How can we get accurate protestor count? Turnstile? Sign something

[FullCountNotRecount]

at rally? Get a High School Math Teacher to do the estimating and show the media that even a high school student can count people.

Media are such idiots.

[Dookus]

1. There really IS no way to get an accurate count of large crowds

there are different methods people use, but they're all full of guess-work.

It doesn't matter anyway. All that matters is that there was a shit-load of people there.

[cal04]

2. will update if I find more numbers

Thousands of protesters marched past New York's Madison Square Garden where the Republican National Convention starts tomorrow to show their opposition to the Iraq war and President George W. Bush.

An estimated 400,000 people participated, according to United for Peace and Justice, which organized the protest. Police wouldn't give a figure, said Doris Garcia, a police spokeswoman. Mayor Michael Bloomberg called them a ``sizable crowd.''

``Tomorrow the Republican Party will meet just a few short blocks from here, and they will send their message of war and greed and hate,'' said Leslie Cagan, the protest group's national coordinator. ``We want the immediate end of the occupation and we want the troops brought home now.''

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aThv8vqWQeOs&refer=home

Several reports say it appeared the crowd exceeded the 250,000 people expected to participate.

http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_242121133.html

[blondeatlast]

3. C-Span reported they were lined up for 20 blocks.

Looked pretty accurate to me, and any numerical estimate of people would just sound ridiculous, IMHO.

That's an impressive amount of people.

[nomatrix]

4. Take a picture

of how many people fill a city block and count x 20. How would you inventory a fish tank? Take a picture.