Bernie Sanders: Why Did THOUSANDS STAND IN LINE To Hear Him?

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Nearly 4, 000 people in Minneapolis showed up on a Sunday morning to hear presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders. That's a lot more than the 200 people the campaign originally expected. So why did so many people show up and what did they think of Sanders? The UpTake's Bill Sorem asked and here are the responses he got.

[Blue_Adept]

1. Good news for Bernie

But we also know people will line up for anything.

Looking forward to seeing the numbers the Republican opposition gets when they start working the stump. Though I suspect many will just stick to debates and safe zones.

[LanternWaste]

16. Creative use of the post hoc ergo prompter hoc fallacy...

"But we also know people will line up for anything."

Creative use of the post hoc ergo prompter hoc fallacy...

[hootinholler]

25. I KNOW!

I put up a sign in a local park that read "Free Poke in the eye with a sharp stick" and had people lining up by the thousands!

[baran]

35. Great response -- love it!!!

[Flying Squirrel]

43. DUzy n/t

[Ed Suspicious]

55. haha! +1

[LondonReign2]

26. I thought the pro-Hillary camp would start to get more clever

but so far it seems to be quite the opposite

[Blue_Adept]

32. I'm sure it's a big camp.

I like using the avatar simply because it causes people to react based solely on that.

Don't mind me. I'll be voting for Bernie if he manages to survive the primary process long enough in my state of MA.

[Ed Suspicious]

56. You should think about changing that H then to a BERNIE.

[Blue_Adept]

57. Eh. it's just an avatar

They tend to stick to what they are as I don't change them often. I had it as the MA state one for an age. I put the Hillary one up when she announced and just haven't bothered to change it to something non-candidate yet.

[JDPriestly]

30. Actually, people will not line up for 'anything.'

They are lined up for Bernie because they like him. He has a great personality. That's why they line up for Bernie.

[Blue_Adept]

33. Oh come on, you know people will line up for anything

Put a series of ropes and poles into a field and eventually people will line up there too.

It's an expression, maybe one not common in your area, but one that's been around a long time.

Smile a bit more today.

[JDPriestly]

39. People line up for Sanders because they love his passion, his spontaneity, his spirit,

the tremendous hope and idealism they feel within themselves when he speaks.

They don't line up for anything. They line up for Bernie. And he has barely gotten started.

[RoccoR5955]

37. People will not line up for anything.

Remember when Romney got an empty hall?
Sorry, you are wrong.

[magical thyme]

45. seriously. I mean, just look at these tea party rallies

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3mWMW89Y82wZaQ8eO9-n3pPzDmToxIkgcJIZ9Jx_i8GnqnMmj

[peacebird]

2. Expected 200, got 4,000! #FeelTheBern ! #Bernie2016 !

[Jackpine Radical]

44. Just goes to show the old fart can't plan.

Any Republican would have been able to predict the size of the crowd based on how many they had hired to come.

[peacebird]

47. LOL!

[Jackpine Radical]

48. Back at ya.

[calimary]

61. LOVE it! And it's probably TRUE.

The koch brothers have a lot of money and they're everywhere - spreading it everywhere.

[DCBob]

3. He connects with the "pissed off progressives".

His problem is most Democrats are not POPs.

[immoderate]

6. Who better to convert them?

--imm

[catnhatnh]

8. Did you watch the video?

Because what I saw was people happy and excited by the possibilities...Which of the people interviewed struck you as pissed off?

[jeff47]

13. Why on Earth would he watch the video?!

He might get infested with crazy hippie! Do you know how many hours of "Meet the Press" it takes to get that out of your system?

[cali]

9. hardly just passed off progressives

Polls show over and over again that the majority of Americans are "pissed off" about status quo politics. And something like 40%+ of dems don't support HRC.

[DCBob]

10. Last national poll I saw had Hillary with 63% support among Democrats.

That's a big number for any political candidate.

