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Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:00 PM Jul 2015

BERNIE: July 29th... 3344 Organizing Meetings 94,425 RSVPs

Last edited Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:11 PM - Edit history (2)

UPDATED NUMBERS:

Can you believe it!?!


3344 Organizing meetings!
3344 MEETINGS!

AND...

94,425 RSVP's!
94,425 people have said YES
to Bernie's call for a mass movement.

If half of those people bring a friend
that's.... a hella lot of people for
Organizing meetings!

NO OTHER candidate could mobilize
that many people nationwide.


Check this map of the national meetings
http://map.berniesanders.com/

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BERNIE: July 29th... 3344 Organizing Meetings 94,425 RSVPs (Original Post) Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 OP
No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Jul 2015 #1
No need indeed! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #2
It is really remarkable. So looking foward to it. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #3
Outside the continental US kenn3d Jul 2015 #4
If you zoom out, you can see Hawaii and Alaska. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #23
This is turning into a real revolution. wilsonbooks Jul 2015 #5
I'm looking forward to it! Will report Thursday a.m. Find an event near you at ... Scuba Jul 2015 #6
There are 80 events within 10 miles of my house in San Francisco! Crazy. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #7
K&R! beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #8
Been looking forward to it since this azmom Jul 2015 #9
Getting PSYCHED!!!! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #10
cool! my little, very red village has 32 RSVPs magical thyme Jul 2015 #11
Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jul 2015 #12
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #13
92K now. Wonder if they'll break 100 before tomorrow night. n/t winter is coming Jul 2015 #14
92,138 RSVPs and rising tomm2thumbs Jul 2015 #15
Updated number from campaign! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #16
And those are just the official RSVP's ! The one in my neighborhood is already fully booked but 2banon Jul 2015 #40
If everyone of us can reach just 10 people aspirant Jul 2015 #17
It's a helluva start, Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #20
This is a historical moment. Because RSVPs don't count the people the RSVPer's are bringing with Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #18
Absolutely. This is a BIG effin deal ;~) Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #19
Wow. I'm pretty surprised at the number in North Raleigh. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #21
Bernie's campaign transcends traditional boundaries Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #31
I'm just bummed I couldn't make one... work. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #71
they provided the link to watch restorefreedom Jul 2015 #22
Do they sell Doritos by the barrel aspirant Jul 2015 #24
I'll be joining 149 other people in a brewery eridani Jul 2015 #25
I saw that! artislife Jul 2015 #28
NOW THAT sounds like a great time Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #30
Had a diet coke--had to drive there and back eridani Jul 2015 #73
A brewery would have been a great spot. LWolf Jul 2015 #61
This is so very very exciting !!!! SamKnause Jul 2015 #26
I'm going with my son and my parents dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #27
K&R.... Get psyched, people! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #29
Catch the Bern TONIGHT live stream Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #32
99,587 RSVPS. n/t winter is coming Jul 2015 #33
Good. Maybe he'll tell his supporters to... JaneyVee Jul 2015 #34
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service Android3.14 Jul 2015 #36
Hey, I'm a Bernie fan myself... JaneyVee Jul 2015 #38
<sigh> Android3.14 Jul 2015 #41
LULZ you just called 90% of DU the worst persons on the interwebz Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #43
K&R for grassroots reality. nt raouldukelives Jul 2015 #35
Reality is exactly right! This isn't a phone "poll" of 500 people! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #47
Now you just need to see how many actually show up. nt BainsBane Jul 2015 #37
Hopefull more than the 500o that attended Hillarys BIG Campaign kickoff! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #48
You think this is about a social event? BainsBane Jul 2015 #49
Percents are meaningless without raw numbers. Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #50
Well conservative is as conservative does. ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #51
M'Kay My conservative neighbors REALLY like Bernie! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #52
I'l take Sanders Republicans over Reagan Democrats any day o' the week Agony Jul 2015 #53
Crazy world, eh? Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #62
... Agony Jul 2015 #68
A huge chunk of people who self-identify as conservatice actual hold liberal views. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #56
Gosh, we get to meet local people artislife Jul 2015 #54
I provided the link to the poll BainsBane Jul 2015 #60
Bummer! I couldn't RSVP (officially) becuase my event is already fully booked and it's just 2 blocks 2banon Jul 2015 #39
Multiple meetings in each of the 50 states RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #42
UPDATE: 3,520 Organizing Meetings 100,886 RSVPs Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #44
C'mon, this is DU. winter is coming Jul 2015 #45
Mah bad Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #46
Hefner? George II Jul 2015 #55
At every Bernie organizing meet-up that I have been to, more people have shown up than RSVPd. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #57
+1 True, this isn't some Hillary "intimate gathering" Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #63
You'd better let Bernie Sanders know. He was just on the Ed Show and HIS numbers...... George II Jul 2015 #69
Perhaps Bernie hasn't had time to check his website. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #70
Tonight's the night. LWolf Jul 2015 #58
Woooo Hooooo ! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #64
That's a breathtakingly staggering amount. AtomicKitten Jul 2015 #59
It is! I would guess even Bernie is in awe of this response. Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #65
Shut the front door! I do believe it's a political revolution. AtomicKitten Jul 2015 #66
W0ot W0ot! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #67
We met our RSVP numbers, and better yet...! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #72

kenn3d

(486 posts)
4. Outside the continental US
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:20 PM
Jul 2015

