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Was The Glenn Beck Rally More Successful Than Jon Stewart’s Rally To Restore Sanity?
Was The Glenn Beck Rally a Bigger Success Than Rally To Restore Sanity?
The Glenn Beck Rally that took place back in August was an effort by Glenn Beck to “Restore Honor” to America and focus on getting back to traditional values. And even though he denies it, Jon Stewart’s “Rally To Restore Sanity” was most likely put together as a response to Glenn Beck’s Rally.
Now that the Rally To Restore Sanity is over, people will surely be asking whether the Glenn Beck Rally was a larger success.
Though it is hard to get an official head count of how many people attended each rally, it is estimated that somewhere between 300,000 and 600,000 flocked to the Glenn Beck Rally, while 150,000 to 250,000 made the trek to DC to see Jon Stewart’s Rally To Restore Sanity.
Does this mean that more people were interested in hearing Glenn Beck’s message than Jon Stewart’s? Which rally do you think will prove to be a bigger success?
Or do you even care?
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dwight creecy commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:26 pmI watched the whole thing, Jon Stewart’s rally. It was great. Beck’s a repulsive cry baby who needs to man up.
dwight creecy commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:27 pmJon Stewart used humor and music very effectively and both are much smarter and better informed than the unhinged Beck. They have more impact, especially on the young, the ones that matter.
Rebecca Buckner commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:28 pmOf course Glenn’s rally was more successful. First Ed Schultz and now Jon Stewart really thought they could draw a larger crowd thatn Beck but obviously can’t. Beck is Better.
Sam commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:36 pm300,000 to 600,000?!! Afterwards, the highest estimate I heard for the Beck rally was around 87,000, some of who were just regular tourists…
Jason commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:39 pmThose numbers don’t sound right.
300k-600k at beck rally? commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:46 pmThere were more peope on the mall today at stewarts event than there were at beck’s.
Jason commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:50 pmto this image from Stewart:
http://www.nytimes.com/ (the 5th image)It is all about density
Jason commented on Oct 30 10 at 4:51 pmand even Beck didn’t estimate more than 300,000 people at his rally.
Other sources put it closer to 87,000.
David Brown commented on Oct 30 10 at 5:07 pm300,000-600,000, CBS hired a firm that does crowd estimates with intense aerial photography. They have done it for years and the mall is the place where there is the most experience in crowd estimating.
That firm said 87,000. Now I would like to estimate my $87 as $300. It would make me feel better, but wouldn’t be something I could spend.
There are some man examples of the insanity of Beck and Wasilla the Hun. The Honor rally had a lot to inspire a satirist to have a Sanity rally. Their crowd estimate is one of those.
Tom commented on Oct 30 10 at 5:46 pmBS! I was there both days. Today, more like 200-400K. Beck’s was less that 100K people!!!!
Anna commented on Oct 30 10 at 6:49 pmActually, it was Glenn Beck who said around 500,000 people attended his rally. A wild exaggeration if you compare it with the post-event estimate by CBS (examining pictures), which puts it between 78,000 and 96,000.
Right now, people who were at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear place it between 150,000 and 250,000. Someone said “easily a multiple of the turnout at the Beck rally.” I think it might still be optimistic, but we’ll have to wait a couple of days, maybe, for a better idea.
TruthHurts commented on Oct 31 10 at 5:14 pmIf you do it by the numbers. Beck. Even more so considering all the organizations that bused people in for Stewart’s Rally.(Supported and sponsored by tons of liberal groups..even the Presidents own organizing for America group+huffington post etc. etc.) The message was also more serious, deep and important in Becks rally. They went to celebrate God, country and freedom. I can’t really say the same for Stewart/Colbert thing. More of a party to have fun.
Joe commented on Oct 31 10 at 9:38 pmWho cares who’s rally was larger? What matters is who knows how to use it! Right ladies?
Fact check commented on Nov 01 10 at 1:31 pmMetro rail ridership data show 315,000 more trips taken on the Stewart/Colbert rally day than the Beck rally day.
According to Metro, there were 825,437 on Stewart/Colbert day and 510,020 on Beck day. Average Saturday ridership is about 350,000 (both events were on a Saturday).
If you exclude the average daily riders, and assume two trips per person (one there, one back), that yields 80,010 for Beck and 237,718 for Stewart/Colbert.
This method corresponds to APL’s analysis of 87,000 for Beck and 215,000 for Stewart/Colbert. But don’t let facts get in the way of ignorance.
Kind regards
http://www.wmata.com/rail/disruption_reports/viewPage_update.cfm?ReportID=1919
http://wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4717
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/metro-says-stewart-beat-beck-at-the-faregates-20101031
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