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"The Sound and the fury
Getting ready for Tuesday
The Sound and the Fury: How the New York Primary Served as a Microcosm for the 2016 Presidential Race
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The difference between the two campaigns came down to the idea of volume versus votes.
It is this simple philosophical difference that has separated the two Democratic campaigns up to this point. In New York, we again saw this being played out much as it had in previous primaries and caucuses. Sanders would preach in front of tens of thousands of people while Clinton would go around, listening and interacting with those in the community. This philosophy was played out time and time again over the past two weeks but perhaps there exists no better example than the events of Sunday, April 17th. On this date, a mere two days before the primary, Sanders gave his Prospect Park speech to his record crowd in Brooklyn, an event that took up the majority of his day. Compare that with Hillary Clinton's Sunday where she spoke at small rallies in Washington Heights in Manhattan, Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, and a Mount Vernon church in Westchester County. Clinton finally ended her day with a "large" rally of nearly 1,000 people at Snug Harbor on Staten Island. This visit to Staten Island came on the heel of a visit by Donald Trump with Snug Harbor actually a part of the only New York City congressional district held by a Republican. Despite having a reputation as being New York's "forgotten borough," Staten Island was seen as an important stop for the Clinton campaign and this fact was not lost on those in attendance. One attendee, Deborah Evans, was quoted as saying, "To have the front running candidates here shows it's not forgotten."
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/4/20/the-sound-and-the-fury-how-the-new-york-primary-served-as-a-microcosm-for-the-2016-democratic-race
(snip)
The difference between the two campaigns came down to the idea of volume versus votes.
It is this simple philosophical difference that has separated the two Democratic campaigns up to this point. In New York, we again saw this being played out much as it had in previous primaries and caucuses. Sanders would preach in front of tens of thousands of people while Clinton would go around, listening and interacting with those in the community. This philosophy was played out time and time again over the past two weeks but perhaps there exists no better example than the events of Sunday, April 17th. On this date, a mere two days before the primary, Sanders gave his Prospect Park speech to his record crowd in Brooklyn, an event that took up the majority of his day. Compare that with Hillary Clinton's Sunday where she spoke at small rallies in Washington Heights in Manhattan, Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, and a Mount Vernon church in Westchester County. Clinton finally ended her day with a "large" rally of nearly 1,000 people at Snug Harbor on Staten Island. This visit to Staten Island came on the heel of a visit by Donald Trump with Snug Harbor actually a part of the only New York City congressional district held by a Republican. Despite having a reputation as being New York's "forgotten borough," Staten Island was seen as an important stop for the Clinton campaign and this fact was not lost on those in attendance. One attendee, Deborah Evans, was quoted as saying, "To have the front running candidates here shows it's not forgotten."
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/4/20/the-sound-and-the-fury-how-the-new-york-primary-served-as-a-microcosm-for-the-2016-democratic-race
Sanders can have his YUUUUUGE rallies; Hillary will take the votes.
