55,000 Bush Supporters in Jacksonville, Florida , October 23, 2004

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[AmericanMade1776]

US President George W. Bush waves to the 55,000 supporters inside Alltell Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida during a campaign rally.(AFP/Paul Richards)

[AmericanMade1776]

One more from Jacksonville today http://www.instapundit.com/

[Spook86]

I can't speak for Lurch and the Breck Girl's crowd-gathering ability in Florida, but here's a litle perspective, from another battleground state, Ohio. At the end of August, on a Saturday morning, President Bush drew 25,000 in the town square of Troy, OH. In September, he drew 50,000 for a rally in West Chester, OH, near Cincinnati, on a weekday afternoon. Ask anyone who's ever staged an event: Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons are tough times to get people to interrupt their schedule to attend a political event.

By comparison, "Lurch" was in Dayton, OH for an evening rally last Wednesday. The event was held at a minor-league baseball park that seats about 5,000. The Dims made every effort to boost attendance and make it look like the park was packed; the event was held after work, and I was told that some of the crowd was bussed in. They also blocked off the upper deck and the outfield seats, cutting available seating by about 40-50%. Despite that, Kerry could only draw a crowd of about 2-2500.

All-Tel Stadium vs. a minor league park? That pretty well sums up the difference between President Bush and Kerry: Major League vs. Class A ball....

[msnurse]

I was at the rally in Melbourne today and went to the one last week in Daytona---there were 25,000 today and about 14,000 in Daytona---everyone was very energized at both of them---He came in on Marine One, with this music playing and the crowd went crazy--it brought an tear to the eye and a lump to the throat--my husband took pictures of Marine One, but I don't know how to post them on this site---but really--it was one of those "You had to be there" things---
Anyone other than him in the White House for the next 4 years, sure is a scary and terrifying thought!!!!

[NonValueAdded]

Well, you are off to a good start with that post. Thanks for volunteering at the event today with your family. The orange shirted volunteers were everywhere and doing a great job in making the visit a big success. (next time, more water to the stands, not just the infield). You are right about Brevard's Supervisor of Elections. He runs a great department and hopefully can keep our vote pretty clean despite the tricks that will be played.

[texson66]

Looks like it is crooked, but I think there is something behind the pinky that "looks" connected. The pinky is at an angle too, making it look short as well.

[JohnBDay]

Bush has rallies at places like this and the BOB. Kerry would never have a rally in a stadium because he could never get the crowd that would look decent.

[DixieOklahoma]

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME, ARE WE GETTING GOOD EARLY VOTER TURNOUT!!??? WE NEED IT FOR OVERALL SUCCESS... BUSH OUGHT TO HAMMER THAT MESSAGE ESPECIALLY IN FL STOPS NEXT WEEK!

[AmericanMade1776]

I looked for Numbers in attendance at thos rallies in Melbourne and could not find them, It LOOKED large too.

Loved these photos from Melbourne Florida today.

[Mister Mellow]

I went to the Jax rally. There were 52,000 people there. It was great!! Air Force One buzzed the stadium. Within' 45 min, W was in the park and everyone knew it!!

My first time seeing the President! I love that man. Great stump speech, the energy was high, and Jeb and Mel were excellent too.

It was a great rally and everyone had a blast rootin' for W. I also have a sunburn...but worth it!!

Go W!

[VeniVidiVici]

One of my favorites from a few years ago

[Major_Risktaker]

Top: Bush Rally Today.
Below: Kerry Rally Today.

Kerry: Looking for service or the TV.
WOW! Look at that Bush rally on TV Dick!

[AmericanMade1776]

I remember that one, at the Nascar get together...great pic.

[AmericanMade1776]

Not fair to Kerry

Kerry would of had a bigger Rally, but he got confused on the Locations, He thought he was in New Mexico, but turned out he was sitting in Texas.

[JaxMan]

I was there today at the rally in Jax too, it was a great day!

According to the Jacksonville Superbowl 2005 website, the stadium holds 76,877.

http://www.jacksonvillesuperbowl.com/stadium/index.asp#4

If the estimate of 55,000 is accurate, W beat the average attendance for the Jaguars games last year! (53,509)

http://slam.canoe.ca/StatsFBP/BC-FBP-STAT-JACKSONVILATTCOMP-R.html

[WVNan]

Welcome home to our Free Republic! Thank you for your work for the President.

[riri]

LOL! That picture is priceless.

Headline would read Kerry and Team look on as record breaking crowds wait outside area restraurant hoping for a peek at presidential challenger

[Blogger]

She does hold it straight as well. Maybe it's a habit?

[newzhawk]

W pulled the W hair supporter aside to get a photo of him with the Pres-- it was extrememly clever- When Marine One landed on the outfield it was sooooooo awesome- the music that was playing on the overhead sounded like the music from Glory- it was incredible, then I run into a woman tonight that told me her firefighter husband was voting for Kerry because he thinks they will get better union backing - I wondered is he always so egocentric?

[Chieftain]

Welcome to FR! Thanks for the great report!

[Chieftain]

From the pictures it looks like 25000 max.

What rally are you referring to? I was at the JAX RALLY and I can assure you, the attendance was at least 50,000. I have been to 90% of the Jaguars games for the past 10 years and there were more folks there than the average lackluster Jaguars games for the past 3 years!