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17th April 2009, 09:49 AM
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1 million attend tea parties in 50 states In estimated 1 million Americans participated in at least 1,000 tea parties, according to reports by organizers tabulating the nationwide numbers, with documented protests held in 50 states.
According to 4 independent estimates the real number was between about 250k and 500k Tea Party Turnout Nationwide | America's North Shore Journal |
17th April 2009, 10:23 AM
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Reps: 56,658,641,732,305,168 (power: 56,658,641,732,324) | | | A FOX news reporter did the same thing.
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17th April 2009, 10:37 AM
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Reps: 56,658,641,732,305,168 (power: 56,658,641,732,324) | | Originally Posted by Orville  It balances out the gross underestimates by other sources. There were claims of 2 or 3 thousand at the Alamo, but it was actually 20,000 according to the San Antonio PD.
Where did you hear that?
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17th April 2009, 10:43 AM
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17th April 2009, 10:50 AM
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Reps: 14,011,441,656,947,656 (power: 14,011,441,656,966) | | Originally Posted by Orville It balances out the gross underestimates by other sources. There were claims of 2 or 3 thousand at the Alamo, but it was actually 20,000 according to the San Antonio PD.
Incorrect Landlocked tea party | Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas | Local News San Antonio police estimated that 4,000 to 5,000 people packed a plaza for a tea party outside the Alamo, one of the state’s iconic symbols of independence |
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Reps: 9,775,672,734,033,784 (power: 9,775,672,734,041) | | Originally Posted by kermit
That seems low, according to Fox, Sacramento got both "around 5,000" and “easily double or triple that”, San Antonia is more than twice the size of Sac and far more Conservative so I would expect it to be far larger. Live mic catches Fox host tripling his own crowd size estimate - Daily Kos TV (beta) |
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Reps: 1,535,466,883,506 (power: 0) | | | Fox didn't "do the same thing." Every time I saw them talk about it, they used the number 300,000. |
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Reps: 56,658,641,732,305,168 (power: 56,658,641,732,324) | | Originally Posted by MichaelFJF Fox didn't "do the same thing." Every time I saw them talk about it, they used the number 300,000.
And of course you watched every broadcast from every city.
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17th April 2009, 11:19 AM
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Reps: 14,011,441,656,947,656 (power: 14,011,441,656,966) | | Originally Posted by lemmings
You are assuming that Fox's estimate of Sacramento's turnout is accurate. | | |
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