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JennyMominFL

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23. Not neccessarily
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 03:27 PM
Nov 2016

I'm saying that a *low* estimate of rally attendance doesn't necessarily mean enthusiasm is dowm. I'm simply saying that taking a glance at a venue and deciding it's a small crowd is not necessarily fair. You have to take into account venue capacity and the amount of notice for an event.. Now I know for a fact that people lied about the size of Hillary's rally in Daytona, because the asshole with the Hillary for prison van is the one actually claiming very few people were there. That is being repeated on right wing sites. In other cases people look at an image or a number to determine if attendance is down.
It looks like Trump's rally in orlando actually did have low attendance as CNN reported low numbers and local media says thousands. Thousands would have been OK at a smaller venue, but not at the OC fairgrounds. But again,this event had short notice. It's not necessarily a sign that attendance is dropping. And he probably did get 10,000 in Jacksonville.
My point is, that many things need to be taken into account when determining if attendance is down.
2500 at a venue that hold 10,000 is a possible sign of attendance going down, that needs to be weighed against the lack of notice of that event, and a rally that had 10,000 people today
2500 people at a venue that holds 1000 is also not a sign attendance is going down.
A rally of 2500 isn't necessarily a bad sign for anyone

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Post removed [View all] Post removed Nov 2016 OP
Perhaps it was a different rally Jason1961 Nov 2016 #1
I went to the one in Charlotte. cwydro Nov 2016 #2
The Florida panhandle is very Republican, LuvNewcastle Nov 2016 #3
Crowds aren't votes BainsBane Nov 2016 #5
It's always been that way... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #6
That is far from 10,000 RedCloud Nov 2016 #7
It's a military area. lpbk2713 Nov 2016 #8
Yup, soldiers are voluntold to support drumpf mwrguy Nov 2016 #28
I'm going to be honest here JennyMominFL Nov 2016 #10
So you're stating Democrats are lying about crowd size too? Avalux Nov 2016 #22
Not neccessarily JennyMominFL Nov 2016 #23
You know that is from January, right? eom Maeve Nov 2016 #11
Fascinating n/t emulatorloo Nov 2016 #21
Never believe anything that says his rallies are smaller Gman Nov 2016 #13
crowds do not equal votes, as Romney discovered Maeve Nov 2016 #17
Video was published Sept 9 and MSNBC report from January 2016 20895DEM Nov 2016 #14
Trump has always drawn big crowds, but they aren't the majority April Lee Nov 2016 #18
As big a maggot as he is MFM008 Nov 2016 #26
why are you showing something from months ago? Skittles Nov 2016 #27
NOTHING IN THIS FRIDGE IS FRESH Warren DeMontague Nov 2016 #31
STOP IT WARREN Skittles Nov 2016 #35
Nah, I did that back in January Warren DeMontague Nov 2016 #38
LOL Skittles Nov 2016 #40
A FL state rep. went to the "cow pasture" rally. cheapdate Nov 2016 #29
so there should be plenty of pictures Skittles Nov 2016 #41
January of 2016 Warren DeMontague Nov 2016 #30
+ eleventy billion Lucinda Nov 2016 #32
a YUUUUUUUUUUUGE amount Skittles Nov 2016 #36
Trump's followers are energized, I will give him that. Willie Pep Nov 2016 #34
they're not energized Skittles Nov 2016 #37
The OP took a rally from January to make a point about what is happening this week. Warren DeMontague Nov 2016 #39
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