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and Stephen Colbert's rally drew approximately 215,000 people to the National Mall -- or roughly 125,000 more than Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally did at the same spot in August -- according to
CBS News. The network commissioned an aerial photo company -- AirPhotosLive.com, the same one it used for Beck's -- to get its estimate. The photo company says it has a margin of error of plus or
minus 10 percent.
The National Park Service, which approved the rally permit, does not give crowd estimates as a policy, but a park ranger said it appeared more than 200,000 people showed up to restore sanity and/or fear. More than 300,000 people had RSVP'd on Facebook for the event.
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