The point I initially made was that the size of the crowd does indeed matter. You have not posted anything to disprove that. You can't. As I said, the "bandwagon effect" is a recognized psychological and political phenomenon. Also, you should note I have made no claims as to the veracity of Trumps #s claim vs those of any media outlets, fire marshals et al.
If you want to deny what the AP said about Hannity's ratings bonanza (your words and theirs) perhaps you should look at Nielsen's top 10 shows for the previous two weeks in comparison. Hannity wasn't even in the top 20. I'd say that's a pretty big bump but obviously you're a better judge. I'm sure you already knew that. Originally Posted by Ducbutter
Hillary never had crowd sizes like Trump...yet she won the popular vote. Biden has lousy crowd sizes...yet is polling ten point ahead of Trump. The Trump rallies are stale and not a big deal anymore. He says the same old tired lines all the time. Originally Posted by matchingmole
You're wrong. During the 2016 campaign they had live coverage. They always had a camera there, so they could break in and out of their regular programming to cover Trump events live. Even now CNN has a camera crew at every Trump rally. Trump calls them out to the crowds all the time.Don't waste your time disproving SC, YR, MM and others. They are simply trolling.
Did you even read my link? $5 billion in free media for Trump! The fake news media goosed his election! And they basked in higher ratings and robust ad revenues! That's why trumpy says they should be thanking him! Originally Posted by lustylad
Hillary never had crowd sizes like Trump...yet she won the popular vote. Biden has lousy crowd sizes...yet is polling ten point ahead of Trump. The Trump rallies are stale and not a big deal anymore. He says the same old tired lines all the time. Originally Posted by matchingmoleRemind me who many points was Hellery ahead of Trump??
Hillary never had crowd sizes like Trump...yet she won the popular vote. Biden has lousy crowd sizes...yet is polling ten point ahead of Trump. The Trump rallies are stale and not a big deal anymore. He says the same old tired lines all the time. Originally Posted by matchingmoleI don't know if you are being purposefully obtuse or if you are just a little slow on the up-take.
You just keep clinging to that. You'll need the flotation device after the tears start flowing from you lefties on Election Night 2020. Originally Posted by Lantern2814I was elated when Trump won......every week he has let me down more. Helsinki was the point of no return. I actually don't care for him or his skeevy low down ways at all now. He hasn't got USA into any new wars is about the only thing I can tolerate about him now.
I don't know if you are being purposefully obtuse or if you are just a little slow on the up-take. Originally Posted by DucbutterHe's afraid to agree with you. He thinks it's pro-trump to agree on something that should be obvious. IMO you made your point clearly and effectively. It's not a partisan question. Of course crowd size matters and impacts the views and perceptions of other voters. That's why candidates on both sides hire expensive political consultants to brag up good turnouts and conceal sparse ones.
He's afraid to agree with you. He thinks it's pro-trump to agree on something that should be obvious. IMO you made your point clearly and effectively. It's not a partisan question. Of course crowd size matters and impacts the views and perceptions of other voters. That's why candidates on both sides hire expensive political consultants to brag up good turnouts and conceal sparse ones. Originally Posted by lustyladThere are many voters who don't attend any rallies.
Hillary never had crowd sizes like Trump...yet she won the popular vote. Biden has lousy crowd sizes...yet is polling ten point ahead of Trump. The Trump rallies are stale and not a big deal anymore. He says the same old tired lines all the time. Originally Posted by matchingmole