This was the fourth nationwide 50501 protest day and it won't be the last. There's already another nationwide 50501 protest being planned for April 19th!
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This article wasn't about the US, but in terms of the US:
The margins dipped, but they didn't flip to voting for Trump overall
18-29 year-olds voted Harris+4 overall and Young women in particular voted Harris+18
Headlines are often misleading about changes within group voting patterns
Note that this wasn't even the only protest. This was one of 1400+ protests across the country. Depending on the estimate you look at, there were around 5.2 million people protesting yesterday
And the conservative candidate still lost by 10 points despite that
People are pissed
Check my post history*. I post about them quite frequently here on Lemmy. They still get less attention here even. The sorting algorithms like active boost posts with more engagement which photos of protests often don't get until they are truly enormous
For instance, here was one large protest a month ago in the Iowa Statehouse that I had posted about
So social media posts about protests often get lost in the sea of bad news and news outlets are downplaying them severely. That's why few people were hearing about them
*From my instance or some other one. From your instance, it seems a lot of my posts about the protests haven't federated :(
Yep, and that wasn't even the only one in Utah! There were multiple protests in every single state. Even the really red ones. Across the country, plenty of deep red small towns had hundreds turn out
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hands-off-protest-trump-musk-april-5
Depending on the estimate you look at, there were around 5 million people protesting yesterday
Related:
The Growing Tesla Takedown Protest This Weekend & Next Weekend
In Europe:
Globally:
Other estimates put it at ~5.2 million. The 3 million estimates appear to be excluding the west coast
That's around 1.6% of the US population which is pretty large for a protest. This isn't the first nationwide protest nor will it be the last. Next date planned for 50501 is April 19th
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lm5nnz5ook2q
This wasn't the first nationwide protest of his second term nor will it be the last. This was the 4th nationwide 50501 protest. Plus other movement like Tesla Takedown had large nationwide protests prior too. It's just that now it's gotten large enough that the media can no longer ignore it. It took time to get here. Each protest keeps getting larger than the last
Millions of people have just been put in touch with the various local groups organizing these protests. Usually at these protests they'll be people going around giving info, sigining people up for mailing lists, etc. That's a good part of how each protest gets bigger
Besides just protests, that will enable much more action and more rapid action in the future. For instance Indivisible does tons of work on directed pressure of congress and local leaders. 50501 organized smaller boycotts in the past when the crowds were smaller. Now they can organize boycotts more with more effect
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27998963
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
Even if any did, they would be part of voters abroad (US citizens can vote by mail if living outside the country) who are an even bluer voting block. If memory serves me right, it's on the order of like D+60 overall