Trump: ‘I don’t know why we’re not leading by a lot’

[DonViejo]

Donald Trump said he’s puzzled as to why he’s not leading Hillary Clinton by large margins at a rally Wednesday night, making no mention of the controversies that have mired his campaign all week.

Speaking to a large crowd at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Florida, Trump boasted about the turnout at his events, citing it as an indicator of his support.

“We go to Oklahoma, we had 25,000 people. We had 21,000 people in Dallas. We had 35,000 people in Mobile, Alabama. We have these massive crowds,” the Republican nominee said. “You’ve got thousands of people outside trying to get in (today), and this is one hell of a big stadium.”

Trump then mocked the Democratic nominee’s use of scripted speeches, marveling at his own improvisational style even in large venues. “Do you ever see Hillary Clinton? If she speaks in front of 24 people she’s got the teleprompter,” he jested. “If she came here tomorrow — so look at this place, packed, thousands outside, we actually put screens outside — so, Hillary, if she came here, if she had 500 people I’d be surprised.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-polling-226649#ixzz4GO5QKr8C

[liberal N proud]

1. Oh, Oh, Oh, I know...

Maybe it's because a lot of people have listened to your babble and hate. Maybe those lots of people don't want a future filled with your fascism and know that your a con-man and a mad-man.

[glennward]

32. It's rigged!!!!

[Gothmog]

2. There are a ton of good reasons why trump is not doing well

[Siwsan]

3. I wonder how big his crowds really are. Those numbers could just be what they are telling him

Gotta keep the Emperor from accepting his nakedness.

[Marthe48]

5. Dare I compare hand size to crowds?

n/t

[Siwsan]

6. Well, that would be a little cruel, but probably a lot accurate

[Marthe48]

24. Ladies and gentlemen let's give Trump a big hand

[LiberalLoner]

33. A strong hand....like this....

https://goo.gl/images/aaI0ui

[NewJeffCT]

9. Just the fact that he feels the need to go to bright red states like Oklahoma and Alabama

to speak means that either his campaign is hideously disorganized or they are sending Trump to places where he knows he'll get big friendly crowds, and not to swing states or blue states (Trump wants to compete in New York, he says)

[treestar]

31. good point

why is he in deep red states?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. Look at where you're at, dummy! n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. Even if those crowds are big, those events are in the most conservative venues.

When he was in Columbus, Ohio, he only got 1,000 attendees. Not only is Columbus a huge city, Ohio is a swing state.

[NewJeffCT]

8. 21,000 people in Dallas? Holy crap, stop the presses

the Dallas Cowboys draw 80,000 per football game.

The Dallas Mavericks draw 19,000/game 40 times per years.

The Texas Rangers just outside of Dallas draw 34,000/game 80 times per year.

And, I'm sure local colleges draw pretty well for football and basketball games as well, though I think UT in Austin and Texas A&M outside the Dallas area draw more.

[Ilsa]

14. TAMU now seats over 100,000. nt

[grubbs]

10. He is not doing well because the polls are rigged against bigoted shitheads apparently.

[Maeve]

11. Math is hard for this one

He can't count (crowd sizes are ALWAYS overestimated) and he can't figure why winning a majority of Americans isn't as easy as winning a majority of the 30% who are RW.

[Godhumor]

12. Ask Bernie how predictive crowd size is

You buffoon.

[frazzled]

13. Once again

Rally sizes are not an indication of electoral support. They're generally held to make it look like you have strong support, but in the end, they're just pep rallies for the people who already support you, almost always held in places where you know you already have strong support.

Hillary Clinton does not do large rallies, does not like large rallies, and probably does not believe in large rallies (though she may do some at the end of the campaign just for optics). She prefers to meet in more intimate groups, in places and with people whose support she does not yet have. She knows she has the votes of her supporters, she's looking to expand support by targeting specific issues important to specific populations in specific regions. And that is a path to electoral victory--iffy county by iffy county, and from swing state to swingable state. This is why candidates don't expend resources (money, staff, ads) in places they know they already have locked up.

[Lucinda]

18. +1

[Ilsa]

15. I guess he's laying ground work to claim

the polls and election are rigged because he sees a lot of people at his carnival show.

[jcgoldie]

16. Good point Donald

Whatever you do please please don't use a teleprompter... you are just too good off the cuff.

[duncang]

17. One of his stops he said thousands were outside wanting to get in.

But estimates had it in the low hundreds, because he was too cheap to get a larger venue.

[oberliner]

19. In the place he listed, he is leading by a lot

Oklahoma, Alabama, Texas, North Florida.

[dawg]

20. Nickelback can fill stadiums, too.

[Jamaal510]

21. If crowd turnout

were indicative of success in the ballot box, we would've had a President Ron Paul.

[Maru Kitteh]

28. There's an icky thought. nt

[JHB]

22. Because of your candidate, Don.

[tanyev]

23. It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

[Marthe48]

35. It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a Twinkie...

Thank you Jerry Seinfeld!

[cheezmaka]

25. Don't worry Mr. Trump... We know...

Maybe it's because you don't have a clue!

[Motley13]

26. Its like a freak show at the circus

or watching a building imploding or burning

or watching an accident on I95

or paying actors to show up

or lying about the crowds "bigly"

or use pictures from another event like someone showed here, supposed to be Jax but was Cleveland for the NBA winners.

[Maru Kitteh]

27. My Rallies are YUGE! How could I be losing? Everybody loves me!

Keep right ahead with that thinking Cheeto. You must be right? Right?

[Glimmer of Hope]

29. He has such a warped little mind.

[treestar]

30. LOL

He's puzzled, is he?

[nolabear]

34. Me! Me! I know! Pick me!

[sarcasmo]

36. It's rigged I tell yeah, it's rigged.

No debates cause of football. I know everything about solar. I know everything, about everything.


The sure lunacy of this campaign is mind blowing, pure entertainment, Trump style.

[Orsino]

37. Same reason you don't know much of anything else.

You don't listen and don't retain knowledge.

Because you are pampered and lazy, and care only about money and attention.

[eppur_se_muova]

38. Good.

The longer he doesn't "get it", the bigger his defeat.