November 5, 2024
What really goes on at a Trump rally
By Sloan Oliver
In my first sixty years, I had never been to a political rally. Sure, I’d seen politicians speak to 25–30 people at a meeting, waved candidate signs on street corners at election time, knocked on doors, and attended a few BBQ fundraisers.
Then Trump arrived on the scene. In the last six years, I’ve been to numerous rallies, of Trump and others. (My first rally was 2018. I didn’t attend any of his 2016 rallies.) Sunday, President Trump visited Macon, for his final Georgia rally of this election. Most people have watched Trump rallies on TV. However, there’s much more happening than just Trump speaking. Following are some observations.
First, when one arrives on scene, there’s an upbeat, positive vibe among the crowd. It’s a concert-like atmosphere with the anticipation of the event, loud music (mostly C.W.) being played from giant speakers, people excited to be there, vendors hawking all kinds of merchandise (mostly Trump gear as you’d expect), large numbers of American and Trump flags, one huge American flag suspended from a crane, and attendees in long lines telling stories about their last rally and politicians they’ve encountered. Although the crowd is large, it’s orderly. People are friendly, and openly engaging in conversation.
The attendees are a cross section of America — white, black, Asians, Hispanics, men, women, young, old, from small towns and large cities. While one cannot tell another’s economic status from looking, most, if not all, appear to be middle-class, everyday Americans — dressed in jeans and their Trump attire, to include MAGA hats and t-shirts, orange sanitation vests, and orange Trump wigs. One guy was dressed like Trump and doing impersonations. He was hilarious. Surprisingly (or not), a large number are young. The under-40, over-40 age-range appeared to be nearly evenly split, with a slight edge to the younger crowd. A good number, attending on their own, not with parents, didn’t even look old enough to vote. They assured me they were.
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