The seats behind the podium have a long way to go to fill up. But they should. This venue only holds about 7500 people so it should fill up to overflowing.
Actually the usual is a about 5-6000. Only rare it gets to 7. Even so it’s a smaller venue. And interesting they haven’t had a sitting Pres. go to monroe for 36 years!
The one ahead of this in Lousianna holds 15,000.
Howver NONE of the canditates on the other side can pull even close to what Trump does even in his smallest venue!
“The seats behind the podium have a long way to go”
It’s been posted that a lot of time they don’t fill those seats for security reasons — immediately behind the President’s head could be dicey.