Character

Rally Crowd

enthusiastic responsive supportive energetic unified

Rally crowds fuel Bartlet's campaign stops and military address with chants of "Four more years," applause for energy policy pivots, laughter at anecdotes, and eruptions after benedictions. They amplify his messages on courage, alternatives to big oil, and leadership amid crises, providing audible energy that sustains momentum despite logistical hitches like missing aides. Their unified responses underscore grassroots enthusiasm for the administration.

4 appearances

Also known as: Crowd

Rally Crowd's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

4 moments

S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Bartlet Stakes the Energy Claim — 'Reach for the Stars'

Energized and approving — buoyed by humor and aspirational rhetoric.

Provides vocal energy — chanting 'Four more years', laughing at the anecdote, and applauding the President's call for courage, effectively validating Bartlet's rhetorical turn.

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

C.J. Scrambles — Aides Missing in the Soybeans

Uplifted and roused by the speech; unaware of the operational tension unfolding near the stage.

The crowd chants and cheers, providing the aural backdrop that both conceals and amplifies the backstage exchange; their enthusiasm propels Bartlet's rhetoric and masks the logistical anxiety of staff.

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Commander in Chief: Bartlet's Entrance and Moral Line

Enthusiastic and amused, offering immediate positive feedback to the President's performance.

Responds audibly to Bartlet's arrival and opening lines with wild cheering and laughter, providing the public affirmation that Bartlet cues and profits from to reset the mood after backstage tension.

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Bartlet's Quiet Benediction — Turning Tension into Communion

Exhilarated and relieved — the crowd's mood flips from tense to buoyant as the benediction lands.

The rally crowd listens, then erupts in cheers and whistles at Bartlet's benediction; their audible release converts official tension into popular exhilaration and relief.

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