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Best photos I could find to show how many were at Obama's inauguration vs Trump's (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jan 2017 OP
Is that all that went to Trump's? Auntie Bush Jan 2017 #1
From Politifact citood Jan 2017 #2
What's that one at the bottom? A skating rink? Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #3
Look here: W_HAMILTON Jan 2017 #4
Hey, not fair! you gotta give them 26 more minutes! Ilsa Jan 2017 #7
Hehe :) W_HAMILTON Jan 2017 #8
lol.... my first responses on Political Jack "why not show them at the same time" as if 300,000 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #11
OMGAWD a kennedy Jan 2017 #5
Smarty smarty gave a party.... LeftishBrit Jan 2017 #6
It underestimates 2009 n2doc Jan 2017 #9
Wow - that's a worse turnout for him than I thought it would be. Vinca Jan 2017 #10
Paltry few curiosity seekers wander in to see what's happening. Trump bombs, as expected. Pathetic! NBachers Jan 2017 #12
Either that's a low turnout Jamaal510 Jan 2017 #13

citood

(550 posts)
2. From Politifact
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:21 PM
Jan 2017

Barack Obama, 2013: 1 million

Barack Obama, 2009: 1.8 million (generally considered a record for people on the National Mall)

George W. Bush, 2005: 400,000

George W. Bush, 2001: 300,000

Bill Clinton, 1997: 250,000

Bill Clinton, 1993: 800,000

George H.W. Bush, 1989: 300,000

Ronald Reagan, 1985: 140,000 tickets sold, but record cold moved the swearing-in ceremony indoors

Ronald Reagan, 1981: 10,000, according to the New York Times. This was the first year the ceremony was performed on the west side of the Capitol.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
7. Hey, not fair! you gotta give them 26 more minutes!
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:29 PM
Jan 2017

That fake news! Totally unfair! Hamilton does bad news! The worst! Trust me! Sad!

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
11. lol.... my first responses on Political Jack "why not show them at the same time" as if 300,000
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 08:05 PM
Jan 2017

... Benedict Donald supporters would fill in the spaces in 20 mins !!

Good prediction

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
9. It underestimates 2009
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:45 PM
Jan 2017

The crowd went way beyond the Washington Monument, back into the WWII monument and even further. There were monitors set up back there so people could see.
What you don't see in the trump pic is that they had huge tents just below the image between the washington monument and the capitol, presumably empty. Obama did not.

Vinca

(50,248 posts)
10. Wow - that's a worse turnout for him than I thought it would be.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:59 PM
Jan 2017

What's he going to tweet about from the john at 3 a.m.?

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
13. Either that's a low turnout
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 08:40 PM
Jan 2017

or millions of Trump supporters came there and disguised themselves as trees!

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