New Poll – Predict the Number of Attendees at the Inauguration
District of Columbia city officials, Metro officials, and the national news media are all changing their estimates as to the number of people who are expected to attend President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20th, in Washington, DC.
I’ve seem estimates ranging from about a million to over 5 million.
So what do you think? Take the latest poll and tell us…
How many people will attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in Washington, DC on January 20, 2009?
- Less than 500,000
- 500,000 to 1 million
- 1 to 2 million
- 2 to 3 million
- 3 to 4 million
- 4 to 5 million
- over 5 million
For some historical references:
- In 1965, the inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, drew the largest inaugural crowd, estimated at 1.2 million.
- In 2005, for the inauguration of President George W. Bush’s second term, crowds were estimated at 400,000, a hundred thousand more than his first inauguration in 2001.
- Approximately 250,000 gathered at the U.S. Capitol for Bill Clinton’s second term inauguration, a significantly smaller number than his first term about 800,000 people attended in 1993.
- George H. Bush Sr.’s inauguration in 1989 drew about 300,000.
- John Kennedy’s inauguration, a day snow fell in DC, drew an estimated 1 million in 1961.
- A small crowd attended the second Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1865 (see photo above).
Image – Lincoln
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2 Comments
I think that all of the discussion of the number of people who will be here and the traffic situation (closing all the VA bridges) will scare away many who might of thought about coming here. Plus, it’ll be cold! Chicago had the same issues on election night and they were estimating that a million people would attend and only about 100 – 150K showed up. I predict that 500,000 people or less will attend the inauguration.
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