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Was Trump’s Alabama Rally the Biggest Campaign Event So Far?
marketwatch.com ^ | Aug 22, 2015 | Jessica Marmor Shaw

Posted on 08/22/2015 10:13:06 AM PDT by Helicondelta

Tens of thousands of people turned out in Mobile, Ala. on Friday night for a pep rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The event had been planned to be held at the nearby Civic Center venue in Mobile -- seating capacity 1,950 -- but was moved to the 43,000-seat Ladd-Peebles Stadium to accommodate what Trump campaign organizers anticipated to be a very large crowd.

Just how large is still somewhat unclear. The official crowd estimate released by the city of Mobile on Friday night was 30,000.

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2 posted on 08/22/2015 10:13:41 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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Didn’t CNN report it as “dozens”?


3 posted on 08/22/2015 10:13:59 AM PDT by null and void (Send them all back!)
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After the speech, John Roberts told Lou Dobbs that he did a quick count of one section and from that deduced that there were 8-10,000.

I couldn’t believe it.


4 posted on 08/22/2015 10:16:25 AM PDT by Shelayne
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To: Helicondelta

Pretty sure Trump understands the importance of metrics. At this point attendance is the top metric. The MSM will regret it if they try and screw with the head count.


5 posted on 08/22/2015 10:16:30 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
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To: Helicondelta

People are on vacation and I’ve never seen anything like it.

Usually at this time of the year, no one is paying serious attention to politics.

And this has the media and the pundits stumped.


6 posted on 08/22/2015 10:17:13 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Helicondelta
Just wait 'til Jeb has his Town Hall in Pensacola! The media will publish it as the biggest attendance rally ever!


7 posted on 08/22/2015 10:19:11 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: Shelayne
Shows you how desperate we are for a real leader. I hope Trump goes all he way.
8 posted on 08/22/2015 10:19:20 AM PDT by jmacusa
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Whether it was 25-30,000 is immaterial, the real question is how many people watched it on the many TV stations, u-tube clips, TV re-runs of various clips, and TV talking heads making comments about it?

That number will be in the millions and all the TV coverage is free advertising for Trump.

georgewill and sourkraut call him a side show or a clown, while Trump is lapping the field and laughing at them.

9 posted on 08/22/2015 10:19:39 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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Also many standing on the football field.


10 posted on 08/22/2015 10:20:12 AM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: Helicondelta

If this hasn’t been the largest turn out yet at a political event so far it sure as hell comes damn close.


11 posted on 08/22/2015 10:20:17 AM PDT by jmacusa
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To: Shelayne

They reported the million man march achieved its attendance goal when it didn’t even fill the mall, a few weeks later the TEA party rally overflowed the mall, jam-packed solid, and spilled out into the surrounding streets and was reported as “hundreds”.

Guess why I don’t watch CNN...


12 posted on 08/22/2015 10:21:08 AM PDT by null and void (Send them all back!)
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One of the Aholes on MSNBC this AM said Sanders had has as many as Trump...
Not even close


13 posted on 08/22/2015 10:22:26 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Helicondelta

Not according to Rachel Maddow. She was reporting that only 20,000 people attended and said Bernie had 28,000, making him the winner.

She is such a liar.


14 posted on 08/22/2015 10:22:27 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: jmacusa

Obviously, we all know the media and left wing politicians can’t count. That’s why we are in the economic fix we are.


15 posted on 08/22/2015 10:23:11 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Helicondelta

It is said that the democrat Bernie Sanders drew some
28,000 in Portland, OR on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015.


16 posted on 08/22/2015 10:23:45 AM PDT by deport
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Why don’t they put counters at the gates? Sigh.

And count streaming? I streamed on Fox10 and the announcers thanked viewers many times. 9,500 streaming, 1 even tweeted from the Netherlands. Probably record viewership for them.


17 posted on 08/22/2015 10:24:15 AM PDT by wildwoodla
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To: goldstategop

The more trump haters out there, the more I like him. I would like to have a president that was not produced by NBC or Fox. Trump is nowhere near perfect. But he is breaking down the two party, two propaganda media network system. And that is a huge accomplishment all by itself.


18 posted on 08/22/2015 10:24:20 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Helicondelta

Lou Dobbs is loving EVERY damn minute of this.


19 posted on 08/22/2015 10:24:27 AM PDT by Despot of the Delta
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Where is a drone when you need one? I bet Jeb has pictures.


20 posted on 08/22/2015 10:26:42 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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