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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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[–] 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.