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Hillary Clinton

ismnotwasm

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40. Hillary has run a deliberately more intimate campaign

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:56 AM

Jun 2016

She has reached out and talked to voters, listened, addressed very specific concerns. She alsocover the broader concerns.

Sanders, will his huge rallies, addresses a limited group of concerns, the same ones, over and over. It's not that they don't vote, IMO, it's that his people like rallies. There are simply not enough of them to win. They were fooled by the numbers at the rallies into thinking there were.

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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