Expect a Lower Turnout for Obama’s Second Inauguration

600,000 to 800,000

Number of people District of Columbia officials estimate will attend Obama’s second swearing-in, a steep decline from 2009’s estimated 1.8 million people who witnessed the first African-American president sworn into office. George W. Bush’s second inauguration attracted between 300,000 and 400,000 people. Bill Clinton’s drew around 450,000.

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