Yes, many are pissed off, including myself, but not at Democrats or Hillary or President Obama.

[SoapBox]

12. Polls...

I always keep in mind,

Figures Lie and Liars Figure.

Always take polls with a big grain of salt.

[daleanime]

29. Sorry, I'm on a low sodium diet.....

so I just pass on polls for the most part. Unless you're willing to take the time and dig into the details they're usually pretty useless.

[hootinholler]

20. Yes That's big

Dig into the numbers a little and you'll see little room for Hillary to expand support, where Bernie has overall 47% don't know enough about him. Plus There are the non-voters because it won't matter crowd to be picked up as well.

Good luck maintaining that lead.

[peacebird]

49. Hillary is down to 57% in latest CNN poll, her numbers are trending down. Quinnipic has Bernie @15

So the gap is large, but Bernie is doubling up while Hillary is slipping. Months to go, I am liking the trends!

[DCBob]

59. Your numbers are off. Here's the latest CNN poll. Bernie doesn't even top Biden.

BASED ON 277 RESPONDENTS WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS DEMOCRATS AND 156 WHO
DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS INDEPENDENTS WHO LEAN DEMOCRAT, FOR A TOTAL OF 433
DEMOCRATS -- SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE PTS. (May 29-31, 2015)

Clinton 60%
Biden 14%
Sanders 10%
Webb 2%
O'Malley 1%
Chafee * 1%
Someone else 7%
None/No one 5%
No opinion 1%

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/06/01/2016.poll.pdf

[Jackpine Radical]

51. I dunno, just about every activist Dem I know is a POP.

And they are increasingly angry at the State Party Machine and their addiction to 3rd Way candidates like Moneybags Mary Burke.

[jeff47]

11. Yeah, stoking up apathy is a much more effective route to office.

Getting people riled up never works. Honest.

Just ask President Gore, President Kerry, Governor/Senator Coakley, Senator Grimes, Senator Hagan and many others.

[Segami]

15. That list...

couldn't construct a full spine.

[jeff47]

17. We need to measure "third way"-style candidates in millispines.

Otherwise the numbers are just too small to differentiate.

Just like we don't measure light bulbs compared to the total output of the sun.
(100W light bulb = 0.0000000000000000000000003846 suns)

[Segami]

19. 'Millispines'...LOL!

Finally, a new Democratic measuring system adaptive to 'squishy' spines.

[Ed Suspicious]

58. LMAO. You're on today!

[daleanime]

28. Sounds like some one......

is upset about a nickname.


Don't worry, we still love you.

[JDPriestly]

31. Actually, most inactive Democrats are POPs.

The point is that the organization types like Hillary. The rest of us like Bernie.

And most of us are not organization types. Most of us will end up voting for Bernie.

Bernie is passionate about his caring for ordinary people. His compassion for the poor and the middle class has been the driving force of his life. It has educated his votes, his decisions, his life path. And we all feel that when he speaks.

He has a marvelous sense of humor when it comes to himself. He gives the impression of being a person who really loves people and you get the feeling he has a deep sense of morality, of right and wrong. His votes in Congress reflect the judgment that comes from that deep sense of right and wrong.

I love Bernie. What can I say. I think that as Bernie is seen more and more and heard more and more, more people will love him as a politician too.

And he is free from the excessive influence of corporate and wealthy donors and all their hopes and desires and demands because he doesn't seek corporate money. I'm donating to him and hope to buy some of his swag.

I'm active in local Democratic politics and always campaign for our candidates. I will not campaign for Hillary. I do not trust her. I trust Bernie.

[Go Vols]

4. K&R

[Rex]

5. They want to see Wall Street pay for their crimes against America.

And they know who will make Wall Street pay for their crimes.

[mother earth]

24. Hell, yeah, a return to accountability and rule of law.

[AzDar]

7. Bernie!!!

[SoapBox]

14. Go Bernie Go!

His campaign is just darned exciting.

