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.
The magic number to reach the 3.5% “Tipping Point” is about 12 million. We didn’t hit that on No Kings day, but we did pretty well. With protests scattered around the country, it’s hard to have an accurate count, but the massive crowds in large cities across America have to be intimidating to the MAGA Nazis.
It’s important to understand that while they want to have 12 million VISIBLE protesters, there are MANY more resistors at home who would never attend a protest for various reasons. Those people are still resistors in their own way, even if it’s just staying free of conservative propaganda and voting Democrat. Then there are people like me, who are unlikely to go to a demonstration, but actively oppose the MAGA Nazis online, in forums like Lemmy.
Add the keyboard warriors to the physical protesters, and that 3.5%/ 12 million Tipping Point looks a lot closer.
The “No Kings” events drew A LOT more than 4 million.
G. Elliot Morris on Bluesky did a breakdown of the numbers and his very conservative, low-end number was 4mil. Top end was 6mil.
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.
Source? Everything I read said 4-5 iirc
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
Even Salem had a huge crowd, and I was there at 10am - people started walking with signs.
The magic number to reach the 3.5% “Tipping Point” is about 12 million. We didn’t hit that on No Kings day, but we did pretty well. With protests scattered around the country, it’s hard to have an accurate count, but the massive crowds in large cities across America have to be intimidating to the MAGA Nazis.
It’s important to understand that while they want to have 12 million VISIBLE protesters, there are MANY more resistors at home who would never attend a protest for various reasons. Those people are still resistors in their own way, even if it’s just staying free of conservative propaganda and voting Democrat. Then there are people like me, who are unlikely to go to a demonstration, but actively oppose the MAGA Nazis online, in forums like Lemmy.
Add the keyboard warriors to the physical protesters, and that 3.5%/ 12 million Tipping Point looks a lot closer.