http://webnotes.disqus.com/enThu, 23 Oct 2008 20:54:25 -0000http://blogs.nashuatelegraph.com/webnotes/2008/10/23/in-politics-and-journalism-whats-in-a-number/#comment-3266133<p>NHPR mentioned something about this as well - they said the campaign's count was higher than theirs. "Most in the crowd, which the campaign pegged at 3000, but which seemed smaller..." Their story is here: <a href="http://www.nhpr.org/node/18419" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.nhpr.org/node/18419">http://www.nhpr.org/node/18419</a></p>Katherine WelshThu, 23 Oct 2008 20:54:25 -0000http://blogs.nashuatelegraph.com/webnotes/2008/10/23/in-politics-and-journalism-whats-in-a-number/#comment-3244261<p>For what it's worth, in decades of covering smaller events like town meetings or courtroom cases - involving 100 or fewer people - I have found that actually counting the people in the room consistently arrives at a number that is smaller than the eyeball guess of participants.</p><p>I'm not sure whether this applies to larger arenas like this one, however. </p>DaveBrooksWed, 22 Oct 2008 20:45:32 -0000