[Cheese Sandwich]

18. I'm confused. Where are the dreadlocks and bongo drums?

[Bryce Butler]

36. Right here...

[WorseBeforeBetter]

38. And the bike-riding orange cat!

Wonder if Politico has offered up a hit piece on this latest event...

[mother earth]

21. TY, Segami. I intend to share widely. I do not support oligarchy, which is why I support Bernie!

[ebbie15644]

22. Hopefully they come out to vote!

[mother earth]

23. A great big K & R to boot!

For Bernie Sanders, the president WE NEED.

[yuiyoshida]

27. Reposted this to the Bernie Sanders group

K&R

[Enthusiast]

34. Fabulous!

[99Forever]

40. I was in that line.

Met a LOT of very nice people, of all ages, races, genders, and physical abilities. It was an amazing event to say the least.

[grahamhgreen]

41. Tell us more!

[Segami]

42. Thats great!

Anything you want to share with us would be greatly appreciated to say the least. Your recount is definitely worthy of its own thread.

I would have loved to have been there just to listen to Bernie speak.......

[kentuck]

46. Because, just as when Jimmy Carter was nominated...

America is looking for one honest man.

[peacebird]

50. Exactly

[Gamecock Lefty]

52. SVFH!

So the ‘organizational types’ like Hillary; the rest like Bernie? If you’re progressive, you like Bernie; if not you like Hillary? Geez, I don’t even know what all that means. I always thought I was a progressive-type guy. Maybe not.

Third Way, Wall Street, fake Democrat. I didn’t realize Hillary wasn’t one of us?

So today’s Dem Party only has two members – Bernie and the ’beloved’ Liz Warren?

And Obama is now a phony and a Republican?

Where have I been???

SVFH – Still Voting for Hillary!

[Laser102]

53. Because Hillary wasn't there. Would have been a bigger more diverse crowd. LOL

[George II]

54. Right now he's a novelty, and people want to see him...

....that does not mean that when it comes time in a primary that they will vote for him.

Curiously, in a poll conducted a few days ago (before the sad news about Beau), Sanders was running third behind VP Biden.

[Jackpine Radical]

63. What poll was that? Poll of whom? Details? Link? (nt)

[George II]

64. CNN / ORC poll conducted from May 29 - May 31, Page 9:

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/06/01/2016.poll.pdf


Clinton - 60%
Biden - 14%
Sanders - 10%
more......

[Jackpine Radical]

65. Thank you.

That poll, by the way, is something of an outlier. It also has Walker at 3rd place behind Bush & Rubio, in contrast to a lot of other polls.

Also, the sample was described as "433 adults" with no indication of whether they are likely voters, etc.

Here is a more comprehensive summary of recent polling:


Republicans--
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html

Dems--

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html

Note that the average of all Dem polls for that period shows Biden exactly tied with Sanders at 10.8%.

[George II]

66. With the splintered voters on both sides, these results will be skewed back and forth, up and down..

....for the next year or more.

I'm almost positive that Biden won't run, and not because of his recent family tragedy, but he still has relatively high poll results most likely because of name recognition (and ignorance on the part of the electorate).

I'll feel more confident in these polls come January next year. The reason I pointed out that Biden was out-polling Sanders partly to show the weakness of polls in May 2015, 16 months before the Conventions and 19 months before the election.

[Jackpine Radical]

67. Yes, if you look at the polls on the links I provided,

they're all over the map. They are of strategic use to political campaigns, but at this point they predict nothing.

[fadedrose]

60. Win or Lose, Bernie has started something

that cannot be stopped. What he stands for is what most people want - and it means drastic change for some, and a better life for most Americans.

People with money get 1 vote each, regardless of their wealth.
And thanks to the wealthy, there are more poor people, thus the poor are getting stronger with single votes - if we can get them all to vote.

Maybe finally the 1% have overplayed their hand..

[Cheese Sandwich]

62. A great crowd!

[PowerToThePeople]

68. Because Bernie is superb!

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