Jul
02
How a Rally on Reddit Helped Generate Huge Turnout for Sanders in Wisconsin
Posted in: UncategorizedOn Wednesday, Kenneth Pennington wasn’t sitting in front of his computer as he normally would on a weekday afternoon. Instead, the digital director for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign was in Madison, Wisconsin, where later that night thousands of supporters were expected to show up at a rally for the underdog candidate.
By the afternoon, more than 9,000 people had RSVP’d to attend the event.
“I’m usually the guy behind the computer,” Mr. Pennington said over the phone, noting he hoped sound system testing wouldn’t disrupt the call.
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