With an estimated 4,000 people waiting in line for hours, and students peeking their heads out the windows of Alumni Hall, The New Hampshire Democratic Rally with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, took over Saint Anselm College’s Alumni Quad Monday.

According to Julie McClain, Hillary for New Hampshire communications director, “The event was moved from the Carr Center to the Alumni Quad due to a high level of interest in attending the event. We wanted to be able to accommodate as many people as possible.”

Saint Anselm College students were the first to speak at the event. Donald Stokes ‘17 kicked off the rally by leading the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Nyatan Bol ’17, Saint Anselm student and field organizer for the Clinton Campaign, addressed the crowd next. She spoke of her parents’ struggle to flee Sudan as refugees, stressing the importance of Hillary’s open immigration plan. Bol also lauded Clinton’s debt-free college education and general economic plans.

In addition, Bol encouraged students to meet their democratic duty through voting and volunteering. She offered the Clinton Campaign office at 739 Elm St., Manchester, as a resource and reminded students they can register in New Hampshire on Election Day, Nov 8 at the polls. Legally, however, students can vote in only one state.

Raymond Buckley, chair of the New Hampshire Democratic State Committee, came onto the stage at 11:40 a.m., and said, “More than a thousand people are still waiting in line to see Secretary Clinton.”

Saint Anselm students and members of the Manchester, NH community who attended the rally had diverse reasons for supporting Clinton’s campaign.

Julius Lakatos, a refugee from communist Romania and current resident of Manchester, NH said he supports the Democratic Party because it represents freedom, stressing that he “knows what dictatorship looks like” because he has seen it in communist Romania. He also stated that Donald Trump has “dictator-like qualitites.”

Lakatos also stated that he volunteers for the large refugee community in Manchester. He told The Crier that he supports the Democratic Party because they “help refugees”.

As a member of Ironworker Local Union #7 of Boston, MA, for more than 20 years Lakatos said he learned that Democrats “support unions” which ensure “better pay, better benefits, better future” for workers.

Saint Anselm College junior and vice president of the Junior Class Sheila Ramirez of Lawrence, MA, posted photos of herself at the rally on Oct. 24 with the tag “#latinascontratrump” which translates to “Latina’s against Trump”

When asked by The Crier why she used this phrase, Ramirez stated, “I resonate with this [phrase] since Trump has spewed a rhetoric of hate specifically towards the Hispanic/Latino community and his supporters have specifically said to me that they wish ‘all latinos were deported.’ Yesterday at the Hillary event I felt so welcomed and many people asked me about my background and where my family was from. My culture is something to be proud of, not shamed, it’s unfortunate that the Republican nominee seems to think different. I really enjoyed the event yesterday and cannot wait to cast my ballot.”

However, in addition to Democrats, there were also Republicans in the crowd supporting Clinton’s campaign.

Saint Anselm College junior and Student Government Vice President Brandon Pratt posted a picture of himself at the rally on Oct. 24 with the caption containing the phrase “Country over party.”

Pratt told The Crier, “I’m proud to join fellow Republicans from across the country as we stand up to the candidacy of Donald Trump. His lewd and disparaging comments have shown time and time again that he is unfit to serve as President of the United States. This November I’ll be put-ting my country first and am proud to stand against Donald Trump.”

But the backlash against Clinton at the rally was also notable.

Barstool Sports posted a video clip on Oct. 26 in which someone yells, “Should have changed your password Hillary” while Clinton waves to the videographer in Alumni Hall. The video has been widely circulated with 18,000 views on Facebook.

The crowd cheered loudly from the quad and the windows of Alumni Hall as Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state, former U.S. senator from New York and former First Lady; Sen. Warren; and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, running for the U.S. Senate, walked onto the stage to the song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”

The three women joined New Hampshire Democratic nominees Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern, who is running for governor of New Hampshire. They also joined Congresswoman Annie Kuster and former Congresswoman, Carol Shea-Porter, who are both running for Congress in 2016.

All of the Democratic nominees present repeated the importance of voting for Democrats “down the ballot” this Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. Buckley in particular stressed the importance of having a Democrat controlled Senate to prevent Republicans from blocking Clinton’s Supreme Court nominations if she is elected.

Trump claimed Clinton is a “nasty woman” in the final presidential debate. Warren received cheers from the crowd when she claimed “women have had it with guys like you [Trump]” “nasty women are tough, nasty women are smart, and nasty women vote.”

Hillary Clinton then took the podium to thundering applause. She gestured to the Saint Anselm College students saying they attend “a great school.”

Clinton reaffirmed her advocacy for climate change, empowering women, and affordable college. In reference to getting the job done Clinton said, “Maybe it is a bit of a woman’s thing be-cause we make lists.” “We try to write down what we’re supposed to do and cross them off.”

Clinton elaborated on her job initiative, “I don’t want us competing for low wage jobs, I want us competing for high wage jobs.” “I want to compete with Germany and countries like that [in] precision machining, 3D printing.”

Clinton also addressed Trump’s refusal to commit to supporting the results of the presidential election, calling his refusal a “direct threat to democracy.”

As of 3:40 p.m., over an hour after the rally ended, visitors were still waiting near Saint Benedict Court for shuttles to take them back to satellite parking lots.

In regards to both Senator Warren and Secretary Clinton’s calls for people to vote, New Hampshire actually affords out-of-state college students the opportunity to cast a ballot.

State law “provides college students with a special privilege when determining where they register to vote.  A college student in New Hampshire may choose as his/her voting domicile, either the domicile he/she held before entering college or the domicile he/she has established while attending college.”

If students register Saint Anselm College as their voting domicile, then their polling place would be Bartlett Elementary School on Mast Road. In New Hampshire, people can register to vote on Election Day, Nov. 8.

This article has been updated.