Hillary Clinton heads into Election Day with significant momentum, bolstered by a heavily covered rally in Philadelphia that managed to surpass by a significant margin the attendance record set by Donald Trump.
Massive crowd tonight for Clinton-Obama-BonJovi-Springsteen rally in Philly pic.twitter.com/7EM3mkWTZ7
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) November 8, 2016
Clinton folks say 20,000 people, plus thousands more trying to get in https://t.co/7Nvf6LiLnM
— Carol Lee (@carolelee) November 8, 2016
Clinton now surpasses Trump for largest campaign rally. Trump's biggest was 28k in Mobile, AL. HRC had 33k tonight. (h/t @SeniABC)
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) November 8, 2016
Crowd count in Philly: 33,000, making it Clinton's largest of the campaign by almost a factor of 2.
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 8, 2016
Wow, 33,000? That number rings a bell for some reason, but in all of the excitement tonight, it’s like our memories have been wiped clean.
Still, there’s no denying Clinton’s immense popularity after Monday night’s rally. Even having to sit through free concerts by Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen and speeches by President and Michelle Obama wasn’t enough to dissuade people from sticking around to hear the headliner.
@Politics1com @SeniABC Who was playing?
— Mercy Me (@replisavilla) November 8, 2016
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it's a massive crowd, but not for Clinton.
— PrettyMobby (@AmberL_Evans) November 8, 2016
You mean for the Bon Jovi-Springsteen-Obama rally.
— Deb Ramey (@ramey_deb) November 8, 2016
Hillary could be a no show and the crowd would be the same size.
— CORDENTHUSIAST (@cordenthusiast) November 8, 2016
FREE CONCERT who wouldn't go?!?!
— ☘️IrishClover573☘️ (@Irishclover573) November 8, 2016
@FedUp137 she'd never draw that crowd by herself
— MarieTweets (@mkues65) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/DharmaBum77/status/795818449712902144
@maggieNYT don't kid yourself. 75% of that crowd is there for the free concert
— Chris Kelley (@KelleyNorth) November 8, 2016
Yeah, bribing people to show up for a rally in a state that you had sewn up.. Once the music stops, they all go home!
— ( @RealCSchneid13 ) (@cschneid13) November 8, 2016
Well, it’s true that Springsteen alone managed to draw more than double those numbers in September when his tour came through town, and those tickets were far from free, but if he’s willing to slum it for a bit, that’s his choice.
Says something about America that Clinton's largest crowd of the year was almost surely not Springsteen's largest crowd. https://t.co/XxRpqvOAAC
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/795828999511482368
Philly might have had the Obamas, the Clintons, Springsteen and Bon Jovi, but there was one missing face that could have blown those attendance numbers through that glass ceiling we’re never going to stop hearing about.
We don't have Springsteen or Bon Jovi in SANDSTON, Va. But we do have a marching band to eventually welcome @timkaine off a plane. pic.twitter.com/I2Brp3Kb9N
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) November 8, 2016
Dramatic entrance pic.twitter.com/BkRW03YPYA
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) November 8, 2016