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Nationwide estimates of Tax Day Tea Party protest crowds Wow!  We're gathering crowd estimates for the April 15 Tax Day Tea Party protests nationwide as fast as we can.  Thank you for your patience and assistance as we work to document this historic event. Scroll down to our latest tally of the total attendance at the Tax Day Tea Parties.  After review of reports from only 408 Tea Parties out of 813 we have identified so far, the estimated national turnout already adds up to roughly 500,000 - 650,000+.  These estimates already include many of the largest Tea Party protests,...

While half the nation has a favorable opinion of last Wednesday’s events, the nation’s Political Class has a much dimmer view—just 13% of the political elite offered even a somewhat favorable assessment while 81% said the opposite. Among the Political Class, not a single survey respondent said they had a Very Favorable opinion of the events while 60% shared a Very Unfavorable assessment. One-in-four adults (25%) say they personally know someone who attended a tea party protest. That figure includes just one percent (1%) of those in the Political Class.

Henchster, copy of my spread-sheet data contents follows. There is just a few places you didn't have the last time I looked. We differ about 10k-worth - not much. AL Athens 200 Auburn 600 Birmingham 7,000 Covington 500 Cullman 1,000 Dothan 300 Enterprise 400 Fairhope 500 Florence 700 Fort Payne 250 Gadsden 35 Harrison 300 Hoover 7,000 Hueytown 300 Huntsville 3,000 Mandeville 200 Mobile 3,000 Montgomery 3,500 Selma 40 Trussville 1,500 Tuscaloosa 500 Wetumpka 400 AK Anchorage 1,200 Fairbanks 600 Homer 100 Ketchikan 120 Wasilla 800 AZ Cottonwood 300 Flagstaff 300 Gilbert 2,000 Green Valley 450 Lake Havasu 2,500 Phoenix...

Congratulations FReepers and Patriots! According to Henchster's ongoing tallies, we've surpassed 750,000 participants in our nationwide Tax Day TEA Party/Tax Revolt! Woo hoo!! All 50 states fully engaged! Over 600 cities represented and reports still coming in! Huge turnout, huge SUCCESS!! Elected officials take note: DO NOT TREAD ON ME!! Tyranny, usurpation, corruption, overreaching, big spending, high taxing will no longer be tolerated! We the people are FED-UP and we're not going to take it anymore! Ignore us at your own peril! All Congressional seats, all elected offices throughout the land at risk! Revolution is in the air!!

CONGRATULATIONS! We are now up to ALL 50 states plus D.C., 485 cities, and can document no less than 602,000 and as many as 680,000 patriots took place in the greatest grass roots act of defiance since 1773! EVERY state in the Union protested Washington D.C.'s tax and spend scheme. You can check to see if your tea party is listed HERE if not, post a comment on this thread citing the city, state and headcount. THANK YOU EVERYONE!

I'm hoping to be able to ascertain an overall national figure of attendance at the tea parties today by asking Freepers to post their crowd estimates on this thread.I'm also asking that the thread be kept to just the numbers, no photos, etc., but if you want to link back to photos in your crowd estimate that's fine.Please give the location and number of participants.I'll go first:Melbourne, FL - 1000.