Bernie Sanders draws 28,000 people in Portland, his campaign says

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: The Washington Post

Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, who has been drawing eye-poppingly large crowds on the campaign trail, on Sunday night attracted his largest audience yet: about 28,000 people in Portland, Ore., according to his campaign.

Sanders, a senator from Vermont who has emerged as the leading alternative to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, appeared at a Portland arena with a capacity close to 20,000, aides said. An additional 8,000 people gathered in overflow areas set up for the event, aides said, citing numbers provided by officials from the venue.


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Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has drawn larger crowds than any candidate from either party to this point in the 2016 cycle. His largest crowd to date was on Saturday night, when he drew about 15,000 people to an arena in Seattle.

By contrast, Clinton's largest crowd, which her campaign estimated at 5,500, came at her formal kickoff in June in New York.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/10/bernie-sanders-draws-28000-people-in-portland-his-campaign-says/

[villager]

1. "...larger crowds than any candidate from either party to this point..."

n/t

[billhicks76]

14. And Oregon Has The Smallest Population Size

This means the momentum is building. People are calling all their friends.

[Pastiche423]

35. We may be small in population

but we make up for it with passion.

Go Bernie Go!

[billhicks76]

37. Hell Yeah!!!

Bush Sr, the fake that he is, called Portland Little Berut. He didn't like that we knew he was evil scum and didn't fall for the phony, "Really I'm a Wimp ruse". I hope he rots in Hell.

[DiehardLiberal]

2. Power to the People with love from Portland!

It was a beautiful thing to behold. Hope for real change...this time!

[Egnever]

3. Hillary must be smacking her head into a wall at this point

If this continues it will be twice in a row she was the presumptive nominee only to be outdone by huge groundswells of support for other candidates. She can't seem to catch a break.

[Jackilope]

9. the American People need to catch a break ....

... from the oligarchy. Bernie is the only one that can deliver. HRC doesn't need to catch a break.... she is too cozy with those holding us down.

[Egnever]

12. I don't disagree with that

I do however think we could do a lot worse than Hillary.

[djean111]

17. And - that is pretty much her campaign slogan - "We could do a lot worse!".

We can do a lot better, too.

[Egnever]

18. We can always do a lot better

[hack89]

20. No- she just keeps watching the polls

She knows her lead is large and steady. Super Tuesday will be the end of Bernie.

[joshcryer]

22. Clinton's slow burn may very well backfire.

Surely her people are telling her this.

There isn't even a scheduled public rally that I can find.

It's all sit downs with small local groups.

I mean she's going to a Middle School today.

[Yallow]

4. I Almost Feel Sorry For Hillary

It ain't over yet folks.....

[CountAllVotes]

5. Now that is impressive

And yes, I Feel da Bern!!!



BERNIE SANDERS FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!!


& recommend!!

[Stinkles]

10. FEEL THE BERN

[YOHABLO]

6. How well would Hillary play in Portland; it's a very left leaning city.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

11. She was just there last week.

140 people showed up.

Then again it cost nearly $3,000 to attend. Pretty much sums up the difference between the two candidates.




http://www.kgw.com/story/news/politics/2015/07/10/hillary-clinton-portland/29999585/

[Stinkles]

7. Aaaaaaaand there we go…

Well, finally! He needs some juice

[Yallow]

8. Bernie Is The World's Last Chance

Sorry, but I think we are doomed in a dozen ways if the powers that be keep at it much longer.

Climate

Economic

Food

Water

......

[daleanime]

26. +1

[Pastiche423]

36. + infinity

[fbc]

13. 10k+ on the youtube feed I was watching

It was a great speech.

[LiberalElite]

15. Kicking

[Agschmid]

16. Kick!

[LiberalElite]

19. kicking 1 more time

then I have to go to work hehe

[Cosmic Kitten]

21. Bernie's campaign is going to be historic

Hillary could only get 5500 supporters
in a city of over 8 million people!?!
AND....it was heavily promoted by the MSM

Bernie matches Destroys that without MSM support

[cosmicone]

23. Meh

George McGovern, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and Ron Paul also drew huge crowds ... some as big as 50,000.

[jeff47]

25. And Clinton has drawn hundreds!!

Hundreds! It's amazing! Look at the groundswell!

[cosmicone]

27. Clinton doesn't require rallies .. she is already well-known

and wayyyyyyyyyy ahead in polls.

[jeff47]

29. She requires enthusiastic voters.

At least, if she wants to actually win. Without enthusiasm, those polls can change surprisingly quickly.

Also, if Clinton was doing so well, her campaign would not already be talking about her losing in IA and NH.

[cosmicone]

30. ok ok ok

all those 28,000 people (campaigns always inflate numbers) will vote for Bernie. Oregon has 4 million people, 2.3 million voting age.

Yes, of course -- they'll all be voting for Bernie ... how could I not see that?

[jeff47]

32. Keep your fingers planted firmly in your ears and shouting "lalalalal I can't hear you"

It will make the failure all the more fun.

[jwirr]

33. Times are much different. With the exception of Ron Paul all the others ran when times were

good. The biggest problem was the war. Today it is bread and butter problems and the climate.

[NuclearDem]

24. Glad he was able to recover.

And here I thought BLM completely destroyed his campaign.

[Comrade Grumpy]

31. No, just its own credibility.

[LanternWaste]

34. It's fun to pretend as such, isn't it?

It's fun to pretend as such, isn't it? We may make any allegation we wish to while providing no objective support for that allegation, and while doing so, actually reveal more of ourselves than we may intend to...

[CharlotteVale]

28. K&R