Hillary in Davenport and Dubuque IOWA Jan 29

[riversedge]

Last edited Sun Jan 31, 2016, 08:13 PM - Edit history (1)

I saw a post somewhere here on DU this morning in which a picture was posted and a comment (paraphrasing this) for Jan 29. The comment said something to the effect of -lots of press but nothing else. A few responses followed with snark about small crowds.
Anyway, the pic that the Sanders supporter posted was the press setting up before the Town Hall in Dubuque Iowa.


So--to correct the record I am posting a few pics of Hillary's Jan 29 Town Hall in Dubuque once the event got going.

** And just to be clear---I do not care about whether or not the crowd was large or small. We all know that Hillary does Town Halls where she can interact and communicate with the audience. Large rallies are not conducive to that.

Enjoy the pics








"She's never touched a thing she didn't make better," Bill Clinton says of Hillary.

And earlier in Dubuque:

Clinton on 2000 election: "We went off and elected another -- Well, the Supreme Court went off and selected another Republican president."






Austin Lyle ‏@AustinLyle 14h14 hours ago

Standing room only here in DBQ this afternoon!






Jordan Nixon ‏@Jordan__Nixon 15h15 hours ago

Packed room for @HillaryClinton in Dubuque tonight!! DBQ ❤️s HRC!!




Sabrina Siddiqui ‏@SabrinaSiddiqui 13h13 hours ago

"We've got to defend what we've achieved," Clinton says. "Stick with the Affordable Care Act. Stick with me on this."


Clinton: "Before it was called Obamacare, it was called Hillarycare."
@SabrinaSiddiqui 14h14 hours ago Davenport, IA

Clinton campaign says roughly 1500 here in Davenport tonight at campaign event feat. both Bill and Hillary.

Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage together in Davenport





Nick Merrill ‏@NickMerrill 14h14 hours ago

Great turnout to see @HillaryClinton and @billclinton in Davenport, IA tonight.





Nick Marroletti ‏@NickMarroletti 14h14 hours ago

Scott County is all in for @HillaryClinton. This is what #enthusiasm looks like.








Hillary Clinton ‏@HillaryClinton 14h14 hours ago

Heart to heart in Newton, IA.



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ7mE6QWcAAvMVv.




Hillary for Iowa ‏@HillaryforIA 13h13 hours ago

"We need a fighter. @HillaryClinton is that fighter. The stakes have never been higher.”
– Cecile Richards, @PPact

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

Size doesn't matter, it's how you use it.

[riversedge]

2. :-) Well said.

[winter is coming]

3. Actually, the pics you posted are so tightly focused that it's not clear whether

the crowd is larger or not. Look at the red, white, and blue banner along the left wall in your first photo, and in the one from this post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1095255. Your pic makes it look like there's a sizeable crowd in the hall, but the other pic shows just how far forward that banner is. I don't have a reference pic for the Davenport rally, but again, there aren't any long views to give a sense of the size of the hall.

At this link: http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_e6487b45-6fd4-5cbc-b00d-f926a2e942df.html, the Dubuque rally crowd size was estimated at 460, while a Sanders rally held on the same day drew a crowd of 1300.

It's kind of silly to say you don't care about the size of the crowd and then post pictures clearly meant to give the impression that there's a large crowd.

[MADem]

9. Your Second Link Does Not Work. Perhaps you can fix it???

Those are two different venues depicted above. One is Dubuque, the other, Davenport.

It is obvious, looking at the Dubque photo, and then the 'other' Dubuque pic, that is not shown here, but that you linked to in your first link, that the other one--the "gotcha" one-- was taken before everyone had arrived. You can see the rope line in both and in the picture above, there is a person just about sitting on the stanchion, whereas in your photo, there's a lot of blank space between the edge of the crowd and the stanchion.

But, more to the point, really, people who are voting for HRC know why they are voting for her, they don't need to go to a 'happening' to meet new friends or hear an oft-repeated stump speech. They're older, they aren't into standing in lines or standing up for hours, waiting....UNLESS they're waiting to vote. They have jobs, families, responsibilities--they're less demonstrative, and perhaps underestimated. Also, HRC's venues aren't BIG CROWD-BIG WARM UP-CANNED STUMP SPEECH-COUPLE OF SELFIES--BOOK OUTTA THERE. She answers questions -- she engages the audience. It's not a one way communication. The smaller (and more frequent) venues support that kind of interaction.

[George II]

14. You never see Sanders walking through the crowd and actually talking to people.....

....like you point out, he comes out from behind the curtains, gives the same stump speech he's been giving since April, wraps it up and is whisked back behind the curtain.

She's held town halls all over the country, at least one or two each week.

He's held very few if any town halls. He's not interested in what people think or what they have to say. He just talks about "corrupt this", "corrupt that", "rigged politics", the "oligarchy", "billionaires", etc.

[riversedge]

10. As I said. the crowd size is not the point. The point is in my OP.

[winter is coming]

11. You claimed the long shot photo was taken before the bulk of the crowd got there,

but there's no evidence that's the case. The way to demonstrate there were more people present at the time the photos you posted were taken would be to show another long shot with a larger crowd.

[MADem]

15. Sure looks that way to me--the "full house" picture is populated up to the stanchions in front of

the table. The blurry long shot looks like half the crowd has arrived, if that.

[book_worm]

16. Sanders people are always under the misguided opinion that large rallies

are the only things that detect public support and that those big rallies will translate to votes. Ask President McGovern, who had bigger crowds than Nixon did in 1972, if that is the case.

[oasis]

4. Hillary's winning them over with her "listening campaign".

[riversedge]

6. Hillary listended -and learned and worked their problems into her platform.

[Iliyah]

8. Yes indeed

[Spazito]

5. It's unfortunate someone would post a misleading photo...

to infer something that wasn't true. Thanks for posting the actual gathering, it is clear there was a very good turnout for her townhall. I prefer smaller gatherings where I can get a sense of the candidate up close as opposed to rallies which, to me, are not interactive at all.

[riversedge]

7. And a few more pics...

Hillary for Iowa Retweeted
Joseph Hutton ‏@jbhutton 16h16 hours ago

2 block line to see @HillaryClinton in Davenport! #ImWithHer







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Casey Clemmons ‏@Casey_Clemmons 16h16 hours ago

Just out canvassing with the boss. Team @HillaryforIA doesn't stop! #gotcafterdark #iacaucus #ImWithHer


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Jordan Nixon ‏@Jordan__Nixon 16h16 hours ago

Packed room for @HillaryClinton in Dubuque tonight!! DBQ ❤️s HRC!!

[Spazito]

12. Excellent pics!

I love the big smile on the young man's face, it says it all, imo.

[oasis]

17. Thanks riversedge for giving DU a visual feel of Hillary's campaign

as she makes her way to 1600 Pennslyvania Avenue.

[riversedge]

20. Love you post and you are welcome.

[DCBob]

13. People are starting to pay attention and getting excited about Hillary as President!

This will continue to grow as the campaign progresses.

[Lucinda]

18. They have been deliberately doing town halls and not big rallys in Iowa

I expect to see great results on caucus day.

[mcar]

19. Great crowd!