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StevieM

(10,500 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:33 PM Jan 2017

Womens March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March

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Millions of Americans have taken to the streets from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between as the Women’s Marches on Washington is estimated to be the biggest one-day protest in US history.

UConn professor Jeremy Pressman is keeping a running total of crowd estimates across the United States in a Google document.

An estimated 60,000 people marched in Atlanta. 250,000 are marching in Chicago. There are estimates of 250,000 people in Boston, and 200,000 more in Denver. In New York, the estimate ranges from 200,000-500,000. City officials estimate that 500,000 people participated in the main march in Washington, DC. In Los Angeles, the estimate is anywhere from 200,000-750,000.

There were also protests of 60,000 in Oakland, CA, 50,000 in Philadelphia, 100,000 in Madison, WI, 20,000 in Pittsburgh, 20,000 in Nashville, TN, and 60,000 in St. Paul, MN.

In the history of the United States, there has never been a one-day protest that was this large.

Read More: http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-biggest-protest-history-estimated-2-4-million-march.html

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Womens March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March (Original Post) StevieM Jan 2017 OP

my daughter was in chicago orleans Jan 2017 #1

The numbers for LA made me proud to an Angeleno. Charles Bukowski Jan 2017 #2

I hadn't heard that about LA. I actually expected a big crowd for LA but I was a bit floored StevieM Jan 2017 #5

there is something special about turnout being similar to how much more ClinTon won by JI7 Jan 2017 #3

I was thinking that too. (eom) StevieM Jan 2017 #4

I asked a DC Metro cop at about 3pm if they had any estimate and he said it was over a million. JudyM Jan 2017 #6

orleans

(34,073 posts)

1. my daughter was in chicago

Reply to StevieM (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:42 PM

Jan 2017

and it pissed off a lot of people when they announced "the march is cancelled" because of the high turnout

she said people just started turning around and leaving

wondered why the hell someone didn't just get more streets closed to get people moving

the sound system sucked and no one around them could hear a thing -- she was guessing they were in the center of things so no one behind them was hearing much either.

they say this was only the beginning, implying there will be more marches/protests but i suspect a lot of the people that were in chgo today won't go back considering once they arrived there was no where to go, and they couldn't hear the speakers.

i told her on the upside she was part of history-- so.... at least that?

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)

2. The numbers for LA made me proud to an Angeleno.

Reply to StevieM (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 12:03 AM

Jan 2017

You expect big numbers from NYC, DC, Chicago, but not necessarily Los Angeles.

One of the CNN hacks even said that it was a surprise because "LA was known for its apathy". We showed him.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)

5. I hadn't heard that about LA. I actually expected a big crowd for LA but I was a bit floored

Reply to Charles Bukowski (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 02:10 PM

Jan 2017

by how high the numbers went.

In the Northeast a lot of cities had smaller attendance then they otherwise might have because people went down to Washington for the March on the Mall.