Posted on 10/27/2016 12:15:07 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
I haven't, and won't, attend a Trump rally. Nothing personal to Trump; I just don't like pep rallies. I have, however, watched his speeches live and later on youtube. Watching and listening to him persuaded me to support him.
While factual, it ignores the true message here, which is that all the motivated enthusiasm is on Trump's side, and the disparity is enormous.
Gargantuan, even.
And motivated enthusiasm is the only thing that counts come election day.
“Look at this crowd!” Mr. Trump said.
Throughout the course of a 41-minute speech, Mr. Trump essentially asked voters to take a leap of faith on his candidacy. “There are easier choices to make in this election,” he said.
Bathed in the glow of floodlights, Mr. Trump addressed thousands of people who stood shoulder-to-shoulder, stretching from one side of the park to the other.
“There are those in this race for the presidency who are touting their experience working the system, but the problem is that the system isn’t working for us,” Mr. Trump said. “There are those who are saying you should be looking for someone who can play the game better, but the problem is that the game has been rigged. The time is too serious the stakes are too high to play the same game over and over again.”
In February, Mr. Trump drew 20,000 people to the Town Lake in Austin, Texas. In March, 10,000 people crowded into a plaza outside City Hall in Oakland, Calif. In April, he attracted 20,000 at an outdoor rally at Yellow Jacket Park in Atlanta.
And tonight, he drew what the campaign said was 24,000 people. That number was impossible to verify – unlike the other locales, where police provided a crowd count – but the audience clearly was one of the largest of the year.
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OK, I cheated. The story above is about Obama from a 2008 story with the name and some other details changed.
Remember when populism meant populism and the press didn't ignore it? When enthusiasm was a guarantee of a good result on election day? When turnout at rallies equated to turnout at the ballot box?
All these were articles of faith when long lines, parking chaos and early arrivals heralded Barack Obama - along, of course, with a fawning press transfixed by their Apex Token.
Suddenly, the standards have changed, words have lost their meaning, cause-and-effect are no longer in effect and the goalposts have been moved.
If you believe the media, that is.
Big rallies are great, but even at ~600,000 total attendance, that’s only .5% of voters. So 99.5% of voters haven’t been to a rally, and only have seen the news coverage which is viciously slanted against Trump. So not sure these rallies are as effective as they might seem.
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1. In the months, years and decades to come, over 20 million people will claim to have attended one.
2. Big events do generate enthusiasm that becomes viral. Viral trends begun in person are stronger than those generated through digital persuasion.
3. The disparity shows just how much more “on the ground” enthusiasm is generated.
4. And this is BIG LEAGUE, Trump has figured out how to build momentum in target states while still running the national campaign he promised.
Yes, and that’s an important point. Apart from the extra 500k persons in attendance how many more viewers has Trump had on the Web for all his rallies?
I don’t know exactly which poll it is - but Fox news had a poll today that shows Trump now closing the gap by something like 5 points from earlier in the week. Even Faux can’t hide the truth. Look for more of a surge in the “official” polls because these numbskulls don’t want to be shown to be the Hitlery shills that they most certainly are.
GREAT comments.
Nice to know that factoid.
Also, heard today on Fox that another “poll” is which mask sells the most on the Halloween before the Presidential election. This year, that prize goes definitely to Trump.
that is it? It has to be more.
No joke. Michael Moore. Drain the swamp! It will feel good.
http://www.headlineoftheday.com/2016/10/25/michael-moore-predicts-trump-landslide/
As seen on FR : http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3485677/posts
Recall Bernie’s rallies compared to Hillary’s. Same thing. His were many times better attended than hers and what was the outcome?
Also, Trump’s rallies are attended by politically astute people. Folks that actually care about the state of the Country.
Hillary’s primary constituents are uninformed, apolitical, freeloading deadheads. Many millions of them.
No need to go to a rally, they know who is going to hang out the government teat.
In the 1960 World Series, the Yankees outscored the Pirates 55 to 27
The Pirates won the series 4 games to 3.
Focus on the right metric.
There is some jive, because the numbers don't jibe.
“What’s more stunning is that those Trump supporters have to figure out how to get away from work to go to the rallies.”
While Hillary “trolls” skid row, colleges and universities, and welfare offices; and offers cash and a free ride to and from her “events.” It’s amazing what you can come up with if you drag a pack of cigarettes through a welfare office.
“What’s more stunning is that those Trump supporters have to figure out how to get away from work to go to the rallies.”
While Hillary “trolls” skid row, colleges and universities, and welfare offices; and offers cash and a free ride to and from her “events.” It’s amazing what you can come up with if you drag a pack of cigarettes through a welfare office.
“2. MANY of the national polls are fake, with ridiculous internals, like D+10, etc., LIKE NBC, WSJ, etc.”
And let’s not leave our “fair and balanced (not) Faux Nooz!
“So not sure these rallies are as effective as they might seem.”
I think you are way wide of the mark. Big rallies equate to energy and commitment. The fact that Hillary has none of it can’t be good. It’s one thing to tell a pollster who you like, it’s quite another to go to the trouble to go vote for that person when deep down, you know she’s a POS!
I'm just warning you, that even though the rallies seem large, compared to the total voting population, they are tiny. So infer support at your own risk. Romney had big rallies right before the election that people though indicate enthusiasm, but it didn't translate to votes.
He never got anywhere near the numbers Trump pulls regularly, several times every day, and in every State in the Union.
But look at the bright side; you only have 13 more days to be wrong! LOL
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