Democratic Primaries

mr_lebowski

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40. Okay, but portraying it roughly 1/8th number of people is deceptive.

Sun Mar 24, 2019, 02:21 PM

Mar 2019

If you made me bet, I'd guess an event in Downtown LA would have about 1.4-1.6X more people living within a 60 mile radius (relatively easy travel distance) vs an event in Oakland. No way it's > 2X ... or rather, I'd be blown away if it were. It's for SURE ... nowhere near 8X

In Oakland's favor, however, is what we call Bay Area Rapid Transit, aka BART, which is a massive 'subway' type system, wherein the City of Oakland sits smack in the middle of the whole thing.

Put it this way, you get on ANY BART train? Sit on it long enough ... you're GOING to Oakland. Period. You may have to wait at the end of the line til the train changes direction, but ... yeah. Sit on BART long enough, and you're going to Oakland.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders' LA Rally Draws So Many, Overflow Crowd Fills City Hall Steps Across the Street [View all] vsrazdem Mar 2019 OP

Too early to be impressed katmondoo Mar 2019 #1

More than 20000 were in Oakland for Kamala Harris. My daughter was there. still_one Mar 2019 #2

I would certainly hope so since its her backyard. vsrazdem Mar 2019 #7

She has had large ctowds at all her rallies in and out of the state. still_one Mar 2019 #10

I wouldn't say 2400 in Houston is all that big, but its a start. vsrazdem Mar 2019 #16

You seem to be bothered by this I think still_one Mar 2019 #18

Not at all. I think the more people come out to hear candidates the better it is for all of us. vsrazdem Mar 2019 #20

I never said that. Also, Harris rallies from Iowa and throughout the country in general have been still_one Mar 2019 #21

To put it into perspective, Harris recently held a rally at the same room of a Church.... George II Mar 2019 #25

Of course, anything to put down Bernie's support. vsrazdem Mar 2019 #26

It's not "putting down" his support, it's just putting it into perspective. George II Mar 2019 #27

Yea keep telling us that, nice spin. vsrazdem Mar 2019 #28

Fire Department estimates a crowd 12,000 for the BS rally lapucelle Mar 2019 #53

Bazinga! George II Mar 2019 #54

No one is putting it down BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #34

To be fair, Oakland is damn near the center of a sprawling megalopolis ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #30

I know, but Los Angeles is in the center of the largest metropolitan area... George II Mar 2019 #33

Okay, but portraying it roughly 1/8th number of people is deceptive. mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #40

Okay.... George II Mar 2019 #56

Thank you, those are much better numbers than 425,000 vs 4,000,000 mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #58

Los Angeles is way bigger than Alameda county nt BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #35

See my last note please :) (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author CentralMass Mar 2019 #36

That's great. And what does that have to do with the OP? LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #47

Please follow the sequence of posts - I wasn't responding to the OP, I was responding to #16. George II Mar 2019 #57

Oh please. Looking through your posts in the thread its clear what your intentions are LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #59

If that's overflow that's a darn good showing. Autumn Mar 2019 #3

Wonderful! David__77 Mar 2019 #4

Huuuge rally for Bernie! workinclasszero Mar 2019 #5

good for all our candidates.. i wanna see HUGE crowds for all of them.. samnsara Mar 2019 #6

+1 n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #8

Damn straight Lazy Daisy Mar 2019 #52

Huge rally attendances do not necessarily equate to votes to be counted. TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #9

Probably the same folks who attended his rally in 2015 dalton99a Mar 2019 #13

Interesting. Tipperary Mar 2019 #14

That's like when Breitbart published a photo of a trump rally in Florida.... George II Mar 2019 #31

Vetting is such a beautiful thing n/t BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #37

When is Bernie coming to the Deep South to campaign? Baclava Mar 2019 #11

He was recently in South Carolina, but didn't get as many people as Harris did.... George II Mar 2019 #32

I'm pretty sure that he out drew her in that SC church . CentralMass Mar 2019 #43

The 1,600 is correct, but her crowd was 2,000+. George II Mar 2019 #46

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #12

Your welcome. vsrazdem Mar 2019 #19

I believe it's from decades of corporate media conglomerate propaganda demonizing the word Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #22

No it's the way he dumps on the ACA ucrdem Mar 2019 #23

Who benefits the most from Medicare? Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #24

This BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #39

It's a nice crowd but not remotely close to 25,000 ucrdem Mar 2019 #15

His Bronx crowd was huge in 2016 Buzz Lightyear Mar 2019 #17

HRC won the NY primary by a good margin happybird Mar 2019 #48

Crowd demands release of Tax returns, calls Bernie divisive and not at Democrat rgbecker Mar 2019 #29

lol LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #45

Good to see. Any Democratic candidate drawing a large crowd is a good thing. We need energy, KPN Mar 2019 #38

Hopefully, all these people will support BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #42

That's so great that our candidates are drawing such enthusiasm and large crowds! Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #44

I found your song P2TP workinclasszero Mar 2019 #49

LOL. The song was always my inspiration. Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #51

It's a good one! workinclasszero Mar 2019 #55

Thanks. Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #62

LOL workinclasszero Mar 2019 #64

Crowds are meaningless lunamagica Mar 2019 #50

Nominating Bernie would just be handing trump a second term. (nt) Paladin Mar 2019 #60

Bernie draws big crowds. Not so much at the primary ballot box. Blue_true Mar 2019 #61

And Bernie fed the crowd with only one Big Mac and a large order of fries NastyRiffraff Mar 2019 #63