Does This Look Like 12,000 To You? (((PICS)))

[blogslut]

The AP says there were 12,000 people at this Obama rally in Reno, today. I think that estimate is far too low. Here are some pics:

[Coexist]

1. HOLY CRAP! That looks more like 30,000

[Lorien]

10. That was my guess. Looks like the same sized crowd

McCain had at the Villages, and that was 30,000 (though the repukes claimed it was twice that).

[RockaFowler]

2. There are more people than at the 60,000 Palin rally

OK, there were not 60,000 people in Florida. No Way, No How, No Palin!

[underpants]

9. I think the Reno cops did the counting

[sellitman]

3. Ok...explain this then...

We have seen pictures like this since he started running. Huge crowds, football stadiums packed to the gunnel's.


How the heck can this race be as close as it is?

How?

I just don't get it.

[blogslut]

6. It's not close

But you knew that.

The "horse race" scenario is a media myth, enhanced by imperfect polling.

[sellitman]

15. Yet

We trusted the polls in 2000 & 2994 when they said our Candidates actually won.

We used the polls to show the machines had stolen the elections.

The polls were fine when they suited our purpose and off now?

That doesn't pass the smell test.

[blogslut]

16. I have never trusted polls

As for the 2000 election, my belief that the vote was stolen was based on the actual votes reported and the crappy SCOTUS decision.

When it came to 2004, all I had to do was watch the film footage of people waiting in line for hours in Ohio, to know the vote was stolen.

My belief that the vote was stolen was never based on pols.

[BzaDem]

7. Because the people that are following this campaign so much that they show up to campaign events

are not a random sample of the general electorate. In 2004, 120 million+ people voted.

[napi21]

8. I'm certainly not demeaning Obama's ability to attract crowd, but

do you realize that even 60,000 people in a large city is relatively small when compared to the total population of that city and it's surrounding areas? I am very suspect of the poll results for a lot of different reasons, but I don't think you can judge national support by very large crowds in certain areas.

[blogslut]

11. Reno, Nevada has a population of 210,255

EDIT ADD: Correction

My hometown runs in the 200,000 population range. If 12,000 or more people showed up for a political rally, that would be a big, damned thing.

[sellitman]

18. Even with Caribou Barbie Grandpa can't come close to the crowds we get.

I am in my 50's and I cannot remember crowds like this. Maybe Kennedy in retrospect but that's it.

[SIMPLYB1980]

4. Got to be double that.

[moondust]

5. Isn't Reno in the northern/conservative part of Nevada?

:shrug:

[hogwyld]

12. Yes it is

Reno is considered a conservative area of NV.

[muntrv]

13. Just around the podium looks like 12,000.

[EC]

14. Double it at least,

If Mile High had 80,000, this looks close to that...

[Doremus]

17. Couldn't organizers give a numbered card to every person as they walk in

That way they could prove how many are there.

I'd like them to do that just once, then ask the PTB for a crowd estimate. WRONG, SUCKA!!! :rofl:

[Thrill]

19. How do you feel about this newspaper cover from there?

[blogslut]

20. Hmmm

My guess is the Gazette-Journal has an agenda. Note the lil' McSame headline.

[barack the house]

21. We'll get them some nice new Sarah Palin glasses.