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Has anyone ever been to a political candidate rally? What was it like? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Rhynoplaz to c/asklemmy

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I've been invited to attend a Tim Walz rally tonight, and I have no idea what to expect. Share your stories and get me pumped up to see our next VP!

Update: Everybody was right, lots of standing and clapping, but what I really didn't expect was the sense of family I felt with all these strangers around me. We'd bump into each other, and laugh it off, one guy was telling me about how his son was thinking about going to the college that I work at (I was still wearing my shirt from work), and we all just knew that we were working together to make great things happen. I'll probably skip the next one, but it was a great experience. I'm glad I went, and would recommend going to one if you have a chance, and a candidate you believe in.

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[–] Orbituary 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I went to a Sanders rally in 2016 here in Seattle. I went on to be a county Delegate for the caucus - our last caucus, thankfully. The energy was huge, the people were absolutely stoked, and the arena was 100% packed with lines wrapping around outside.

[–] lennybird 12 points 3 months ago

Same. Sanders rally was my first experience and it was wonderful. Diverse, smart, compassionate, joyful people. Had a lot of fun talking to other people!

I tried to go to Harris/Walz rally but it was over capacity!

[–] lettruthout 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

'Had a similar experience with a 2020 Bernie rally in Los Angeles. Big arena, lots of energy, long lines. It was loud but a good experience. I'd recommend it at least once for a candidate that you feel strongly for.

PS: I went on to canvas for Bernie. He won the primary in California!

[–] Orbituary 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He won quite a number of primaries in 2016. We were robbed of a better past future.

[–] lettruthout 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Democratic party really showed us how they think about positive change when they blocked Bernie. We're seeing the same dysfunction with how Harris has softened her position on a number of issues. That party machine mainly thinks of itself.

[–] lennybird 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We saw how much they clamped down on party dissent against Biden ahead of the 2024 primaries while also trying to undermine the calls for Biden to step down.

Unfortunately we won't see a completely new phase of the Democratic party until the DWSs and Third Way Clinton crowd are gone from the party.

[–] Orbituary 8 points 3 months ago

Special interest money (Looking at you, AIPAC) needs to be removed from ALL political influence, too.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 3 months ago

Hey, me too! I just commented about it. We got there two hours early. After about an hour I went up to the balcony to vape, and the line outside was at least a mile long. The rally itself was pretty much the same thing we already heard on TV, but it was fun to show our support.

We also became delegates for him, and moved on to the following caucus. After that fiasco we passed the torch to someone else to carry, because the caucus was a complete train wreck. There were 600 people packed into a tiny middle school gymnasium, and we had to debate for 6 fucking hours over whether we could start debating yet, since some Hillary delegates didn't show. The other Hillary delegates refused to accept the delegate count, hoping they'd get some more support from the missing delegates, and us Sanders delegates kept arguing that we had waited long enough and should start the debates. All-in-all it was a miserable experience, but I'm glad that we were able to experience it before they changed how votes are handled here in Washington State.