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pnwmom

(108,991 posts)
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 03:31 PM Jan 2017

Crowd Scientists Say Womens March in Washington Had 3 Times More People Than Trumps Inauguration

Source: NY Times

The women’s march in Washington was roughly three times the size of the audience at President Trump’s inauguration, crowd counting experts said Saturday.

Marcel Altenburg and Keith Still, crowd scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University in Britain, analyzed photographs and video taken of the National Mall and vicinity and estimated that there were about 160,000 people in those areas in the hour leading up to Mr. Trump’s speech Friday.

They estimated that at least 470,000 people were at the women’s march in Washington in the areas on and near the mall at about 2 p.m. Saturday.

The two images below show the crowds when they were at their peak density at the two events.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/22/us/politics/womens-march-trump-crowd-estimates.html

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Crowd Scientists Say Womens March in Washington Had 3 Times More People Than Trumps Inauguration (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2017 OP
But MFM008 Jan 2017 #1
Republicans don't believe in science C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #2
But, but, but....tRump "saw" a million to a million and a half people. Grammy23 Jan 2017 #3
I was in that photo, and I can confirm I saw this. ehrnst Jan 2017 #4
Terrific! And then there were all the other cities Hortensis Jan 2017 #5
It's obvious the Trumpsters know the Womens march drew much more Norbert Jan 2017 #6

Grammy23

(5,812 posts)
3. But, but, but....tRump "saw" a million to a million and a half people.
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 04:25 PM
Jan 2017

Sure he did. And I think I am the Queen of England. See how close that gets me to Buckingham Palace.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. Terrific! And then there were all the other cities
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 07:30 PM
Jan 2017

around the planet... Bet plotters in The Rough Beast didn't like to see that.

Norbert

(6,041 posts)
6. It's obvious the Trumpsters know the Womens march drew much more
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:19 AM
Jan 2017

They are turning their attention to denigrating them; calling it a march full of fat women, feminist leaving the streets a mess and Kelly Ann 'CON' way spending so much time on the Sunday shows on Madonna.

That's okay, Trumpsters. Keep poking that stick in the hornet's nest and you will get stung in 2 & 4 years.

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