Sanders to rally supporters in Charleston

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will address a rally of thousands of supporters in Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday night.

The rally at the Charleston Convention Center will begin at 7pm on Saturday night, with doors opening an hour prior to kick-off.

Originally scheduled to be held at Burke High School, the campaign was forced to shift the rally to the larger Convention Center after higher than expected turnout projections.

The campaign is expecting a large turnout to the Charleston rally.

On Saturday morning, prior to the Charleston rally, Sanders will be holding a town meeting in Sumter, a city of roughly 40,000.

Attendees to both events are strongly encouraged to RSVP on the campaign’s website. Admission is free and it is advisable to get there early to avoid disappointment. We know how quickly these rallies fill up!

Bernie Sanders has surpassed Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the Facebook race, with both candidates on more than 1.2 million page likes.

Early Saturday morning, Bernie Sanders for the first time overtook Hillary Clinton on the key metric of Facebook likes. Sanders currently has 1.203 million page likes, while Clinton has 1.201 million.

In the past week alone, Senator Sanders’ Facebook page has attracted a staggering 86,650 new likes, while Clinton saw 39,685 new supporters join her page.

On the key Facebook measure of how many people are talking about each candidate, Sanders also came out ahead, with 382,248 talking about the independent Senator from Vermont. Just 180,112 were talking about Secretary Hillary Clinton.

All figures correct as of Saturday, 22nd of August 2015 at 2AM EDT.