Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd of supporters outside of Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington. It was one of three campaign stops the Vermont Senator had in Washington Sunday.
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People waited in the rain for hours ahead of Bernie Sanders' campaign event in Vancouver, Washington.
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People waited in line for hours ahead of Bernie Sanders' campaign event in Vancouver, Washington.
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A supporter holds up a Bernie Sanders for president sign during a rally in Vancouver, Washington, Sunday, March 20, 2016.
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With a 5,000 person limit on the gym at Hudson's Bay High School, thousands of people were stuck out in the rain. Bernie Sanders stopped off to address them before heading inside to speak to the larger crowd.
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Bernie Sanders supporters came out in support of the presidential hopeful, despite the rain. Thousands of people lined up for hours ahead of his campaign stop in Vancouver, Washington, Sunday for a chance to hear the Vermont Senator speak.
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A young Bernie Sanders fan sports gray hair and thick glasses in an impersonation of the Vermont senator at a rally in Vancouver Sunday, March 20, 2016.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington, Sunday, March 20, 2016. Sanders touched on each of his hallmark campaign points: campaign finance reform, wall street taxes and making public colleges and universities free.
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A Bernie Sanders supporter wears a "Bern Baby Bern" T-shirt.
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Speaking on education in America, Bernie Sanders told the crowd of more than 5,000 people packed into the gym at Hudson's Bay High School that he will make public college and universities free if he is elected president.
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Bernie Sanders received a chorus of cheers as he spoke about reforming taxes on Wall Street. The Vermont senator also criticized competitor Hillary Clinton's campaign for accepting money from people on Wall Street.
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A young Bernie Sanders supporter holds a sign during a rally for the presidential hopeful at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington, Sunday, March 20, 2016. More than 5,000 people crammed into the high school's gym to hear Sanders speak.
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A crowded gym listens attentively to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' speech during a campaign rally in Vancouver, Washington, Sunday, March, 20, 2016.
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More than 230,000 Democrats turned out around Washington state Saturday to caucus for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama drew 246,000 Washington Democrats, about 14,000 more than Saturday’s contest.
Still, precincts from Seattle to Vancouver reported huge turnout at the caucus.
Jamal Raad, a spokesman for the Washington state Democratic Party, said visits from the candidates last week increased interest in the caucus.
"Washington doesn't usually get this much attention," he said. "Folks were happy that we were in a place in the calendar where a lot of attention was paid to Washington state."
Sanders and several members of the Clinton family spoke in Washington in the days leading up to the caucus.
Still, some in the party want to abandon the caucus in favor of a primary, because they say it could draw more voters. Primary backers also say it'd decrease costs.