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Hillary Clinton

sheshe2

(93,302 posts) Sat Jun 4, 2016, 10:08 PM Jun 2016

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Bernie is getting 10K 20K 30K 50K 100K at all his rallies. A simple question. Where are the votes?

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I hear this ... [View all] sheshe2 Jun 2016 OP

Kids like to go to rallies. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #1

Not much green bud in a voting booth. teamster633 Jun 2016 #3

Green bud? sheshe2 Jun 2016 #8

be my guess, lol. BootinUp Jun 2016 #14

Cool! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #19

I'm getting old, too. teamster633 Jun 2016 #20

that's it ! puffy socks Jun 2016 #15

Good question, deserves satisfying answer... AuntPatsy Jun 2016 #2

Anarchists don't vote. DURHAM D Jun 2016 #4

I know someone who is going to the rally Ellen Forradalom Jun 2016 #5

Voting is hard, after you've been screaming at a 10k 20k....100k rally, doncha know? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #6

Lol~ sheshe2 Jun 2016 #12

"Wait, when's election day?" "Where's the app for that?" bluestateguy Jun 2016 #7

Internet!!!!! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #21

No, no. Internet is so 90's and 2000's. bluestateguy Jun 2016 #25

Which rallies are these? puffy socks Jun 2016 #9

Agreed caquillo Jun 2016 #16

I think that many of those at the rallies have no clue about how elections work. Until the upaloopa Jun 2016 #10

I'm a college student, with lots of friends who are Bernie supporters. One group of friends has been anotherproletariat Jun 2016 #11

Are you open to them about your support for Shillary? caquillo Jun 2016 #22

Yes, at my school (in NYC) most of my friends are Hillary supporters. At home in the bay area for anotherproletariat Jun 2016 #33

lol! Her Sister Jun 2016 #38

I wondered if some of them were the same kids at different rallies. DLCWIdem Jun 2016 #30

I don't like to go to rallies - OhZone Jun 2016 #13

Vote or Die~ sheshe2 Jun 2016 #18

It's a social event and young people find voting hard, they have actually do beachbumbob Jun 2016 #17

Morale of the story, big rallies doesn't mean big vote turn out. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #23

Nate Silver/538 agrees with that. nt fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #27

No comment. William769 Jun 2016 #24

Going to a rally where there is a lot of excitement requires a different type of commitment Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #26

Who doesn't want to see the Dave Matthews Band for free? redstateblues Jun 2016 #28

Good question. Kath1 Jun 2016 #29

Yup. ;( sheshe2 Jun 2016 #31

They're going to rallies instead of figuring out how to vote. NYC Liberal Jun 2016 #32

Nailed it! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #34

Rallying is all about being with your friends and "looking cool" for being at the rally. BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #35

They go to rallys, we go to the polls Coolest Ranger Jun 2016 #36

Hi, CR. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #39

Here's a sensible explanation MBS Jun 2016 #37

Hillary has run a deliberately more intimate campaign ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #40