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

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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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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 months ago

I went to a Bernie rally in Feb 2020. It was kind of electric. He was saying common-sense things about stuff that people really want changed about society and people were fired up by the huge crowd of agreement reinforcing how badly they were needed. I really thought he had a great chance before the dems kneecapped his campaign.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Bernie was the first politician that ever made me think "I want to hear more about what THIS guy is saying!" I rarely voted before I had heard of him, but learning more about Bernie slowly got me involved!

I can see Tim Walz being that guy for some people. After Kamala's done her 8 years, Trump will have long slithered back into the shadows, and the GOP is deciding whether or not they should stick with the loud and crazy strategy, if Walz were to run, I think his common sense regular guy style could win over a lot of the rural Republicans. They aren't all MAGA fiends, they just don't pay much attention, and their friends like Trump. But if he can reasonably explain to them in their own language that nobody's taking their guns, we just didn't want people geared up like they're in Call of Duty, we might be able to get them to stop considering us as villains.

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