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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Trump won, Clinton lost. According to the rules of the US constitution. No amount of demonstration is going to make a jot of difference to that result. They'll all go back to Facebook to post inane selfies once the hullabaloo dies down.  |
Depends if the people there then turn their energy to local opposition. The tea party were effective for example and these crowds are far bigger than the tea party's initial formative protests.
It may die down and prove nothing more than a cathartic experience for those involved, it could be the start of a sustained and organised opposition that looks towards making sitting congressmen and senators nervous at the midterms in just under two years or somewhere in-between.
America is a constant political cycle. The midterms next year will have primary seasons which begin half-way though this year. It's why people say Presidents have 100 days to act, because after that the next set of elections loom large over politics.
Democracy doesn't stop. If even 1/4 of these protesters get involved at a local level they may be able to achieve
something.