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Grammy23

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11. Have there been any official estimates of crowd size?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 09:46 AM

Dec 2017

The Park Service (I believe) estimated the Inauguration size. And of course, there were photos comparing the Obama and tRump inaugurations that had time stamps on them for comparison. The photo shown of last night’s tree lighting was taken from a different angle than the 2016 lighting, so it is difficult to compare using the two photos. For a real comparison, we need similar angles, like the Inauguration photos.

I have NO DOUBTS that the crowd size was smaller, but make the assertion based on similar photo angles. Or official estimates.

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Photo of Obama's and Trump's Christmas tree lighting. One crowd is yuge. One crowd is not yuge. [View all] Miles Archer Dec 2017 OP

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Have there been any official estimates of crowd size? Grammy23 Dec 2017 #11

I think the NPS stopped giving estimates of crowd size for events on the National Mall. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 #12

Clearly, tRump doesnt pay attention to estimated crowd size, official or not. Grammy23 Dec 2017 #13

What a Delicious Friday Already! SDJay Dec 2017 #14

Here is another comparison Gothmog Dec 2017 #15

people just hate him bdamomma Dec 2017 #16