Barack Obama and Donald Trump's Georgia Rally Crowd Sizes Compared: Photos
Summary
Donald Trump and Barack Obama held rallies in Georgia days apart to support candidates in competitive midterm races. Photos and local reports showed large crowds at both events, but no verified final attendance figures were available to establish which rally drew more people.Key Facts
- Trump held his rally at Guardian Centers in Perry on Saturday to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and Senate candidate Mike Collins.
- Obama joined Senator Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms at a rally in Morrow on Wednesday.
- Obama criticized Trump over rising costs, the war in Iran, and White House renovations.
- Trump said Obama’s Michigan rally had a small crowd and defended his White House decor.
- The Arena at Southlake, where Obama’s rally took place, has seating for 8,000 people; that figure does not show how many attended.
- The Mercer Cluster reported that seats at Trump’s rally were full more than an hour before he spoke, with a couple hundred people standing behind them.
- Venue officials had not released verified attendance estimates for either rally.
- The article reported that RealClearPolitics’ polling average showed Ossoff leading Collins by 8.2 percentage points.
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