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GMA now showing 1,200 in the Bronx for Her rally (Original Post) LiberalElite Apr 2016 OP
She would probably have gotten more on Wall Street n2doc Apr 2016 #1
Only 1,200 ? Califonz Apr 2016 #2
ABC said Hillary only spoke for 14 minutes Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #3
Read this ! 400 old people in walkers at a retirement village Ichingcarpenter Apr 2016 #4
One of her supporters here said that Hillary prefers to engage with small groups. Contrary1 Apr 2016 #5

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
4. Read this ! 400 old people in walkers at a retirement village
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 10:24 AM
Apr 2016

Setting the stage for her rally in Co-Op City served as a strategic venue for the Clinton camp, given the 25,000 residents that live in the sprawling complex. Mrs. Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, had campaigned in Co-Op City in 1992 during his first run for the White House.

But since the campaign begun in New York, Mrs. Clinton has barely made any visits in the Bronx, unlike the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, where he presence is strongly felt. Mr. Sanders, who jumpstarted his campaign in the Bronx, made two official stops to the borough.

Mr. Sanders held his rally in St. Mary’s Park on March 31 with several thousand in attendance.Mrs. Clinton’s rally produced some 400 people, with some waiting in line for hours to get in.

Those who entered grumbled, with several older residents in walkers pleading for an available seat and offered none. Co-Op City is ranked the country’s largest naturally occurring retirement community (NORC), with a large chunk of its residents considered senior citizens.

“You gotta tell people who are standing on line, ‘there’s a chance you might not get in,’” said Claudia Sampson, a Co-Op City resident for 22 years who waited in line three hours to see Mrs. Clinton speak.

Sampson walked in to the center with her neighbor, Naomi Weston, who griped of waiting three hours in a long line that snaked along the mall on Dreiser Loop and out to Deb Place.

http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=20812&story=clinton-rallying-in-the-bronx-riles-up-the-base/

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
5. One of her supporters here said that Hillary prefers to engage with small groups.
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 01:20 PM
Apr 2016

If that's the case, it seems to be working out well for her.



HILLARY CLINTON, CAMPAIGNING in the Bronx, speaks before a large turnout in Co-Op City
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