Personally, I have never attended political rally but I have always voted my preferred candidate.

The front runners for the presidency come 2023 are engaging in political rallies across the country and their supporters and opponents are always quick to brag about crowds in their rally.

No rally can pull upto 400, 000 people, considering the capacity of the venues. Contrastly, candidates have won states with over a million votes. Some people are also paid to be at the rally.

Consequently, I ask " does crowd at rally translate to votes? ".

Additionally, don't we think that grassroots sensitization and mobilisation is more productive than rallies?

Many rural dwellers don't have the time and resources to make it to venues of campaign rallies .

It matters, it's also part of the game both psychological and capacity to mobilize.

Polchiz:
Personally, I have never attended political rally but I have always voted my preferred candidate.

The front runners for the presidency come 2023 are engaging in political rallies across the country and their supporters and opponents are always quick to brag about crowds in their rally.

No rally can pull upto 400, 000 people, considering the capacity of the venues. Contrastly, candidates have won states with over a million votes. Some people are also paid to be at the rally.

Consequently, I ask " does crowd at rally translate to votes? ".

Additionally, don't we think that grassroots sensitization and mobilisation is more productive than rallies?

Many rural dwellers don't have the time and resources to make it to venues of campaign rallies .

No. It's just for show. What matters is if the cabal is picking your call. If they are call blocking you, if you like go and fill the maracana with a flood of people, you will still LOSE.

But crowd helps the psychology of the electorate.

Yes
If you are APC or PDP

Yes, it really matters. Rigging can't happen without it. If 1000 people rally for a candidate and only 10 later vote for the candidate, the candidate can claim he got 500 votes. But if only 10 rally for the candidate and he or she later claims to get 500 votes, you will ask who and who later voted for the candidate. This is why they pay so much money to get a large number of people at rallies.

Polchiz:
Personally, I have never attended political rally but I have always voted my preferred candidate.

The front runners for the presidency come 2023 are engaging in political rallies across the country and their supporters and opponents are always quick to brag about crowds in their rally.

No rally can pull upto 400, 000 people, considering the capacity of the venues. Contrastly, candidates have won states with over a million votes. Some people are also paid to be at the rally.

Consequently, I ask " does crowd at rally translate to votes? ".

Additionally, don't we think that grassroots sensitization and mobilisation is more productive than rallies?

Many rural dwellers don't have the time and resources to make it to venues of campaign rallies .

In a way yes especially if you didn't pay for such rallies it gives a few of how you are liked in that region really

If I am to run for president of Nigeria ...I won't do rallies the way we know it ...instead I would tour every state for a few days ...hold small rallies in like 5 to 10 location , mostly hold town hall meetings with stake holders ... students, market women , business community, religious leaders , different groups ...I would then try to tour all the radio and TV stations in the state ...to sell my ideas

9ja na chop, scream and vote ur choice 4 election

immortalcrown:
Yes, it really matters. Rigging can't happen without it. If 1000 people rally for a candidate and only 10 later vote for the candidate, the candidate can claim he got 500 votes. But if 10 rally for the candidate and later claims to get more than 10 votes, you will ask who and who later voted for the candidate. This is why they pay so much money to get a large number of people at rallies.

Honestly this makes absolute no sense that can't stand in any court of law at all

mrvitalis:

Honestly this makes absolute no sense that can't stand in any court of law at all

It doesn't have to make sense to you before it can work for them. They know what you don't know. They know how to utilize what you neglect. And that's why they always prevail against you.

Different rallies, same crowd. Many people go to those rallies for what would be shared there.

mrvitalis:

In a way yes especially if you didn't pay for such rallies it gives a few of how you are liked in that region really

If I am to run for president of Nigeria ...I won't do rallies the way we know it ...instead I would tour every state for a few days ...hold small rallies in like 5 to 10 location , mostly hold town hall meetings with stake holders ... students, market women , business community, religious leaders , different groups ...I would then try to tour all the radio and TV stations in the state ...to sell my ideas

Superb idea.

Polchiz:
Personally, I have never attended political rally but I have always voted my preferred candidate.

