Women's March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March

[babylonsister]

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Women’s March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March

By Jason Easley on Sat, Jan 21st, 2017 at 6:28 pm


Millions of Americans have taken to the streets from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between as the Women's Marches on Washington is estimated to be the biggest one-day protest in US history.
Women’s March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March

Millions of Americans have taken to the streets from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between as the Women’s Marches on Washington is estimated to be the biggest one-day protest in US history.

UConn professor Jeremy Pressman is keeping a running total of crowd estimates across the United States in a Google document.

An estimated 60,000 people marched in Atlanta. 250,000 are marching in Chicago. There are estimates of 250,000 people in Boston, and 200,000 more in Denver. In New York, the estimate ranges from 200,000-500,000. City officials estimate that 500,000 people participated in the main march in Washington, DC. In Los Angeles, the estimate is anywhere from 200,000-750,000.

There were also protests of 60,000 in Oakland, CA, 50,000 in Philadelphia, 100,000 in Madison, WI, 20,000 in Pittsburgh, 20,000 in Nashville, TN, and 60,000 in St. Paul, MN.

In the history of the United States, there has never been a one-day protest that was this large.

1982’s anti-nuclear march in New York City drew an estimated crowd of 1 million. The 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington drew 250,000. 1969 anti-Vietnam war march in Washington was attended by an estimated 500,000-600,000. 1995’s Million Man March was attended by 400,000-1.1 million. In 1993, the LGBT March for equal rights had a crowd of 800,00-1 million.

There has never been anything in US history like the Women’s March. It is nationwide, and proof that the American people are not going accept the agenda of the Trump administration without a serious fight.

[SamKnause]

1. Fucking A !!!!

Thank you to all who participated !!!!!

[LittleGirl]

86. +1 eom

[cilla4progress]

2. KEEP

IT

UP!!!!!

[dhill926]

3. K and fucking R...

this is what we call...a good start...

[2naSalit]

4. And don't forget the marchers in all those other countries!

Must have been a couple-few million there as well.

[LuckyLib]

34. Just hearing from friends, marches in Mexico City and Oaxaca!

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R

[LisaM]

6. Gee, exactly the vote differential from the G.E.

Coincidence?

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. Right?

[krakfiend]

37. Exactly

This is all nice and great, but it accomplishes nothing if we don't change congress in two years. Please remember and keep it up.

[Phoenix61]

7. Are we good at organizing or what?

PTA meetings, bake sales, play dates etc. We have been practicing for this for years and years. Now we need to organize some phone trees so our reps phones never stop ringing and their voice mail stays full.

[FarCenter]

30. Phoning doesn't matter. Getting good candidates on the ballot in 2018 does. Electing them even more.

That means organizing to take over the machinery of the local Democratic Party organizations like the Tea Party did the Republicans.

Protesting, calling, etc., is a distraction from the essentials of organizing to play power politics.

[pangaia]

44. You are right

And if everyone who voted for Hillary took $100 in cash out of their bank account the fuckers at the top, banksters, ceos, etc. would all be bankrupt because their TRUE wealth is only credit. For every $100 taken out of a bank, something like $10,000 in credit disappears.

Hit 'em where it hurts.

[llmart]

49. Don't dismiss anything that will help...

please. This is what the repukes want - infighting and fracturing. No more! We can do ALL of it. It's not like women aren't the multitaskers of the world. Every little bit helps along with the big bits. Any major social movement has been achieved through all sorts of grassroots actions.

I couldn't go to any of the protests today, but I've already decided to support the Democratic woman who is going to run for Michigan's governor slot. I will donate money, and do what I can to help her. We need to do whatever each of us can at any level.

[enough]

63. Targeted well-timed phoning/writing can make sure senators and representatives

are never allowed to forget that massive numbers of people are watching what they do. They still have careers to worry about even if they have principles. I don't agree that phoning doesn't matter.

Everything we can do matters, and people have to do what makes sense to them.

[tinrobot]

8. We're just getting started

Keep it up!

[California_Republic]

9. San Francisco's March is looking like a big one

San Francisco's March is looking like a big one

[uponit7771]

10. Anti Iraq war march? thought that was in the millions?

[babylonsister]

11. Those numbers were never counted; no one cared. nt

[barbtries]

12. an ocean of humans

In DC we never even got close to the stage, but it was a profound and extremely moving experience for my family and me. my hope is restored and I know now that more people are on my side, our side, the side of right and fair, than not.

