‘No Kings. No Trump’: Organizers Mobilize to Denounce War, Tyranny, and Greed

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But hope and faith creates action. Apathy doesn’t

For the same reason rallies and awareness have always increased voter turn out. It keeps people engaged and paying attention. There is no magic better way out of our current quandary. I get your function is just to shit all over the protests, the people and the message, but you asked a question, almost certainly not in good faith, and I gave you a good faith answer. I did not expect you to take it seriously.

I understand what you're saying and would agree if the attendees just went to this protest and stopped there, but I find it highly unlikely that's the case. For many people attending these protests, this is likely the first time they are engaging in something political in this way. The fact that so many people are upset enough to spend hours at these protests is an indication that there are more and more people who are highly motivated to make a change. I really doubt these people would take the time to attend a protest and then not show up to the polls. And yes while these attendees are the more politically engaged people, they have their own networks and are likely to encourage those they know to get out and vote. That's why rallies are important because they build momentum in movements.  We have seen a trend with democrats being able to win seats in places where they are not typically favoured, with high turnout out to many of those elections. People right now are more politically minded because of Trump, and that's true around the world, not just in America.