JEITO:
I have seen how supporters of certain candidates in elections over the years, have bragged about the crowd at their rallies as compared to those of the others. Some have also assumed possible votes by permutations drawn from such estimated values.

Here are 4 things you should know about crowds at political rallies:

(1) A lot of them are either paid or enticed: whether you are GMB or GEJ, majority of the crowd at rallies are either hired or enticed to attend. They(the candidate) may not be directly involved in the hiring, but the organisers of the rallies are responsible for that. Most times, the candidate only knows about the venue of the event, security arrangement and one or two other things. The rest are strictly under the control of the organising committee.

(2) The crowd that attend your rally, are the same that attend mine: more often than not, majority of crowd at a rally, are the same set that are available for the next rally. The major differences between the size of my rally and yours, are the stake holders(party members), how much you have to splash on renting, personal preference(this one doesn't even bring much people) and the persuasive ability of your staunch supporters to convince their people to attend.
or where else do you want to get available hands from? Timbuktu or java island?

(3) You don't rate your popularity/acceptability by the crowd at your rally: given reason one and two, and coupled with the fact that people that attend such rallies do that for certain reasons which may also include: to past time, to see the candidate, to pick pocket, to cause confusion, some don't even have any reason sef. You can't conclusively say that because you had say 100,000 people in attendance at your rally, then you are more popular than MJ and hence should win.

(4) Crowd at rallies don't translate to votes on election day: you might be making a mistake, to think that because you had x number of people at your rallies/campaigns, then on election day, your votes shouldn't be less than the estimated value of x. People have gone to court to challenge election results on this ground.
We are Nigerians, and we know that not all registered voters turn out for elections. Not all those that even scream your name and campaign for you will end up voting for you.
Infact, I know of a candidate that scored 'one vote' in an election and I wondered if his family members didn't vote for him.

So for those of you banking on the crowd at the rallies of your preferred candidate, its time to rethink.

gtrust:
You may be right!!!

soe:
I feel your pain @ OP

TANoids doing everything possible to console themselves.

The reality is now staring you hard in the face.

Wasn't it you guys that started the 2 million signatories sh*t.

You must swallow this pill now and stop trying to tell us crowd doesn't matter...hahahah...

Now who is laughing? Shior!!!

soe:
I feel your pain @ OP

TANoids doing everything possible to console themselves.

The reality is now staring you hard in the face.

Wasn't it you guys that started the 2 million signatories sh*t.

You must swallow this pill now and stop trying to tell us crowd doesn't matter...hahahah...

Now who is laughing? Shior!!!

dridowu:
Like a popular saying "Experience is the best teacher" so i guess the op is talking from experience

otil1:

Not that he may be right, he is.

Op pls add 5th: they don't give hoot, just bring the money


It's all a problem of unemployment. Labour is so cheap in Nigeria that those who have discovered it are making millions everyday

otil1:

Not that he may be right, he is.

Op pls add 5th: they don't give hoot, just bring the money


It's all a problem of unemployment. Labour is so cheap in Nigeria that those who have discovered it are making millions everyday

Johnpaul2k2:
That's why PDP are the master in REAL GAME

ikweremilitant:
good write up. I personaly recomend this post for amechi and rochas.

soe:
I feel your pain @ OP

TANoids doing everything possible to console themselves.

The reality is now staring you hard in the face.

Wasn't it you guys that started the 2 million signatories sh*t.

You must swallow this pill now and stop trying to tell us crowd doesn't matter...hahahah...

Now who is laughing? Shior!!!

9jawear:


masters in creating a new econo.y viz rent a crowd inc..

we dont care about nigerians ... we have created so much poverty in the land it is only logical you pay those hungry ..people who lives pdp has destroyed..
shame on you ..

ikweremilitant:
good write up. I personaly recomend this post for amechi and rochas.

ikweremilitant:
good write up. I personaly recomend this post for amechi and rochas.

emmyrichie:


It is a pity that your brain is now over saturated with sentiment.

Not everybody is like you (political paid erat(s)).

Such a huge shame.

donmalcolm21:
Most of those people in the crowd don't have voters card or card even understand what the campaigner is saying.

oluseyiforjesus:
Y shld I stand in d Sun n watch Criminals Lie to me under d pavilion, I rather sit in my Aircondition room n watch their Lies tru AIT or Channels