To try to head off certain ppl that like to be snarky: Not Hillary Bashing: Stating rally numbers which are facts, not opinions.
From the Washington Post
Two rallies, two days apart, held at the same location.
You may not know this, but what you’re part of tonight is the largest turnout for any presidential candidate in New Hampshire,” Sanders said at the outset of his rally, referring to the 2016 cycle.
Most of the audience members in the university’s fieldhouse were college students, a group Sanders said had a reputation for being apathetic. “It sounds to me like you are ready to transform America,” he said to loud applause.
While Clinton's event was open to the public, aides said that it was not meant to draw a rally-sized crowd and that Clinton was focused on holding a thoughtful discussion. Sanders’s event, which his campaign said drew more than 3,000 people, was held at a time more convenient for students.
Part of Sanders’s strategy here and in Iowa is to attract far more young voters than typically show up at Democratic primaries and caucuses.
Polls pretty much consistently show that Sanders has a serious lock on younger voters. This generation is much more engaged I think than previous ones because of all the problems we are facing, not just as a nation, but as a world. They are also much more progressive and tolerant of all people because of social media. Hell, I chat with people that live in other countries all the time, so do they. This makes them much more likely to want to vote Democrat than Republican. Bernie is tapping into that and I think we may all be surprised by the turnout, like we were in 2008 when Obama got elected. I suspect it may be even higher as many of those who were too young to vote in 08 are ready to go now.
I see quite a few of "This is my first year to vote and I am going to vote for Bernie." Comments on a daily bases in my jaunts around social media.
For a man that has not run a single ad, he's building quite a movement.
Just wanted to share.