Hillary Clinton is coming to The Paramount in Seattle
Oct 3, 2016, 9:11 AM | Updated: 1:18 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles as she takes to the stage during a campaign event at the Boeing Machinists' union hall. Clinton will be back in Seattle on Oct. 14 at The Paramount Theatre. (AP)
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will be in Seattle for an afternoon later this month.
According to a tweet from the Seattle Theatre Group, Clinton will be in the city Oct. 14 for “An Afternoon with Hillary Clinton” at The Paramount Theatre.
NEW: An Afternoon with @HillaryClinton at #theparamount on Friday, October 14th! Details: https://t.co/PYuRBGndcu pic.twitter.com/1Q2P3EfVdL
— STG Presents (@stgpresents) October 3, 2016
Tickets aren’t cheap. Balcony seating costs $250. “Co-Chair” seating, which will get you a photo with Clinton, costs $25,000.
And those cheap(er) balcony seats may go a heck of a lot quicker than any of the others. Why? As Seattle Times columnist Gene Balk reports, just 231 of the 24,700 Seattle resident who gave $200 or more to Bernie Sanders have given to Clinton.
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The data, as Balk writes, proves Seattle is a “Bernie or bust” city.
According to data from Crowdpac, those 231 people have given $175,303.
How a Clinton visit will play out in Seattle is anyone’s guess. The last time a presidential nominee visited the area it wasn’t the most friendly meeting between people with opposing views.
Trump took the stage in the Xfinity Arena in Everett in August. As supporters waited in line to get into the free event, opposition to the Republican nominee heckled them from the sidelines. However, even Trump pointed out that those protesting his visit were “quiet.”
“I will say one thing. When Bernie Sanders had his protestors out, they had a lot more energy,” he said at the time. “They felt it in the heart.”
Trump raised at least $1 million while he was in Washington. His visit cost the City of Everett $79,000 to cover costs of extra police and fire crews, as well as overtime.
It will be the first visit to Washington state for Clinton since she visited back in March.
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