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By Drew Anthony Smith Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Far away from the quiet county of Rappahannock in the city of Bristow (that’s Prince William County), some 10,000 to 12,000 people gathered to hear Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the first Democratic candidate in 44 years that has a realistic chance of turning Virginia blue. While the turnout on June 5 was larger than the entire county of Rappahannock, the attendance was initially expected to be about double at the Nissan Pavilion.
The reason being that this stop marked the first event of Obama’s general election campaign after the defeat of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. With Obama holding strong onto the Democratic nomination, once Hillary supporters and nonbelievers are now looking to see what the fuss is all about.
“If people are on the fence, you need to go see him. He works the crowd so well and connects with the youth,” said Rappahannock’s Noel Johns about her experience at the rally.
“He gets us excited about politics,” she said.
Johns made the trek up to
80.8%