Even with former president Bill Clinton’s arrival to address the Elon community postponed until 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, the crowd only continues to grow.

As of 3:30 the gates which the Clinton campaign said can hold 1,000 people was close to capacity, with more bodies spilling over into the surrounding grassy area.

Haggard Avenue in front of Alamance has been shut down for a period of time, while school buses and camera crews line the street.

Elon College Democrats President Emily Ballen spoke to the crowd, thanking them for their appearance and urging them to go out to the polls this fall—regardless of who they may choose to vote for.

“Let us view President Clinton’s visit as a reminder that very soon we will leave Elon and take all of our experiences with us into the real world,” Ballen said. “Now, more that ever, it is essential that we stayed informed.”

Since it is many students’ first time being able to cast a vote for the presidential election, she said it was important to participate.

“We are all part of a strong and educated community here at Elon,” she said. “The College Dems would like you to listen to President Clinton with a vision of the future. We are all active, caring citizens; let today serve as a reminder that we are the future leaders of America. We all have a chance to help our country.”

Alamance County Mayor Jerry Tolley asked for a show of hands for how many people attended the Clinton’s address at Elon College in 1992, then asked for students to raise their hands followed by Alamance Country members.

Hillary’s Field Director for North Carolina Mike Trujillo said the campaigns he directed in California, Texas and Pennsylvania were all thought to be failures, but his camp prevailed each time.

He said after Hillary’s victory was declared last night aroun 9 p.m.—where she won Pennsylvania to Barack Obama (D-I.L.) by 10 percent—the campaign has raised over $10 million. This broke every single fundraising record within 24 hours.

After proclaiming, “Pennsylvania told the world that Pennsylvania will always continue to be Clinton country,” he was greeted by a weak response by the crowd.

He also asked the crowd to text 442008 (44 for what presidential number Hillary would be and 2008 for the year she would win) and promised one random number that texted in would be selected. As Trujillo stood on the platform, he dialed the number and waited for someone to answer—the recipient, Nick, didn’t answer his phone. He could have won the opportunity to shake hands, hung or ask questions to Bill Clinton.

After about 20 minutes, Trujillo’s enthusiasm was one of the strongest still prevalent. After conducting the crowd to “Can you give me a H-I-L-L-A-R-Y! Who is your next president?” he received a mixed response of muffled Hillary’s with a dash of Obama screams.

Tossing T-shirts into the crowd, he’s continuing to rally the troops for Clinton’s arrival, which is still up in the air. He said in about four minutes the best democratic president in history will be out to speak. That was about 25 minutes ago.

:”When I say madame, you say president! You have to admit that feels really good, doesn’t it?” Trujillo said. Again, it seemed as though the Obama screams prevailed.