[DK504]

39. Looked to be a lot more than 250,000

looked to be same as President Obama's inauguration from 2009. Didn't they clock that at close to a million.

[barbtries]

90. well, the numbers appear to be

that it was over 1/2 million, but Obama's 2009 inauguration drew close to 2 million. i can't imagine that crowd considering how packed it was yesterday, and i have friends who were there.

across the country and around the world, the good news that brings the tears to my eyes is that millions of people marched, and millions more watched and cheered. hope rises

[ArizonaGOBlue]

13. Women's March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March

Just got back from the Tucson, AZ march - 15,000 strong.

[Leghorn21]

27. Represent, Tuscon!!

and welcome to DU, ArizonaGOBlue!!

[Oneironaut]

14. #FAKENEWS. 500 Soros agitators showed up in the D.C. suburbs and were quickly dispersed.

CNN is using paid actors and CGI. Don't be idoits!






Precautionary /s

[Initech]

15. George Soros has a lot of money to pay out!

[catrose]

32. Yeah

Why won't anybody say where to sign up for our pay?

[grantcart]

16. Two points

1) This was not particularly well promoted, i.e. I didn't get any emails and had to search to find where to go

2) It's hard to get people to come out in winter but in spring it is easy, especially college campuses.

A great beginning.

[ffr]

33. Fired up and ready to go again tomorrow.

Inspiring to see so many people passionate about saving our country from immanent disaster.

[IronLionZion]

17. Oh hell yeah!

Love the nasty women and bad hombres I marched with today.

But largest in US history is a bold statement considering the anti-war protests.

[cp]

18. Together we are

MIGHTY

[Sanity Claws]

19. And this is just the start!

Our protests will grow larger the longer that Fucker is in the WH.

[Scurrilous]

20. K & R

[ismnotwasm]

21. K&R

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Some pics of Philly march from local media

From the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection!

[Stellar]

23. Chicago clocked in at 250k

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/womens-march-chicago-411405495.html%3Famp%3Dy?client=ms-android-americamovil-us

[llmart]

50. Gotta love Chicago!

That's an amazing turnout! Just that one city had a larger turnout than for little hands' inauguration. LOL

[Stellar]

52. LOL...hear. hear!

[llmart]

55. Well, after all, they're the city that gave us President Obama...

so yeah, love you guys! Love your city also.

Keep up the pressure. We've all got to keep up the grass roots actions.

[Stellar]

89. Thanks!

I've been voting for Obama before he was even a junior Senator of Illinois, against Bobby Rush, and lost.

He's been my guy.

[mopinko]

72. yeah, and that's bullshit, too. that number is about the human capacity of downtown, but

the wave of people who tried to get downtown completely swamped the transit systems.
they did march. they swamped the barricades and flooded downtown, but train platforms w/in 50-60 miles were packed to sardinetown.

[HockeyMom]

24. Yes, ONE Person can make a difference

Just think this was all started by a Granny in Hawaii. I bet in her wildest dreams she never imagined anything like this.

[Takket]

26. Ironic that this is just about the same as Hillary's margin of victory

[Talk Is Cheap]

28. Great job ladies!

OK, guys, we need to stand up like this real soon...

[Eyeball_Kid]

29. Jeez. I'm hearing a replay of Trumpy telling all of us that we didn't see what we saw. (Crowd size.)

Fantastic. Trumpy makes remarks about his popularity. It's his first day in office. Isn't the GOP leadership getting the message yet? Trumpy will be really disliked because he's shining a lot of light on what is normally done in darkness. The GOP isn't liking this one bit. They want Trumpy to just shut up so the quiet work of robbing the Treasury can go on without fanfare.

[llmart]

51. The GOP must be a tad worried, don't you think?

Because this tremendous protest is not just about trump. It's a message about the republican party.

[delisen]

31. 2.9 mil marchers is same number by which Clinton won popular vote? n/t

[retrowire]

35. Man, it's good to live through history being made like this. :D nt

[nini]

36. I just got the chills

We are awake, fired up and ready to go!!!!

[doc03]

38. Oh my don't tell Trump nt

[kairos12]

40. 20,000 in Phoenix.

[herding cats]

41. We're in touch with our local chapters, now let's get busy!

We're on fire, we're focused and we're showing up. Now, lets vote our people in, on all levels, and theirs out!

[smirkymonkey]

42. Amazing!

This is so great!

[AC_Mem]

43. Just a bit more

Than the number Hillary won by.

Take that and stick it up your Twitter angry orange man.

