Sunday, September 13, 2009

A Political Rally vs. A National Event

The Obama Inauguration was not a political rally. It is a national event.

The Obama Inauguration drew an estimated 1.8 million people.

The
Lyndon Johnson Inauguration, by comparison, drew 1.2 million people.

By comparison, the Johnson Inauguration was bigger in relation to the relative sizes of the American population at the times of the inauguration.

But, I don't think that counts, because, as I said, Inaugurations are National Events, not Political Rallies.


The largest ever Political Rally, previous to yesterday, was the Earth Day political rally was, essentially, a free rock concert featuring the B-52's, who were at the time riding a wave of popularity with their huge hit Love Shack:

http://www.riverwired.com/blog/earth-day-blast-past

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/23/us/earth-day-1990-music-and-oh-yes-earth-day-in-park.html

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