Trump campaign: New Jersey rally attendance 26.3% Democrats and 10.4% people who didn't vote in 2016 by Andrew Mark Miller | January 29, 2020 01:57 PM
Attendance at Trump’s rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Tuesday consisted of over 25% Democrats and over 10% people who did not vote in 2016.
Trump campaign manager Brade Parscale tweeted that there were "158,632 Requested Tickets (92,841 distinct signups)" and "73,482 Voters Identified," calling the statistics "mind boggling."
Mind boggling. 🤯 — Brad Parscale - Text TRUMP to 88022 (@parscale) January 29, 2020
The Trump campaign’s numbers, which are gathered at every event, are the continuation of a broader trend.
Almost half of the attendees at Trump’s recent rally in Ohio identified themselves as Democrats or independents, and almost 60% identified the same way at a rally in Wisconsin.
Hundreds of people were already lined up on Monday night for the Tuesday rally that was requested by Republican congressman Jeff Van Drew, who recently defected from the Democratic Party.
"I said, 'This would help me so much if you came and had a rally here,'" Van Drew told Fox News. "And without even batting an eye, he said he would come. He's a man of his word."
“Americans love him. You can feel it out there,” he added.
New Jersey, a state won by a Democrat in every presidential election since 1988, was carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016 by a margin of 55% to 41%.