It seems the teabaggers are still trying to push the whole "Two million people attended our rally in DC!" thing.
Well, here's an interesting measure of attendance: rideship numbers on the DC Metro. In a nutshell, ridership for Saturday September 12,2009 was 437,624, while ridership for Saturday September 13, 2008 was 362,773. You can view the DC Metro report here.
The numbers show an increase in ridership (for the second Saturday in September) of 74,851 people. Most reliable crowd estimates for the DC Teabag Party say anywhere from 60,000-70,000 attendees, which is correlates quite nicely to the measured increase in Metro ridership.
Meanwhile, ridership on Jan. 20, 2009 (Obama's inauguration day, attended by at least 2 million people), was 1,120,000. If there had been anywhere near the numbers the teebaggers are saying, it would be reflected in the Metro ridership numbers.
Case closed. Next topic?
Well, here's an interesting measure of attendance: rideship numbers on the DC Metro. In a nutshell, ridership for Saturday September 12,2009 was 437,624, while ridership for Saturday September 13, 2008 was 362,773. You can view the DC Metro report here.
The numbers show an increase in ridership (for the second Saturday in September) of 74,851 people. Most reliable crowd estimates for the DC Teabag Party say anywhere from 60,000-70,000 attendees, which is correlates quite nicely to the measured increase in Metro ridership.
Meanwhile, ridership on Jan. 20, 2009 (Obama's inauguration day, attended by at least 2 million people), was 1,120,000. If there had been anywhere near the numbers the teebaggers are saying, it would be reflected in the Metro ridership numbers.
Case closed. Next topic?
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