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Actual head counts differ greatly from the claims of the parties. Conservatives claimed 15 000 at Edmonton but it was actually 1558. Liberals claimed 2 000 in Richmond but it was actually 800.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

counts RSVPs

Ah so 10 000 of the 'attendees' are Canada Strong/Pathways Alliance Facebook bots.

[–] UnderFreyja@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I never understood who has time to actually go to rallies

[–] missingstring@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 day ago

I am actively political and have been my entire life. I go to protests, I’ve campaigned for candidates, I’ve been a member of political parties, voted in leadership contests and do so at every level of government.

I’ve never once attended a political rally. They just strike me as creepy and weird.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

They don't seem as appealing when you aren't in a cult.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Nit: the NDP and Bloc are major parties, they're just not the two dominating this one race

It is critical we don't forget the other choices we have and fall into a two party system.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Using rally sizes to determine levels of actual support, makes no sense. So what if "thousands" of people showed up. What if that's everyone. Then you're just bragging about how 0.001% of the total population is on your side.

And even if only 10% of your total supporters showed up. That's still a tiny number of actual people.