Do the math: 1 of every 42 residents of NM attended Obama rally in Albuquerque!

[scheming daemons]

Think about that.

That's a PARTY folks.


NM's population: 1.9 million
at Obama's rally: 45,000

[Tiggeroshii]

1. About two percent.

And then even more of the voting population...

[Motown_Johnny]

2. that is pretty impressive....

[GreenFiles]

3. Is NM a battleground state? n/t

[NYC_SKP]

5. Yes, it had been a tossup, has become increasingly blue... nt

[scheming daemons]

6. Not anymore....

By the way...


WELCOME TO DU.


:eyes:

[Quixote1818]

7. Obama is up by 10 points in NM right now. nt

[NYC_SKP]

4. WoW, More than 2%!, of all residents; infants, oldsters, etc.

Edited for stupid, stupid, stupid. And to think I did really well in the math part of the SAT...

Anyway, That's really remarkable!

:applause:

[BlooInBloo]

10. Decimal points and percentage signs don't mix well.

[NYC_SKP]

11. 2.368 percent? or, a LOT of people!

Considering the share is of all residents, including infants and the elderly, infirm, and incarcerated, its remarkable.

[Quixote1818]

8. I was there. Missed Gordon Lightfoot to be there. nt

[BlooInBloo]

9. Woot! 2.4% of the state!

[foo_bar]

14. was every person at the rally an NM resident?

Don't folks drive in from border states (correspondents fly)? I mean when a million march in NYC it doesn't mean ~12.5% of the population hit the streets (not including the Great power failures, which were more like gigante block parties).

[WeDidIt]

12. Here's a cool stat

One in every 100 Americas (men, women, and children) are Obama donors.

[Quixote1818]

13. Thats about 1 out of every 11 people who live in Albuquerque.

Or around 10% of Albuquerque's population.

[TygrBright]

15. Plenty of us there from Santa Fe, Belen, Rio Rancho...

...Espanola, and I talked to a woman from Ruidoso-- which is a good 2.5 hour drive from ABQ. And, no, Albuquerque isn't really near any state border, and the estimate didn't include the press who came with Obama.

However, the rally was on the UNM Campus, so likely there were some students there who aren't New Mexicans. UNM does draw some out of state students. Though not that many.

Allowing for that, I'd say two percent of the voting population of New Mexico was probably there tonight.

Wow. I didn't think about that when I was there, but... wow.

amazedly,
Bright

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Imagine If He Had That Turnout In California?

Where would they hold it...