[counterpunch]

At the very least, it outpaced the 15,000 President Bush drew to the retirement community four years ago.
To reiterate: An Alaska governor who was virtually unknown a month ago and is the number two on the presidential ticket may have doubled or tripled the crowd for a sitting president.

Now perhaps math isn't my strongest suite, but it looks to me like Sarah quadrupled Bush's crowds.
 

[Florida native]

Uh, I’d say it was more like quintupled - I was there for both rallies - it was phenomenal to say the least.