As you may have noticed if you looked at that link, there are even several meetings shown in Alaska.

But what doesn't show on the OP map link is...
Hawaii:
6 EVENTS WITHIN 50MI OF
HONOLULU, HI
0MI July 29 04:00 PM
Waikiki Wakes Up for Bernie
BY BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS

SunDeck Waikiki Grand Hotel 134 Kapahulu Avenue tenth floor SunDeck Honolulu HI 96815
40 RSVPs
1.8MI July 29 03:30 PM
Bernie for President Honolulu Kickoff Meeting
BY BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS

Coffee Talk 3601 Waialae Ave. (Kaimuki) Honolulu HI 96816
45 RSVPs
1.8MI July 29 12:00 PM
Honolulu for Bernie
BY BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS

Honolulu 4189 Koko Dr Honolulu HI 96816
16 RSVPs
3MI July 29 04:30 PM
Hawaii for Bernie Downtown Gathering
BY BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS

ProtoHub Honolulu 458 Keawe St Honolulu HI 96813
45 RSVPs
17.3MI July 29 03:30 PM
Bernie...Not The Billionaires
BY BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS

Our House 92-1165 Makamai Loop Kapolei HI 96707
12 RSVPs
28.7MI July 29 03:30 PM
North Shore Get Together for supporters of Bernie Sanders
BY BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS

Haleiwa 66-072 Waialua Beach Road Apt A Haleiwa HI 96712
12 RSVPs

I just plugged in the zip code for Waikiki, but that map shows numerous other meetings across ALL of the Hawaiian islands as well.

It sure looks like a 50 State campaign indeed.

Very impressive.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
8. K&R!
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:57 PM
Jul 2015

Isn't it wonderful to have a candidate we can be excited about?

I don't want to have to vote against the Republican in 2016, I want to cast my vote FOR a progressive.

You GO Bernie!


Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
10. Getting PSYCHED!!!!
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 07:58 PM
Jul 2015

This time tomorrow it will be ON!


The Burn will be spreading like wildfire east to west!

Get psyched, grab a friend, meet up
and build this game changing movement!



Go Berniacs!

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
11. cool! my little, very red village has 32 RSVPs
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:06 PM
Jul 2015

40 chairs and based on response levels say they think they may end with standing room only!

21 meetings in Maine!

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
40. And those are just the official RSVP's ! The one in my neighborhood is already fully booked but
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 12:15 PM
Jul 2015

I'm attending anyway. I have to imagine I'm NOT the only one of the "uncounted" RSVP's. it'll be interesting to see a total count of folks attending that were not able to rsvp.

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
17. If everyone of us can reach just 10 people
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:29 PM
Jul 2015

we're almost at a million shoes on the ground.

If Bernie keeps opening up uncharted Repub states, there's no stopping us.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
18. This is a historical moment. Because RSVPs don't count the people the RSVPer's are bringing with
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:35 PM
Jul 2015

them. There will be far more than 100,000 people at tomorrows organizing event.

Nothing like this has ever happened. And all across the country. Blue, red, and in between.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
31. Bernie's campaign transcends traditional boundaries
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 07:27 AM
Jul 2015

This nation is ready for the change
Bernie will lead us towards!

Lets help build a mass movement
of millions of people for change!

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
22. they provided the link to watch
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:59 PM
Jul 2015

for all the gatherings. so i imagine even if your gathering is a party of one or a few, there seems to be no reason not to be able to watch. live at 7.30 and 10.30 pm est. it will also be available to watch later

looks like SO and i will be having a very tiny party..getting excited!


wish i had picked up some doritoes at the store......


link

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fqA2ACEmUA9T_QPLqG-0LIdOtjfbhCpwuvjwNZZ1Spo/mobilebasic?pli=1#h.jw1wc14yehmn

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
30. NOW THAT sounds like a great time
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 07:24 AM
Jul 2015

It will probably be more exciting
in that brewery than on Superbowl Sunday!

