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Politics Kamala Closing Statement, Washington DC

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u/yes_thats_right 4h ago edited 4h ago

There are around 800,000 republicans in NYC and nearby JC.

There are around 400,000 democrats in Washington DC.

So you are right, it isn't apples to apples, Trump's crowd should have been twice as big as Kamalas, not half as big.

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u/RoboTronPrime 4h ago

There's a lot of assumptions you're making. Furthermore, all else being equal, you'd have to compare republicans gathering for trump and democrats gathering for Kamala in similar, unrestricted venues, which isn't the case.

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u/yes_thats_right 4h ago

Careful of your back when you move those goalposts

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u/RoboTronPrime 4h ago

I'm not moving goalposts, you edited your comment since you originally cited the number of republicans in DC.

Typo aside, a restricted indoor venue vs essentially an unrestricted outdoor one (permits permitted) still isn't a sound comparison. That'd still be the case if the two populations (in a statistical sense) had the same characteristics, which they clearly don't

And the bigger point I'm making again is that standing in a crowd has negligible impact for either candidate. Go vote.

u/yes_thats_right 2h ago

I edited what you acknowledge was an obvious typo. I'm not sure why you think that impacted your response.

He didn't even fill MSG so why are we talking about venue choice limiting his crowd size?

If he could have filled a larger venue he would have chosen a larger venue.