This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling

The Washington Post ^ | January 5, 2016 | Chris Cillizza

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Donald Trump went to Lowell, Mass. -- a town about five miles south of the New Hampshire border -- for one of his now-trademark big-arena rallies on Monday night.

The building -- named after the late Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas (D) -- holds 8,000 people, and local officials were estimating that it was filled to capacity or beyond. That is a MASSIVE amount of people -- especially considering that the high temperature in Lowell yesterday was 29 degrees and Trump's rally didn't start until the evening.

I know that crowd size is an uncertain indicator in politics. After all, if crowd size at rallies was determinative, Bernie Sanders, not Hillary Clinton, would be the heavy favorite to be the Democratic presidential nominee. That skepticism of crowd size goes double for Trump since there are plenty of people who go to see him simply for the spectacle or to be near a celebrity, not because they have any designs on voting for him.

And yet, the willingness of so many people to wait so long in such cold temperatures simply for the chance to see Trump speak would suggest that the idea that his supporters won't be the sort of people to sit through the long caucus process of Iowa or turn out to vote in the frigid cold of New Hampshire might be misguided.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Nice! Go Trump!

[blam]

Go Trump.

Everybody have just 'had enough.'

[Blue Jays]

I don't think anyone going to see Donald Trump is doing it for silly "celebrity" reasons.
I will be those same people are not going to visit Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders the following week.

[jonrick46]

The silent majority is waking up and we will hear its roar.

[QT3.14]

Lowell, MA has a population of about 109,000.

In sharp contrast...

Cankles - Columbus, OH (Population 823,000)

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Wow.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Sure,I want to go hang out in the freezing temps for hours just for the pure spectacle of it.Riiiiiiiight.However my being pissed off keeps me plenty warm and I would hang out to see Trump.Doesnt look like I am alone.

[BeauBo]

[Blue Jays]

People have grown tired of absurd Facebook memes and childish ridicule.
So now they will simply visit Donald Trump at his popular rallies and will eagerly cast their votes for him.
Trump/Cruz 2016 for the win!

[RC one]

last time I saw a crowd like that was at an AC/DC concert in Detroit.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

You worry me. I like your recent postings but.....

Lets talk tomorrow. I’m going to bed. This flu bug knocked my D&^ck in the dirt. Need 5ish hours tonight. It has been brutal.

[blam]

Trump: 15000 Supporters At (Biloxi) Rally , Largest In Mississippi History

[RC one]

Trump support has hit the ceiling.

[QT3.14]

Better yet!!!

Cankles - Columbus, OH

Trump - Columbus, OH

[ripnbang]

I’ve been told that these people are used to shopping and going to church in the cold so the fact 8,000 people, some of which drove for hours from states away, stood on line for hours in the cold on a weeknight the week after a holiday means nothing.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

LOL that’s a tough breed of cat up there.

[nopardons]

It means that they'll turn out to vote in a few weeks, in VERY large numbers, for Trump!

I went to college in N.H. and yes, New Hampshirites and those from upper Mass. do go out in all kinds of weather, but they do NOT stand FOR HOURS in the bitter cold, for "fun".

[Ray76]

Like it or not, for better or worse, he’s going to be the next President - barring any RNC chicanery.

[ripnbang]

I didn’t think so. :)

[mountn man]

Donald has supporters in the tens of thousands.

Hillary has supporters in the tens...