[McCamy Taylor]

45. Biggest protest I have seen in Fort Worth in 3 decades.

Texas is not "red."

[hay rick]

46. West Palm Beach and Miami.

7,000 at West Palm Beach. Assume Miami was bigger.

[llmart]

47. AMAZING!

Never underestimate the power of women to organize this large of a protest against trump in less than two months.

Man, he's got to be fuming at all of this. Maybe he'll stay off of twitter tonight

[bekkilyn]

48. I'm thinking 2.9M is underestimating

A bunch of cities they didn't list had marches too with thousands of people attending each.

[red dog 1]

53. K&R

[Lotusflower70]

54. Ah yeah!

Now that's what I am talking about. I was so proud and moved today. Felt it was great energy and a way to mobilize. From the darkness, we come into the light. It's time to fight.

[catbyte]

56. I wonder how many marched worldwide. I think there were protests on every continent--

even Antarctica.

[YOHABLO]

57. I think this is just the beginning. I hope we see more of this.

[Grammy23]

61. I wonder how many people are like me and have promised to attend any more rallies

that come after the ones today? The sight of all those people really inspired me and then tRump went to the CIA and ran his yap. That was followed by Spicer pulling his stunt with the press. I had steam coming out of my ears. If it wasn't the fact that the rally in our town was over this a.m., I would have gone to join them right then and there.

What they did today, no doubt, created another whole bunch of people willing to March. tRump doesn't know it, but he and his bud Spicer just recruited a whole lot more Nasty women to take to the streets. I hope he keeps on acting like a spoiled brat on live TV because he just inspires more of us to oppose him and push back.

[Javaman]

58. 40K here in Austin. nt

[mountain grammy]

59. DC was huge..

Fantastic!

[moreland01]

60. Denver

We rocked Denver today! Expecting 20K and ended up with 200K. Amazing experience!

[George II]

62. Ironic that the number of people who protested today is almost EXACTLY the same as....

....trump's margin of loss in November - 2.9M!

That number represents almost 1% of all men, women, and children living in the United States. That's ONE IN EVERY HUNDRED demonstrating today.

[Still In Wisconsin]

64. Dishonest post! Trump crowds were much larger. Sad! #FAKENEWS

just in case.

[Lonestarblue]

65. Marched in Austin

I joined the protest in Austin today, which is now estimated closer to 50,000 people--women, men, children, mothers, grandmothers, fathers, grandfathers, LGBT, Latinos, black, white, Muslim--a beautiful collection of people just affirming that we have rights and we will not allow anyone to take them away. The march was peaceful and uplifting--my first march at age 69. It will not be my last! Whatever it takes to protect our rights!

[Squinch]

66. Just got home from New York march.

Multiple generations of my family attended.

My favorite sign, in the middle of the crowd of hundreds and hundreds of thousands, said:

You see? You are not alone!

Met up afterward with DUers Bettyellen, Steven Leser and La Lioness Priyanka for a drink.

Marching up 5th Ave was the happiest I have felt since the election.

[dae]

67. Enjoyed your post.

Thanks for sharing.

[Squinch]

70. .

[kimbutgar]

68. I'm cold and drying out tonight but it was exhilarating to be in a crowd of anti chumpers

In San Francisco they said it was about 10,000+. It was pouring rain and cold also but we were all out there in great spirits. Talked to a lot of great kind people today. Everyone was friendly and in agreement that chump is the worst ever.

[oasis]

69. By 2018 we can add "redeemed" deplorables to our marches.

[Maraya1969]

71. One for every extra vote Hillary got in than trump in the election!

[BlueMTexpat]

73. Thanks for this, babylonsister!

A YUGE J&R from me!

[Single drop]

74. You go girls

Cool!

[applegrove]

75. Take that Alt Right!

[Farmgirl1961]

76. I went to my local Women's March

For being a relatively small city in Central Oregon, we rocked it at 5,000 people. It was great to be a part of something so historic. So amazing to come together, unite for humanity, decency and pretty much everything Trump is trying to take away.

But yes -- let's take that positive energy and let's keep moving forward. I want to do more than just tweet, FB, post on DU, electronically sign petitions. I live in a blue state and need to figure out how to engage. We all do.

[Hekate]

77. We. Are. Awesome.

[love_katz]

78. Sending a shout out, hugs and deeply grateful love to every woman who marched today.

[manicraven]

79. First time since the election I shed tears of JOY instead of sadness.

This was a glorious day!

[myrna minx]

80. Hillary Clinton's popular vote victory total. