Do you/have you attended a political rally?

As a child I did quite often. My dad was the mayor in our town and my mom was very political. They took me to all those things even though I found it incredibly boring. What pre teen wouldn't?

Only time was when my band played or President Reagan who was doing a rally for Bush. It was at a now closed Air Force Base. Was really cool!

ETA: Nov 1, 1988. But it was at the Orange Show. He landed at Norton but was taken to the Orange Show. That is where we played.

Kamala is speaking on the Mall tonight, and i would LOVE to go see her but honestly, crowds like that make me very anxious. I just can't deal.

I was going to say I have never gone to a political rally but I saw Beto twice. Duh. 

No, I have not. I was emailed an offer for Trump tickets to a rally. I did not request them as I am not a masoquist.

I couldn't make her rally here in Houston regardless, but if I had been available, both the crowd and the necessity of standing on a blacktop to wait for several hours in the 90 degree heat would have made me think twice.

Jesse Jackson 1988. He came to my high school.

I would LOVE to go to a Harris/Walz rally. VP Harris was in my area yesterday. I work next to the Nat Guard base where she flew into and the route was lined with cops, but she didnt land until after I was home

No.  I almost went to one for Bill Clinton.  I was in college and worked in the library.  The library director was on some committee for it and said he might be able to get me to meet the President but I ended up being sick with a stomach bug that day.

Ever since I have no real desire. Lines, crowds, late evenings.  No thank you.  I could have gone to Ann Arbor last night but yeah, no.  I cheer at home. 

I went to the Women’s March in NYC with a group from my town in 2017.

I went to a Bernie rally in 2016. My DH and I went to college and worked with someone in his family and she was able to get us in. It was a very cool energy and my daughter was 8 and it was really the first time she had any idea about the whole President thing. I remember when I was a kid and Bush Sr was vice-president and came to our state, my dad drove us to see him but I don't think it was a rally. I don't know how safe I would feel about going to one at this point. It is probably no riskier than anything else but it feels trickier now.

Not a rally but when I was 10 or 11, Nixon's motorcade drove through the town next to ours.
There were tons of people lining the streets.
I went with my brother who was 16 or 17 and we made our way pretty close to the front.
Then he put me on his shoulder so that I could see really well.
Of course the people behind us weren't pleased...

No, I really don't see the point in rallies. I've listened to a few of the speeches on YouTube like Michelle Obama's but I have no interest in going in person. I'm much more interested in hearing a candidate in an interview or debate than a canned rally speech. Rah, rah cheerleading is not going to persuade me.

So I started as a campaign volunteer in high school and did some work for the rally Dukakis held in my hometown! I did volunteer press and advance work through grad school, so, eg, did work for (and attended rallies for) Al Gore and Hillary Clinton (stumping for Bill in a safe state).

One of the funniest events I did, though, was one I was just invited to — a Democratic primary candidate event in SC. I got to chat with John Kerry and John Edwards .

I went to a local school board candidate event (we had 9 people running for 3 spots) because I needed to write a check and the person co-signing it was going to be there (I was a PTA treasurer.) All the candidates (well the 8 who showed up) gave short introductions and speeches. I don't know if that counts... there were maybe 100 people there.

I also went to a book signing of a news person on Fox News who has since drank the Trump Kool-Aid... back in 2002 it wasn't a big deal, now I would rather dunk myself in nuclear waste.