President Trump’s NJ rally, and what it portends for the coming election

American Thinker ^ | 05/12/2024 | Andrea Widburg

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By now, you all know that the turnout at President Donald Trump’s rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, was one for the record books. However, that didn’t occur in a vacuum. It is, instead, a portent of a tide strongly turning in his direction. That doesn’t mean Democrat shenanigans won’t cause trouble in November, but it does show a country ready to abandon Biden’s disastrous presidency.

The estimates are that 80,000 to 100,000 people attended the rally, although, naturally, leftists are already quibbling with the numbers, just as they did on Trump’s inauguration. Ignore those quibbles. Let your eyes tell you that the turnout in New Jersey—New Jersey!—was humongous:

This one is gonna be hard to steal pic.twitter.com/w9pDaOGD6m

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) May 12, 2024

Donald Trump has 80,000 Americans show up for HOURS ahead of a rally in deep blue New Jersey.

Joe Biden cannot get 8 people to show up for an event without the crowd yelling "EFF Joe Biden."

Yet Biden says he got 80 million votes last election. Sure!pic.twitter.com/9U401F6ilz — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 11, 2024

This is NEW JERSEY. A Deep Blue state. FIVE HOURS before a #TrumpRally. WOW. 👀pic.twitter.com/c4BxgoRmSk — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 11, 2024

That kind of enthusiasm is money in the bank for a candidate. In 2016, I recall that Mark Steyn predicted that Donald Trump would win the election because of what he saw when he attended a rally in Vermont. The people who attend rallies also cast votes and, if they can, donate money. We saw that during Obama’s 2008 run although Thomas Lifson has reminded me that Obama couldn’t gin up that enthusiasm a second time around, in 2012.

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This year, though, Biden is still rallying only tens of people, except that, this time around, he doesn’t have the COVID excuse to cover for the sparse attendance:

Biden’s rally in Nevada today. There’s gotta be at least 40 people there!


pic.twitter.com/VAPZV7Jfs5

— American Patriot 🇺🇸🦅 (@BobbyWalker2002) March 20, 2024

[mbrfl]

Trump needs to keep having huge, blockbuster rallies of this size so that NO ONE will believe it if they try to steal it for Biden again.

[SeekAndFind]

The Real Clear Polling Biden v. Trump page daily, and it’s a sea of red. Today, Trump is up by 1.2 points on average:

[Liz]

Biden "rent-a-crowd" rally-----he cant even pay people to show up.

[Gay State Conservative]

Have there been any reliable estimates regarding the crowd’s size?

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Sorry, the crowd estimates were from various news reports. If you don’t believe them, then I can’ty find any other source for these numbers. The estimates are from 80,000 to 100,000 for what it’s worth.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Biden “rent-a-crowd” rally-——he cant even pay people to show up.

That picture doesn’t apply anymore. The social distancing circles are so 2020.

[nwrep]

Have there been any reliable estimates regarding the crowd’s size?

Unfortunately, no. The only estimates are from Trump partisans or people inclined to like Trump (like the Wildwood City Councilor who was at the rally). Elsewhere, people have contrasted what a rally of that size looks like (Obama in St. Louis in 2008), and concluded that Trump's is nowhere near that, per the post below:

https://twitter.com/cturnbull1968/status/1789650810495799556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1789650810495799556%7Ctwgr%5E1dbd845156a085b1bd097fdde34073a92a4fcb1f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fdonald-trump-crowd-size-questions-1899634

[nwrep]

The crowd size estimates are all from Trump partisans. I have yet to see an unbiased estimate, and plenty of comparison photos that show it was far less than 80,000.

[roving]

It’s easy to count Biden’s numbers.

[roving]

The pictures I saw it didn’t look like this. Rally was even started yet.

[cableguymn]

These rallies are slightly bigger than the last go around and the time before that. They’re going to steal this one regardless of what they have to do to get it done. They’ve already browbeat all the judges and proving that they won’t do anything. We’re screwed. I hope I’m wrong but I bet I’m not

[cableguymn]

State Police estimated 80 to 100,000

[TigersEye]

State Police estimated 80 to 100,000

Oh, oh, oh! Trump partisans!!! Trump partisans!!! lol

[Gay State Conservative]

I asked because I knew that partisans on each side might be inclined to exaggerate. IMO it would be possible to get a good estimate from overhead photos.

[Gay State Conservative]

OK...State Police figures could possibly be honest estimates.

[nwrep]

Link?

[wiseprince]

When everyone is considered a Trump partisan it no longer matters what the number of attendees are. 🤣

[Dan in Wichita]

Here's a link for you:

Lisa Fagan, spokesperson for the city of Wildwood, told The Associated Press that she estimated a crowd of between 80,000 and 100,000 attendees, based off her own observations on the scene Saturday, having seen “dozens” of other events in the same space.

Is Lisa Fagan a Trump partisan too?