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This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« on: January 05, 2016, 03:46:48 pm »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/05/this-crowd-shot-from-a-donald-trump-rally-is-absolutely-eye-popping/

 By Chris Cillizza January 5 at 8:25 AM

Donald Trump went to Lowell, Mass. — a town about five miles south of the New Hampshire border — for one of his now trademark big-arena rallies on Monday night. This is what the crowd looked like per WaPo's Jenna Johnson.


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Thousands and thousands packed into arena in Lowell, MA, for Donald Trump's rally.
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2016, 03:58:06 pm »
For an 'outsider' in Teddy Kennedy country I find this quite refreshing and amazing ... I'm just hoping that the Donald is truly on our side.
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2016, 04:02:01 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on January 05, 2016, 03:58:06 pm
For an 'outsider' in Teddy Kennedy country I find this quite refreshing and amazing ... I'm just hoping that the Donald is truly on our side.

We had as much reason, maybe more, to wonder if Romney or McCain was on "our" side...still do actually.
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2016, 04:08:54 pm »
The guy is a natural at politics, I have to give him that.  The resr ofvthe GOP candidates are mere deer stuck in the headlights in comparison to this guy.
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2016, 04:18:56 pm »
It's only "mind-boggling" to those that haven't been paying attention, or haven't been to a Trump Rally.

He has been doing this all around the country for months now, he had 15,000 in the arena in Mississippi on 1/2/16 with another 5,000 in the overflow crowd for the simulcast in the convention center next door.  Same thing at the rally in Sarasota that we attended on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, building at max capacity with a few thousand overflow waiting for him outside to speak after he was done inside.

People started lining up at 10AM yesterday in the sub-freezing temps for a 7PM rally.  Saw a poll on TV this morning that showed that Trump far and away leads with supporter commitment (84% combining "Definitely Supporting" and "High Probability of Supporting").

It all sort of puts some perspective on the isolated voices stamping their rhetorical feet and saying they will never vote for him!   :silly:
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2016, 04:20:16 pm »
Quote from: Scottftlc on January 05, 2016, 04:02:01 pm
We had as much reason, maybe more, to wonder if Romney or McCain was on "our" side...still do actually.

I'd go with "more" without any hesitancy whatsoever!
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2016, 04:25:17 pm »
Someone posted these shots of Romney crowds in 2012 on TOS.  Quite instructive:








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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2016, 04:28:39 pm »
Methinks those Romney shots were not of rallies in early January 2012...
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2016, 04:31:56 pm »
Quote from: Scottftlc on January 05, 2016, 04:28:39 pm
Methinks those Romney shots were not of rallies in early January 2012...

I don't know.   I think the point was that crowd shots may or may not be a good indicator of future success.
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2016, 04:35:31 pm »
Quote from: Scottftlc on January 05, 2016, 04:28:39 pm
Methinks those Romney shots were not of rallies in early January 2012...

Especially the "Romney-Ryan" ones!  lol

Huge difference between crowds like that a few weeks before the General Election versus ones taking place 6-1 months before the Primary voting!
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2016, 04:52:01 pm »
Quote from: katzenjammer on January 05, 2016, 04:35:31 pm
Especially the "Romney-Ryan" ones!  lol

Huge difference between crowds like that a few weeks before the General Election versus ones taking place 6-1 months before the Primary voting!

Agree. A picture is worth 1000 words – even if those words are misleading.
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Re: This crowd shot from Donald Trump’s Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2016, 05:30:09 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on January 05, 2016, 03:58:06 pm
For an 'outsider' in Teddy Kennedy country I find this quite refreshing and amazing ... I'm just hoping that the Donald is truly on our side.

Lowell, MA is not exactly Ted Kennedy country - that would be a little closer to Boston. Lowell is and has been a very blue collar area (about 30 miles from where I live in NH) - many old working class families going back five or six generations settled in the area and unlike others, stuck around. They still tend to be registered Democrats, but they are very independent in their voting patterns - old Reagan-Democrat style. Paul Tsongas was the congressman from that district, and he was definitely a different kind of Democrat - the kind that has no home in today's Two-Left-Wing Democrat Party.

Very smart of Trump's people to plan the rally there - it shows that they understand the regional electorate.   
 
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