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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders Just Drew Almost 3,000 People In a Conservative Stronghold [View all]
Last edited Fri Aug 21, 2015, 06:27 PM - Edit history (1)
Bernie Sanders Just Drew Almost 3,000 People In a Conservative Stronghold
Bernie Sanders rallies around the country have been making headlines. Until Friday morning, hes held them in large urban areas (like Phoenix and Dallas) or in liberal strongholds (like Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and Madison, Wisconsin).
On Friday, Sanders brought his campaign to the TD Convention Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Heres a look at the crowd he drew photographed by a supporter:
(photos courtesy of Katherine Mueller)
Estimates put the turnout at about 3,000. A Sanders supporter told me the campaign was hoping for 1,000.
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Greenville is also one of the most conservative cities in the country. So, the fact that Sanders drew 3,000 people in one of the most Republican parts of the nation on a Friday morning in August is not something to sneeze at.
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http://bluenationreview.com/bernie-sanders-just-drew-almost-3000-people-in-a-conservative-stronghold/
Bernie Sanders rallies around the country have been making headlines. Until Friday morning, hes held them in large urban areas (like Phoenix and Dallas) or in liberal strongholds (like Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and Madison, Wisconsin).
On Friday, Sanders brought his campaign to the TD Convention Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Heres a look at the crowd he drew photographed by a supporter:
(photos courtesy of Katherine Mueller)
Estimates put the turnout at about 3,000. A Sanders supporter told me the campaign was hoping for 1,000.
...
Greenville is also one of the most conservative cities in the country. So, the fact that Sanders drew 3,000 people in one of the most Republican parts of the nation on a Friday morning in August is not something to sneeze at.
...
http://bluenationreview.com/bernie-sanders-just-drew-almost-3000-people-in-a-conservative-stronghold/
I have to edit to add this great tweet concerning Bernie's talk in Columbia tonight:
Taylor Davids @taylor_davids 9m9 minutes ago
I don't know who the hell Bernie Sanders is, but judging at traffic and people going to his speech in Cola- he's got SC's vote...
https://twitter.com/taylor_davids/status/634851713502085120
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Bernie Sanders Just Drew Almost 3,000 People In a Conservative Stronghold [View all]
Catherina
Aug 2015
OP
That's terrific news. I used to live there and conservative is an understatement!
napi21
Aug 2015
#2
We visited a big bank recently (to withdraw a little money and put it in a credit union).
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#20
Seeing a lot of that. all over Social Media. From Repubs, from Libertarians, from Dems, Indies and
sabrina 1
Aug 2015
#17
The quote from Taylor Davids is the one that shows Mr. Sanders's potential.
Betty Karlson
Aug 2015
#49