You want to see what an enthusiasm gap looks like?

[Ed Suspicious]

When doing a side-by-side comparison of the crowds attending a Hillary Clinton rally and a Bernie Sanders rally, a picture really does say a thousand words.

The day after Super Tuesday, which saw Hillary Clinton unable to bury the Bernie Sanders campaign, both candidates were back out on the trail to revel in their respective victories and drum up support for the next wave of primaries.

In Michigan, Sanders spoke to a packed house at the Breslin Student Events Center at Michigan State University, where thousands of supporters lined up in the snow for hours to hear his energetic speech.


Meanwhile, in New York City, Hillary Clinton had a very different kind of rally in a draped-off corner of the Jacob Javits Center. The rally was organized for and by many of the labor bosses in New York who had endorsed Clinton over the objections of their members. USA Today, covering the event, called it her “victory lap.”

For most of the attendees, being at the rally was mandatory, while some groups, such as the Carpenters Union, gave attendees “comp time” for the hours they were at the event. Even with such incentives, there were fewer than 1,000 people there.

http://usuncut.com/news/how-tonights-bernie-sanders-rally-compared-to-hillary-clintons/

Also worth noting a few more familiar themes of the Clinton campaign showed up. Later she claimed there were around 5400 in attendance at her NY rally. And I read in this article something about her fighting for $15 at this particular event. That will probably change at her next bank speech.

Clinton celebrated with a homecoming rally in the state she represented in the Senate, attracting a labor union-heavy crowd of 5,400 to Manhattan’s Javits Center, according to her campaign.

“Yesterday was one for the history books!’” Clinton declared in a hanger-sized room and flanked by giant American flags. “Our campaign went nationwide.”

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/clinton-projects-inevitability-after-super-tuesday-wins

This is why I think momentum is on Bernie's side. I know Bernie's numbers are going to grow and it will show at the ballot box.

[yourpaljoey]

1. Damn, she must have 50 people!

[Ed Suspicious]

3. Post number 2 was intended as a reply to you. Opps.

[Live and Learn]

7. Bet none of them are smiling either. nt

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Shouldn't a dried tree stump be able to draw 1000 people from a city with a population of around 8.4

million?

[Betty Karlson]

4. Millennials are so complacent: they don't even show up to help

the woman who wants to administrate their generation's demise.

[Live and Learn]

6. Oooh, but I love that description because it is so true. nt

[Betty Karlson]

21. You know it!

[Live and Learn]

23. It seriously is. I have to remember to frame it just that way to them although in my experience

they already seem to know it. So frustrating that some of their elders don;t seem to get it or care.

[Blus4u]

28. Yeah, they've already fleeced the rest of us.

They now are working on a new generation of victims.

Peace

[pdsimdars]

12. are saying Hillary only drew 1000 people there?

[Divernan]

17. Specially if they're paid comp time to attend! PAID TO ATTEND!

Surely she's not paying anyone to post on political blogs, though, right?

I mean that would be wrong! Unless they revealed themselves as paid posters, of course.

[Betty Karlson]

22. Or "former Bernie supporters" who claim to "have seen the light, Hill Yes".

Even those paid "gay to straight converts" are more convincing.

[LiberalArkie]

33. The unpaid "straight to gay converts" are more realistic.

[Live and Learn]

5. Bbbuttt everyone knows that no unions EVER coherce members to attend.

I was attacked for saying SOME do, SOMETIMES. K&R

[Live and Learn]

8. Oh yeah, K&R'd and bookmarked and shared. nt

[PatrickforO]

9. Geez, Ed. That doesn't look like 5,400 people there at the Javits Center.

That ARENA sure does look full, though!

[Divernan]

18. Hill "evolves" crowd of under 1,000 to claim 5,400!

And judging from that photo, we're talking well under 1,000

[SheilaT]

10. So how the fuck did she win Super Tuesday with those crowds?

What am I missing?

[LiberalArkie]

34. Well, it is a known fact that people will stand in rain and snow and freezing weather for hours to

go inside to a rally for Bernie, but they don't "seem to need to take 30 minutes inside a warm building to vote". That is what they seem to indicate isn't it?

[pdsimdars]

11. What I want to see

I want to see one of these pictures side by side with a picture of Hillary at one of her $500 a ticket meetings in someone's home with all those 20+ people. Just to show the STARK contrast.

[hillarysong2016]

13. A strong case for: Bernie won Super Tuesday

First 4 or so minute of:

[peacebird]

27. Love it!

[jtuck004]

14. It'll be easier to see on election day.n/t

[pansypoo53219]

15. butbutbut mainstream media says he has no chance.

[Sherman A1]

16. Thanks for posting

I appreciate this comparison and will share it with others.

[corbettkroehler]

19. In The Big Apple Wednesday

I was in the Big Apple yesterday on business (remaining today). While I am in the Financial District (her second home), miles from the Javits Center, I watched some of the morning local news and there was no mention of her rally.

Besides, if it were such a large event, why is there no mention on the front page of Thursday's Times and Daily News?

[Divernan]

20. Hill's PR guy: Bunch up together to look like a crowd while I take this closeup.

And don't forget to send in your damned dollar, Mattie! You can afford a damned dollar! If you don't send in your damned dollar, I'll make Bill stand on K Street with a collection can! Is that what you want, Mattie?!?!?

[thereismore]

24. There is an enthusiasm gap. People don't want to see her, but they

go to vote. Her support is not enthusiastic but reliable. She is counting on that. Voting is a habit for older people.

[bernbabe]

25. Just remember

young people are much more likely to go to rallies than older people. This is undoubtedly part of the reason. But Bernie definitely does seem to have more enthusiasm behind him.

[peace13]

26. Not sure about that.

We went to many Obama rally's and Middle Agers were the main stay. We were the volunteers too!

[bernbabe]

29. Bernie has middle agers

it's the older people he has few of.

[peace13]

31. I was replying to your 'young' comment.

Most young people are at school, work or sleeping when these rallies are held. But I will say that we saw families and young children in the crowds with Obama.

[fredamae]

30. Articles reporting on this event

describe a very different scene "Thousands Line Up" kinda thing but All photos are Close-ups and No wide angles.
I first saw this and thought perhaps this was a snap-shot of before the event.....Hell I don't know. Figured NYC Would be a Huge draw for her. I cannot tell who, if anyone is speaking yet from this photo.

[leveymg]

32. If the photo of the NY event is accurate this is evidence of fraud by the MSM

Like 1984 or Pravda was described. This has to be followed up on.

[Hydra]

35. It really tells the story, doesn't it?

She's not interested in people- her votes are dollars. LOTS of them.

And we know the MSM is corrupt, from at least before 2000. As George Carlin put it, "...Neither do I believe anything I'm told by the media, who, in the case of the Gulf War, functioned as little more than unpaid employees of the Defense Department, and who, most of the time, operate as unofficial public relations agency for the government and industry."

[Duckfan]

36. I hope your right about the ballot box.

Unlike Nevada, if people show en mass like they stand in line at rally's, then we have reason to smile.

Remember, this is our opportunity. We can't blow it.