34,000 people at a political rally might sound impressive—until you dig into who actually showed up. New data shows the Sanders event in Denver wasn’t what it seemed.
Key Facts:
- On Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed 34,000 people attended his rally in Denver’s Civic Center.
- Drone footage appeared to support the large crowd claim, but GPS data revealed only 20,189 unique devices were present.
- 84% of those devices had previously attended multiple left-wing protests and rallies, including BLM, pro-Hamas, and Kamala Harris campaign events.
- Analysts say most attendees were likely connected to activist networks funded through groups like ActBlue and USAID.
- The event followed a CNN poll showing the Democratic Party at its lowest-ever favorability rating.
The Rest of The Story:
Sen. Bernie Sanders took to social media to boast about a massive turnout at his Denver rally, calling it the city’s largest since 2008.
He framed the crowd as a grassroots pushback against “Trumpism” and “oligarchy.”
But data analysis tells a very different story.
According to data analyst Tony Seruga, advanced tracking of smartphone signals shows only 20,189 unique devices were at the event—far below Sanders’ claim of 34,000.
Even more telling, 84% of those devices had histories of appearing at other left-wing demonstrations, indicating this wasn’t an organic public turnout.
Many of these attendees had ties to activist groups such as the Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible, and the Democratic Socialists of America.
These groups, heavily funded by organizations like ActBlue and sometimes linked to government-backed NGOs like USAID, are known for staging large protest-style gatherings to create the appearance of popular support.
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Despite claims of 34,000 attendees, GPS data analysis reveals the real number was closer to 20,000—still big,… https://t.co/Mw3WLhxfWk pic.twitter.com/V4dXwqumNT
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 23, 2025
Commentary:
It’s a bit shocking—but hardly surprising—that over 80% of a supposedly “grassroots” rally was filled with seasoned protest attendees.
This is the playbook: inflate numbers, bus in activists, and manufacture momentum.
It’s not new.
It’s just getting harder to hide.
The Democratic machine has long relied on optics over authenticity.
Whether it’s Kamala Harris’ campaign rallies or BLM protests, the same network of activists keeps popping up.
Their presence isn’t about public consensus; it’s about controlling headlines and shaping narrative.
This is what happens when a political party runs out of ideas that resonate with working Americans.
Instead of winning hearts and minds through policy, they hire out the appearance of popularity.
It’s astroturfing at its most obvious.
The fact that 84% of the crowd had histories of showing up to similar events tells us everything.
These aren’t undecided voters inspired by Sanders’ message—they’re paid or organized operatives doing the same dance at different venues.
And the timing couldn’t be more convenient.
With the Democrats sinking in the polls, a last-minute surge of artificial energy may help them shift headlines ahead of even bigger narrative battles—like their brewing campaign against Elon Musk.
If this is how they plan to build momentum for 2024, the American people should be skeptical.
Manufactured consent isn’t real support.
And pretending it is won’t help them at the ballot box.
The Bottom Line:
The Sanders rally in Denver wasn’t the grassroots explosion it was sold as.
Behind the scenes, it was just another coordinated stunt using the same groups and tactics the Democratic Party has leaned on for years.
As public trust in their agenda erodes, Democrats seem more interested in staging reality than facing it.
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Sanders attempted to explain that the large turnout reflected what voters are saying: “No to authoritarianism. No to oligarchy. No to Trumpism.”
However, leftist corporate media failed to fact-check the socialist for misinformation or disinformation. Others did—using a sophisticated algorithm to analyze data from all smartphone devices at the event—and found the numbers were severely overinflated.
Many of the attendees were probably bussed in and had a history of participating in Antifa/BLM, pro-Hamas, and pro-Palestinian protests. The Democratic Party is known for bussing activists through NGO networks to events to fill seats—a tactic repeatedly used throughout Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign trail to create fake hype.
Data analyst Tony Seruga exposed just how staged the latest Democratic Party rally was, revealing their ongoing attempts to manipulate public perception with inorganic crowds made up mainly of DEI activists rather than genuine grassroots supporters:
GPS—Here we go again, there were 20,189 devices. Still a large crowd but not even close to the 30,000 quoted in Denver newspapers nor the 34,000 quoted by Bernie Sanders and AOC.
84% of the devices present had attended 9 or more Kamala Harris rallies, antifa/blm, pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests, 31% had attended over 20.
For more insight into what data we also look at in addition to GPS location data would be demographic and psychographic data using over 6,000 different databases, i.e., like the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Pew Research Center, market research firms like YouGov, Experian, specialized tools like ESRI’s Tapestry Segmentation, consumer surveys, social media platforms like 𝕏, Facebook, Linkedin.
Demographic data includes basic characteristics like age, gender, income, education level, occupation, marital status, family size, ethnicity, and where people live (e.g., city, state).
Psychographic data dives deeper into people’s lifestyles, values, attitudes, interests, personality traits, social class, activities, and how they make purchasing decisions. For example, it might show if someone values sustainability, enjoys outdoor activities, participates in community activism.
While demographic data is straightforward, psychographic data can reveal sensitive personal details, like beliefs even life goals.
Additionally, by cross pollinating each device with other devices regularly within close proximity to the target device we are able to build a detailed profile for each target.
90% of those in the above 84% were likely working with one of these five groups and is the reason for their presence.
Once again, this is based a very sophisticated algorithm that looks at the behavioral metrics for each device, including the physical 1:1 proximity to leaders and paymasters from these groups in the past.
Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project, Troublemakers and the Democratic Socialists of America.
Each receives money from ActBlue and at least three, via USAID.
The timing of the inorganic event—clearly an attempt to sway public opinion—comes just days after the Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans hit a record low, according to a new CNN poll.
This is also a ploy by the imploding party to create momentum in public polling data that’s favorable for Democrats ahead of the color revolution against Elon Musk that could begin very shortly. It’s the same Dem playbook used with BLM riots in the 2020s, yet this time around, the NGOs won’t have USAID funding to unleash domestic color war operations.
The inorganic production in Denver only suggests that if the game is all about optics, it might be time to counter with rallies in support of ‘America First.’