‘No Kings’ protests were estimated to have drawn more than one percent of U.S. population
    • Drunemeton@lemmy.worldEnglish
      60·
      19 days ago

      G. Elliot Morris on Bluesky did a breakdown of the numbers and his very conservative, low-end number was 4mil. Top end was 6mil.

      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
        4·
        18 days ago

        Highest estimate I’ve heard is 13M. Can’t back it up, but I wouldn’t be surprised. There were 100 in my little town, and we got way more honks of support than rude fingers.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      5·
      18 days ago

      Just the multiplier alone - take any individual protest and multiply it by over 2,000 … gets big fast.

      I actually had five very convenient choices

      • should I go into Boston for the big one, to really showcase our strength?
      • should I goto Lexington for the historical context, the commemorating the start of the revolutionary war, throwing off the yoke of the king?
      • should I goto my ex’s town, if she had the kids?
      • should I goto the nearby town threats a collection of malls, make a day of it and get shopping done?
      • no, I’ll goto to MY town, stand up with MY town. We had a couple thousand very enthusiastic protesters in MY town and it was awesome
      • j0ester@lemmy.world
        2·
        18 days ago

        Even Salem had a huge crowd, and I was there at 10am - people started walking with signs.