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2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)

13. Bernie is a great draw.

Reply to Orsino (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:25 AM

Apr 2016

Rating every pres since JFK

Draw=crowd size

JFK- great draw
LBJ -poor draw
RMN-poor draw
GF-poor draw
JC-poor draw
RR- average draw
GWB- poor draw
WJC-average draw
GWHB- average draw
BHO-great draw

Of course my rating is subjective but you could go back and look at their crowd sizes.

This suggests to me drawing big crowds aren't necessary to electoral success.

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Regarding Crowd Sizes [View all] CrowCityDem Apr 2016 OP

It's like they've never heard of retail politics nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #1

Naw never heard of it. He knows nothing about campaigning on the grass roots leve Armstead Apr 2016 #6

I said they, not he, as in the people who think crowd size is the only thing that counts nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #20

I have: WALMART. Octafish Apr 2016 #7

Man oh man if "retail politics" doesn't describe Hillary Clinton to a T, I don't know what does. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2016 #11

Relics attract great crowds. Last chance to see them. n/t livetohike Apr 2016 #2

Oooph! NurseJackie Apr 2016 #8

Who has time? apcalc Apr 2016 #3

He's been drawing crowds like this since August. It has not translated to delegates. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #4

Crowds don't make the phone calls. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #12

Apparently, his crowds don't vote consistently. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #21

How many of them weren't registered to vote? LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #22

Bernie draws huge crowds. You can't take that away from him. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #5

Exactly. His big crowds are real, his votes... not so much. CrowCityDem Apr 2016 #9

There is no way to take that away. Orsino Apr 2016 #10

Bernie is a great draw. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #13

Yeah. Drawing big crowds who register and eventually vote would be key. n/t Orsino Apr 2016 #14

What is amazing is that two of the most lackluster campaigners won the biggest ... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #18

And I've been waiting nearly 40 years to have a chance to vote someone like Bernie Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #15

They came, they saw, they heard ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #16

I always wonder... CrowCityDem Apr 2016 #17

I figure it's just a "show of solidarity" and a "hello there" to other like-minded voters ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #19