Trump's Rallies Don't Move the Needle

[brooklynite]

Political Wire

Bloomberg: “Trump held three rallies Monday, all in Pennsylvania, with three more scheduled Tuesday and as many as five or six a day expected by the weekend. The rallies befit the showman with roots in reality television: blaring music, slick production, video montages, warm-up speeches, Air Force One as a backdrop and the president himself as the headline attraction. Attendees erupt in screams and cheers at his arrival, and local Republicans say it’s unlike any political event they’ve seen.”

“Holding rallies in defiance of coronavirus health recommendations has fueled voters’ disapproval of his handling of the pandemic — feeding Biden’s key argument that Trump has mishandled the first major crisis of his presidency. And pollsters say there’s little evidence of a rally boost.”

“Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University professor who studied Trump’s rally impact in the 2016 and 2018 cycles, found they didn’t move the needle in the states where they were held. He expects the same in 2020.”

[Dr. Jack]

1. No kidding

People need to stop assuming that Trump has any idea what he's doing

[David__77]

2. I'm sure it helps maintain political cohesion of his camp.

I think it would be highly disorienting not to have such things as a form of validation.

[beachbumbob]

3. they were never going to move the needle except to Biden

[louis-t]

4. He's preaching to the choir.

Only goes where he will be cheered, doesn't want hard questions. He will be losing voters right up to election day.

[CatMor]

5. The only thing trump rallies move is his big fat ego ..

telling himself they really do love me.

[SoonerPride]

6. But they do move the pandemic needle. Bigly.

Covid cases all spike in areas where he holds these super spreader events.

So there is that.

[octoberlib]

7. Huge rallies don't equal huge voter turnout for that candidate.

Sander's rallies were bigger than any other Dem candidate.

[Turbineguy]

8. But the rallies

support his damaged mental state.

And his supporters have the satisfaction of worshipping a very sick man and getting COVID 19.

[WA-03 Democrat]

9. They are data harvesting events

To give them a mailing list for donors. Too late

[FakeNoose]

10. One benefit to the Chump rallies

... it gets him out of the White House, and those poor sick people get a break for a day or two.

They're busy getting their resumes together because they'll be looking for new jobs real soon.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. He can barely keep his base together.

He's burnt toast.

[Stallion]

12. Some Say "his Needle just kinda lays there"

Sad!