictures from the event showed a half full venue. I have always been concerned about the manipulation then, as we thought Romney was doing well with his large crowds.
Folks.....just remember when CNN tells you the “Trump” crowds at rallies & political events do not matter all, just keep in mind, that baseball teams that are in the running for the World Series, draw massive fan crowds, and those that don’t, attract few supporters & decent revevue flow.. Likewise football or, any other sport.
Actually CNN, should realize this truth quite easily. Their viewer support is dropping like a weighed anchor thrown into the deep sea. LMAO!!!
Go Donald J. Trump!!!
Here is one. Event crowds and yard signs are no longer as significant an indicator as they once were in a rigged system.
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/10/mitt-drawing-larger-crowds-082348
In 2008, McCain’s largest crowd on his own, without Palin, was 10,000. Palin had large crowds, over 20,000 in Springfield, MO, maybe as many as 50,000 at The Villages in FL, and I remember one in Pennsylvania that had 15,000. But, McCain was at the top of the ticket, and on several occasions he appeared to be campaigning for 0bama. Even McCain’s ads featured a smiling 0bama, and if you weren’t paying close attention, you would think it was an 0bama ad.
In 2012, Romney’s crowds were rather small, numbering from 1 to 5, 000. In Mid-October he had a rally that drew 14,000. He did get a crowd of 30,000 just prior to election day. In 2012, even 0bama’s crowd numbers were much smaller than in 2008, but always larger than Romney’s.
Clinton has always struggled to draw more than a few hundred. That tells me that there isn’t a lot of enthusiasm for her. You would think that being the “historic” first woman candidate, she would be drawing huge crowds, but they just have not materialized. Her big “alt-Right” speech only drew in the hundreds.
If you look at her campaign schedule, she’s essentially running a “non-campaign” and is depending on the media to do the heavy lifting while she coasts. Even Kaine is virtually invisible on the campaign trail. Clinton only appears occasionally at fundraisers, and at “organizing events”, but most of them are hosted by others. She is extremely low energy, looks, and sounds tired. You would think with all the rest she gets she would be looking much more charged up. Maybe there is something to the stories about her failing health.
FWIW, I remember the last McCain rally before the 2008 election, which was held in Tampa. They scheduled the venue for 10,000, and about 1,000 showed up. I knew then, if not before, that the election was lost.