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hrmjustin

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1. Some crowds will get as high as 100,000 in some cities.

Reply to timlot (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 11:43 PM

Oct 2012

We never get this here in NYC. I wish we could sometime. The only large Political event i went to was the RNC protests in 2004 here in nyc. Over 200,000 people came. And i went to an anti-war protest in 2007 in d.c.. 500,000 showed up to that.

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Obama And Romney Draw Large Post-Debate Crowds [View all] timlot Oct 2012 OP

Some crowds will get as high as 100,000 in some cities. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #1

Campaign staff usually triple the real number that showed. uppityperson Oct 2012 #2

Yeah, why would they use the campaign staff versus the police's est for Obama? n/t CitizenPatriot Oct 2012 #4

How many times has Obama drawn 10,000 this campaign season? Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #3

The Pres. Obama crowd was way over 30,000, the ywcachieve Oct 2012 #5