President Trump’s Wednesday night rally in Phoenix, Arizona, was attended by a chunk of Democrats and people who did not vote in the 2016 presidential election, according to campaign figures.
“Wow, Arizona! Big Phoenix rally. 67,516 Tickets, 29,990 Voters Identified (87% from AZ), 26% Didn’t Vote in 2016, 18% Democrats, Thank You Arizona. Winning Data!” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted Thursday.
Wow, Arizona! Big Phoenix rally.
✅ 67,516 Tickets
✅ 29,990 Voters Identified (87% from AZ)
✅ 26% Didn’t Vote in 2016
✅ 18% Democrats
Thank You Arizona. Winning Data!
— Brad Parscale – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@parscale) February 20, 2020
Thousands of enthusiastic Trump supporters lined up hours before the Arizona event, which took place at the same time that the 2020 Democratic candidates were taking the stage for a primary debate in Nevada.
The latest rally numbers are indicative of an overall trend at Trump events, where a sizable chunk of the audience consists of registered Democrats, independents, or 2016 nonvoters.
Almost half of the attendees at a recent Trump rally in Ohio were Democrats or independents, and the majority of attendees at a Wisconsin rally were not Republicans. Seventeen percent of the attendees at Trump’s latest rally in New Hampshire weren’t engaged in the political process enough to vote in 2016, while about 10% at his New Jersey rally felt the same way.
“I see the socialists are taking over this country. I am scared,” Phoenix rally attendee Lisa Kamplin-Gran told Cronkite News before the event.
“When they control you, they take your freedom,” she said. She added she was a Democrat before her fellow “Democrats sold us out.”
