At 7:00pm, participants in the east coast events were starting to file in. The map slowly lit up as more and more parties signed on, waiting for the audio broadcast to begin.
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Michael Moore joined over 55,000 people in 4600 house parties stretching from Maine to Alaska. The images below document the progress of the house parties, through the map shared by participants as they listened to the audio webcast.
At 7:00pm, participants in the east coast events were starting to file in.
The map slowly lit up as more and more parties signed on, waiting for the audio
broadcast to begin.
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As the broadcast began, participants who had not yet attended a MoveOn event were asked
why they chose to attend this one. Participants used the map interface to input their answers,
which appeared on the map a short while later. At this point, there were over 21,000 partiers
listening in.
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Michael Moore, Joan Blades, and Eli Pariser kicked off the conversation, while remote
participants posted questions they wanted to ask Michael Moore. Participation hit 24,000.
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People showed up from all over. Online participation in the east coast event reached a high
of over 27,000 people.
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"Who wants to host a phone party on July 11th?" Participants responded to straw polls
during the course of the event, answering questions about their willingness to register
voters or help with future MoveOn events. Responses lit up the map in yellow, orange, and
red to show the level of commitment from MoveOn members nationwide.
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The program was run again, for those on the west coast. Many participants from the east coast
stayed around. Those who chose not to, were shown as grayed-out dots in the background.
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Participants were again encouraged to ask questions for special guest Michael Moore. Locations where
questions had been entered showed up on the map as dark-red dots, overlaid on the white dots showing
party locations.
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Questions poured in from all around the country.
1,400 parties submitted questions over the course of the broadcast.
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Participants at over 1,000 events reported their intent to participate in MoveOn's July 11th phone parties
with a friend.
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The broadcast closed with a thank you note from MoveOn. Over 50,000 people participated in the two
broadcasts.
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