Originally published at: About Those Crowd Sizes: Take A Look For Yourself - TPM – Talking Points Memo
When Kamala Harris officially entered the presidential race late last month, she hit the ground running. The Vice President has been traveling the country, drawing large, energized crowds. Her newfound popularity, and, specifically, the size of those crowds, has predictably become a thorn in the side of Donald Trump, who sees crowd size as the…
Shorter Kam…“Mine’s Bigger!”
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Honestly, they look about equal. It’s going to be a close race.
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Looks to me like ms Harris crowds are bigger and more often.
Size matters but so does staying power
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I would rather be at the joyful, diverse, fun rally vs. one that is filled with doughy white angry folks with silly red hats.
Let’s keep up the energy where it matters, and get folks to VOTE
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Great piece. It’s nice to see a curated, honest apples to apples comparison.
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Thinking the same thing. Shit.
Welcome back adamc. Stick around.
Note that Trump’s Asheville rally is in a place that holds less than 2500, if memory serves. And I doubt the Bozeman facility is all that big either. And not included here is Trump’s SAD! luncheon speech to “hundreds” in Detroit. Trump’s crowds do seem to be getting smaller, but doing his shtick in smaller and smaller venues makes it less obvious.
Event planners (good ones anyway) are adept at choosing and designing the layout of a venue to make it appear at capacity. One question that I have again and again looking at these photos is: what is the seat spacing? An extra six inches between seats and a foot between rows really adds up quick. And obviously seated vs standing bears no comparison at all.