SAN DIEGO (CN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and a host of musical acts and celebrities brought the party to Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday night ahead of Tuesday's divisive California primary.
Sanders' concert and Get Out the Vote campaign was his third stop in San Diego over the past few months as he wraps up his stump in California. Thousands showed up to the rally, but the crowd was significantly smaller than the strong turnout Sanders had at his first San Diego stump at the Convention Center in March. 
A line a mile long wrapped around the San Diego Chargers' Mission Valley stadium as petition gatherers and people handing out voter guides took advantage of a line full of progressive voters. San Diego Democratic hopefuls also hoping to get elected Tuesday shook hands and handed out pamphlets to voters.
Tuesday will see the largest number of registered California voters ever heading into a primary election, according to the Los Angeles Times.
While Clinton is poised to secure the 2,383 pledged delegates needed to secure the party's nomination, Sanders and friends seemed to shift focus toward the "movement" of his supporters and the need to maintain that momentum and "energy" no matter what happens Tuesday.
Anja and Mike Dixson brought their 10-year-old son Philip to their third Sanders rally in San Diego to "show him he does have some say in the political process."
A permanent legal resident from Germany, Anja said even though she cannot vote in the election Tuesday, Sanders is the first politician she has ever supported and volunteered for.
Anja said comparisons between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Hitler "are totally the same message" and she doesn't want to see what happened to her German grandfather — who was drafted in World War II at age 16 and sent to Russia — happen in America.
"I know a lot of people are frustrated, but I believe you have to stand up if someone is that wrong about something," Anja said.
Mike is originally from England but has lived in the United States for 30 years and is a U.S. citizen. He said Sanders is the only candidate who can relate to the struggles of everyday life. 
"He's the first to start questioning money in politics and is continuing Obama's progress on universal healthcare, but he is also somebody we can relate to. He understands the struggles of ordinary life like paying your mortgage every month," Mike said.
Despite Mike's commitment to "seeing Bernie through to the end," he said he is not "Bernie or Bust" and will vote for Hillary Clinton if she gets the Democratic Party's nomination.
Further up the line, Hector Cruz from Florida said he's already voted for Sanders and he likes Sanders' "whole agenda" from his emphasis on equal rights to his stance on getting Wall Street and corporations out of politics.
"I've met a couple lobbyists when I worked in Washington, D.C., who flat out admitted to me they penned a couple of laws. That's bullshit," Cruz said.
Michael Mowgli & The Altruists kicked things off with "Bernie music," singing lyrics like "let's feel the Bern," "let's make it Bern," "we all deserve some medicine," "we can be the difference/we can end the suffering," and "the revolution will happen in your heart."
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