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Yavin4

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10. No one had bigger and more frequent rallies than Bernie Sanders

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 13, 2020, 03:42 PM

Sep 2020

And he got trounced both times in his run for the nomination. The people who attend them are already voting for the candidate. Most people don't watch rally coverage at home. To political junkies like us, they seem impressive, but not so much to the voters that you need to reach.

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Anti-Trump, pro-Biden "rallies?" [View all] gulliver Sep 2020 OP

I think those rallies are mainly for Drumpf's ego soothsayer Sep 2020 #1

I think their main effect is to use the attendees as "happy customer" shills. gulliver Sep 2020 #3

Rallies are counter productive Yavin4 Sep 2020 #2

It depends on how you utilize rallies. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #5

No one had bigger and more frequent rallies than Bernie Sanders Yavin4 Sep 2020 #10

I am not talking about the size of a rally. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #11

If big rallies like Trump's were effective... Yavin4 Sep 2020 #12

I apologize. It's obvious I am not being clear here. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #13

There's something to be said for productions that show it "feels better" to be on our side. gulliver Sep 2020 #8

Dem rallies would be online RainCaster Sep 2020 #4

We can have a Biden/Harris rally Sedona Sep 2020 #6

Looking forward to the that. gulliver Sep 2020 #9

How scalable is video conferencing Midnightwalk Sep 2020 #7

its perception shaping - trump is virile and in charge and unafraid and joe is msongs Sep 2020 #14

No sense debating this under the circumstances. llmart Sep 2020 #15