Pacific Coast hops....mmmmmmmm
Have an IPA for me pleeeeeze!

eridani

(51,907 posts)
73. Had a diet coke--had to drive there and back
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 05:35 AM
Jul 2015

The organizers had an overflow, and decided to hold an event at 4pm as well. What happened was that they cycled the video through quite a few times from 4 to 8pm. That meant people coming and going all the time, so there couldn't really be an organized program in addition to the video. Still it was nice to be part of a really big crowd.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
61. A brewery would have been a great spot.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:07 PM
Jul 2015

We've got a few on the east side of the Cascades, but it looks like we've got events in some homes and a different local business.

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
26. This is so very very exciting !!!!
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:45 AM
Jul 2015

I will be watching from Ohio at 7:30 ET.

Do I dare have hope that this country can change direction ???

It is time for the 99% to take control and silence the 1%.

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
27. I'm going with my son and my parents
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:52 AM
Jul 2015

We had to go to register for the 4th closest event, the other 3 had already filled up. Small towns, Sonoma county, northern California. One of the filled up ones had 200 people capacity, filled up way early. We'll be driving about 45 minutes each way. So happy my parents wanted to go, they rarely if ever go to political events but want to go for Bernie.

There is a lot of excitement out there!

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
29. K&R.... Get psyched, people!
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 07:18 AM
Jul 2015

Lets get this mass movement rolling!



So far this is turning out to be an
unprecedented turnout for an
Organizing Meeting!

We are going to have over 100,000 participants!

We will get the attention of over a MILLION people.

You just can't but this kind of exposure or enthusiasm!!!

WE WILL WIN!

 

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(5,402 posts)
36. AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 11:55 AM
Jul 2015

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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
38. Hey, I'm a Bernie fan myself...
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 12:02 PM
Jul 2015

Just not one of those Bernie fans that are pissing off and harassing Black Lives Matters activists.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
43. LULZ you just called 90% of DU the worst persons on the interwebz
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:26 PM
Jul 2015
and didn't get a hide!?!

UN•BE•LIEV•ABLE

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
47. Reality is exactly right! This isn't a phone "poll" of 500 people!
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:44 PM
Jul 2015

This is the REAL WORLD and 100,000 people
have said YES to Bernie's call to mobilize!

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
48. Hopefull more than the 500o that attended Hillarys BIG Campaign kickoff!
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:46 PM
Jul 2015

A megalopolis of 8 million+
and a paltry 5000 show up...
on a weekend!?

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
49. You think this is about a social event?
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:53 PM
Jul 2015

The park was full to capacity.

She's got 60 percent of Democrats in the polls. You get this is about votes, not likes on facebook or non-scientific pols on DU? No, I don't think you do.

You all threw away the votes of most loyal voting block in the Democratic Party. You're going to have to work overtime to get Republican and independent votes to make up for that. Luckily for you, it seems to be working.

Hillary 57% overall support
64% identifying at very liberal
58% identifying as liberal
59% identifying as moderate
37% identifying as somewhat conservative
27% identifying as very conservative

Sanders 22% overall support
26% identifying at very liberal
19% identifying as liberal
16% identifying as moderate
31% identifying as somewhat conservative
42% identifying as very conservative

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_National_72215.pdf

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
50. Percents are meaningless without raw numbers.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:03 PM
Jul 2015

Bernie and the People are showing
what real commitment looks like.

Responding to a poll requires nothing
but a desire to express an opinion.

Getting out to an Organizing Meeting
is a whole nother thing.

I'll take 100,000 activists over
60% "of those polled" ANY DAY, ALL DAY.

We won't need to "weight" the results
to account for demographics either!

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
52. M'Kay My conservative neighbors REALLY like Bernie!
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:20 PM
Jul 2015

These gun toting, 4x4 driving, working folk
know the real deal when the see it.

They aren't even considering the republicans
and Hillary... pfft

SO as for the "conservatives"
outside the beltway, Bernie is a lock

Agony

(2,605 posts)
68. ...
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 04:52 PM
Jul 2015

anecdotal, yes but in my little corner of the world I am talking to people who I know are R's that are expressing surprising (to me) support for what Bernie stands for and the way he is doing politics in an honest and straightforward way that they feel has been missing… imagine that.

Cheers

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
56. A huge chunk of people who self-identify as conservatice actual hold liberal views.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:50 PM
Jul 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/06/why-most-conservatives-are-secretly-liberals/

A recent book by two political scientists shows that liberal may be a dirty word, but liberalism is alive and well — even among people who call themselves “conservative.”

In Ideology in America, Christopher Ellis and James Stimson describe a striking disjuncture. When identifying themselves in a word, Americans choose “conservative” far more than “liberal.” In fact they have done so for 70 years, and increasingly so since the early 1960s.

