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Bernie Sanders

merrily

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3. Didn't Sanders draw close to 30,000 in L.A.? I think the Boston crowd had to have been

Reply to lostnfound (Original post)

Tue Jan 26, 2016, 11:03 AM

Jan 2016

close to that, but the Sanders' campaign lowballed it for some reason.

That he has crowds of 10,000 or more sitting indoors is impression enough. However, he has had crowds standing outside in overflow as big as 8,000.

I am not struggling either, thanks to parents who struggled to make sure I finished high school, as opposed to having to quit school to contribute to the household. From there, I handled the rest of my education on my own, except for still not being expected to contribute to the household. But, not struggling has not made me indifferent to those who must struggle and I thank whatever is responsible for that--nature, nurture, deities, whatever. I am grateful not to be Donald Trump or even Trump-ish.

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"Huh. He really touched a nerve out there." [View all] lostnfound Jan 2016 OP

Without a healthy middle class, without economic opportunity, PatrickforO Jan 2016 #1

Well said, thank you LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #2

Didn't Sanders draw close to 30,000 in L.A.? I think the Boston crowd had to have been merrily Jan 2016 #3

Boston was 33,000 * Portland, OR was 28,000 * LA was 27,500 * Seattle was 15,000 * in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #5

The Sanders campaign estimated attendance at the Boston rally at 20,000. merrily Jan 2016 #7

I will change my number then. n/t in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #12

I believe your numbers are closer to the reality. I always thought 20,000 was lowball, as the merrily Jan 2016 #13

Rally in Portland, Maine drew over 8,000 or over 12 percent of the population of our fair city. PWPippin Jan 2016 #8

Thank you! Will add that to my list! in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #11

Wonderful OP. Many thanks for your thoughts..n/t monmouth4 Jan 2016 #4

Great OP. I couldn't agree more. I have very little hope left in the system we have. What hope i do n8dogg83 Jan 2016 #6

Thanks! lostnfound Jan 2016 #20

Thanks, lostnfound... tex-wyo-dem Jan 2016 #9

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^^^ Ivan Kaputski Jan 2016 #18

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