Yesterday, Barack Obama was able to attract approximately 75,000 spectators to his event in Portland, Oregon. That is 75,000 people in one day to one single event. It takes the Seattle Mariners about three times that long to accumulate as many fans. Now, I realize that Safeco Field only seats just over 47,000, but with an average attendance this year of approximately 27,000 that leaves around 20,000 empty seats available per game.
In contrast, the capacity of Obama's event yesterday was 60,000. Which means that there was 15,000 in overflow! I'd love to see a Mariner's game with 47,116 inside Safeco Field and another 10,000 crowding the streets outside. But unfortunately the Mariner's chances of making the playoffs (a sure way to attract a crowd) look tragically more like Clinton's chances of earning the Democratic nomination.
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