The front runners for the presidency come 2023 are engaging in political rallies across the country and their supporters and opponents are always quick to brag about crowds in their rally.

No rally can pull upto 400, 000 people, considering the capacity of the venues. Contrastly, candidates have won states with over a million votes. Some people are also paid to be at the rally.

Consequently, I ask " does crowd at rally translate to votes? ".

Additionally, don't we think that grassroots sensitization and mobilisation is more productive than rallies?

Many rural dwellers don't have the time and resources to make it to venues of campaign rallies .

Ask Rolly in Kenya, he will educate you more.
With Obi's crowd APC has lost hope. They now want INEC to jettison BVAS

immortalcrown:
It doesn't have to make sense to you before it can work for them. They know what you don't know. They know how to utilize what you neglect. And that's why they always prevail against you.

Politicians only pay for crowed so then they rig it won't be suppressing and to convince themselves the people are behind them

Most of them have mental illness

I don't think so. The same people that gather at Mr A rally are the same people that will still at Mr B rally, and at end of day they vote their choice. mostly now that everybody have Wise up. Collect the money and vote your choice. to me the noise momentum gathering noise about any party is just noise.

It doesn't matter at the polling box what matters most is INEC officials stay away from rigging for the party.

The only crowds that matters are those who were not billed to the stadium or meetings.

It depends on the candidate.

Tinubu's rallies mean nothing. It's just an avenue to make soft money from our looted common wealth.

Let Tinubu give me dollars like the primaries delegates he paid, Trust me I will attend all his rallies all over the country but will still vote the right candidate- Peter Obi.

If the crowd is organic its matters but if its a paid, rented crowd its doesn't have effect.
1st pix is a paid & rented crowd mostly found in PDAPC Rallies.
2nd pix is of course organic crowd of ObiDatti

Crowd matters, however rented crowd does not matter, if not, Tinubu and Oyetola would have won Osun state because they always pulled more crowd than PDP during the campaign .

BVAS has made renting crowd ineffective for rigging - That's why I'm laughing at those renting crowd for campaign

Yes

Emir01:
It matters, it's also part of the game both psychological and capacity to mobilize.

Yap you understand the game...

Nope

Using set theory will explain it means nothing much


Some people are just there to view and will attend any rally from any political party.

Some will attend and will not stil vote

Some will vote and will not attend

See silly question: The naive Obidients are flabbergasted about the turn out of people at Imo today.

immortalcrown:
Yes, it really matters. Rigging can't happen without it. If 1000 people rally for a candidate and only 10 later vote for the candidate, the candidate can claim he got 500 votes. But if only 10 rally for the candidate and he or she later claims to get 500 votes, you will ask who and who later voted for the candidate. This is why they pay so much money to get a large number of people at rallies.

And I hope you have been taking note of the figures of attendees

Dumb as*

Not in a poverty infested hunger ridden society like Nigeria where the next meal is the priority. Not a future that isn’t guaranteed because of hunger.

ADBA3005:
See silly question: The naive Obidients are flabbergasted about the turn out of people at Imo today.

Imo state? And you called obidients naive?

immortalcrown:
Yes, it really matters. Rigging can't happen without it. If 1000 people rally for a candidate and only 10 later vote for the candidate, the candidate can claim he got 500 votes. But if only 10 rally for the candidate and he or she later claims to get 500 votes, you will ask who and who later voted for the candidate. This is why they pay so much money to get a large number of people at rallies.

Lol. This is this wackiest reason for a rally. Politics is waaaay deeper than this. Political rallies is to gain ground and spread. With rallies, those in the inner cities can know who the main competitors are. For those in urban areas, rallies is more of a psychological warfare. As innnn, it is for make-believe so people can think a particular candidate is more popular than others. Numbers matter in rallies that's why big parties rent crowd to prove a point

lol 2023 las las everybody go dey alright....

No

It doesn't matter!

I remembered when I was in Akure Ondo state some years back, during election season, they will come to give us 2k,cap and polo to joined the campaign, we don't have anybody political party then but to follow anyone that gave us money...

Same people U see in PDP rally, U see them in APC rally, provided money is involved..

All is money induced