silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions, rebuking Trump | Our unofficial estimate is that around 4-6 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.www.gelliottmorris.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down15cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.org
arrow-up1658arrow-down1external-link"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions, rebuking Trump | Our unofficial estimate is that around 4-6 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.www.gelliottmorris.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square79fedilinkcross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.org
minus-squareQueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·13 hours agoNot to sound ungrateful, but where were these people on election day?
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoMost of them likely voted. The 2024 general election had about 65% turnout. The protesters only make up a few percent of the population.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-213 hours agoThe ones I was with had voted early, and were out canvassing. The kids were under 18. That said, a lot of people are sufficiently disconnected from the news that they didn’t get how much worse Trump would be this time.
Not to sound ungrateful, but where were these people on election day?
Most of them likely voted. The 2024 general election had about 65% turnout. The protesters only make up a few percent of the population.
The ones I was with had voted early, and were out canvassing. The kids were under 18.
That said, a lot of people are sufficiently disconnected from the news that they didn’t get how much worse Trump would be this time.