But when it comes to saying what the government should actually do, the public appears more liberal than conservative. Ellis and Stimson gathered 7,000 survey questions dating back to 1956 that asked some variant of whether the government should do more, less, or the same in lots of different policy areas. On average, liberal responses were more common than conservative responses. This has been true in nearly every year since 1956, even as the relative liberalism of the public has trended up and down. For decades now there has been a consistent discrepancy between what Ellis and Stimson call symbolic ideology (how we label ourselves) and operational ideology (what we really think about the size of government).

Looked at this way, almost 30 percent of Americans are “consistent liberals” — people who call themselves liberals and have liberal politics. Only 15 percent are “consistent conservatives” — people who call themselves conservative and have conservative politics. Nearly 30 percent are people who identify as conservative but actually express liberal views. The United States appears to be a center-right nation in name only.
 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
54. Gosh, we get to meet local people
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:32 PM
Jul 2015

This is probably a lot like it was in 2008. We would feed off each others's enthusiasm. We learned how to do so much. Some of us could only take people to the polls on election days, others helped people get registered.

I feel a movement gaining energy.

Off to get my stuff done, so I can meet some of my neighbors later! hee hee


BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
60. I provided the link to the poll
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:04 PM
Jul 2015

You can read the raw numbers. PPP has been the most reliable pollster in the past.
It also makes sense in terms of the issues Sanders focuses on. The Tea Party began with anger toward Wall Street. It makes sense that some might be drawn to a candidate, particularly one who has avoided membership in the Democratic Party, who speaks to that frustration. Also the fact that Sanders supporters are overwhelmingly white increases the probability of conservative support. Whites tend to be more conservative overall, statistically speaking.

Activists are a self-selected sample, but even so polls of activists show support for Clinton. A recent posting on DU demonstrated that. I'll find the link and edit my post to include it, not for you but for those who don't claim scientific sampling is less valid than their own wishes.

Naturally you don't care about polls. The only view of society that matters is your own. It's all about you. Polls capture the views of a broad range of people, and those people cannot possibly matter in comparison to you and those who live and think exactly like you. That is the nature of entitlement.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
39. Bummer! I couldn't RSVP (officially) becuase my event is already fully booked and it's just 2 blocks
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 12:11 PM
Jul 2015

from my house! I'm going anyway! so add ONE more to that total! Even if I have to hang outside!

SOOO HAPPY to know a local Bernie organizer is just two blocks away in my own neighborhood!




Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
44. UPDATE: 3,520 Organizing Meetings 100,886 RSVPs
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:31 PM
Jul 2015
3,520 Organizing Meetings 100,886 RSVPs

[font size="12" font color="orange"] 100,886 RSVPS [/font]

[font size="12" font color="green"]This is HUGH![/font]

George II

(67,782 posts)
55. Hefner?
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:44 PM
Jul 2015

I wonder if we'll hear about actual bodies showing up - 100,000 RSVPs won't translate into 100,000 people being at the meetings.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
63. +1 True, this isn't some Hillary "intimate gathering"
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:30 PM
Jul 2015

These are excited, and motivated people.

Bernie may be a onec in a lifetime candidate.

It's go time, let's make this happen!

WE WILL WIN!

George II

(67,782 posts)
69. You'd better let Bernie Sanders know. He was just on the Ed Show and HIS numbers......
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 05:23 PM
Jul 2015

....as of 5:12 PM Eastern time are 3,146 "meetings" and 82,853 "RSVPs". Oooops!

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
58. Tonight's the night.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:58 PM
Jul 2015

Here in my area, the "overflow" meeting, scheduled because the first local meeting at a private home filled to capacity instantly, is now at capacity as well.

And another meeting is scheduled to the north to take THOSE overflows.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
65. It is! I would guess even Bernie is in awe of this response.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:34 PM
Jul 2015

He asked for a Mass Movement...

We are going to deliver!

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
66. Shut the front door! I do believe it's a political revolution.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:38 PM
Jul 2015

I am astounded (and happy beyond belief) at the power of social media.

I'm feeling the Bern.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
67. W0ot W0ot!
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:42 PM
Jul 2015

Need a shower, food and hit the road!

Hope EVERYONE that can, gets out tonight.

Those that cannot, enjoy the Live Stream!

Go Bernie!

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
72. We met our RSVP numbers, and better yet...!
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 10:56 PM
Jul 2015

we started a network!.

Lots of skills, talents, and diverse people.

From local political leaders, professionals,
student and retirees, we have an amazing
pool of resources to build a monster!

The opportunities and potential of our group,
and many others, could break the mold
and unleash a whole new breed of citizens.

Bernie wants a revolution...
I just hope he and all of us are ready for
what's about to emerge!

OMG, it's gonna be a beautiful monster!

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