Did those that have watched the inauguration think that the crowd wasn't as ecstatic was expected?
The highest reaction was the cheering at the end, but other than that the crowd only clapped every so often when a point was made.
Why? Was it the weather?
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I'm sure the weather factored into it but the bigger reasons are more obvious when you compare it to 2009: It was a reelection. People already know most of what he'll say because this was a "win" not a "victory." There were only 700,000 people as compared to the previous 1.1 million. Less people make less noise. There seemed to just generally be less pomp and circumstance for this event than before.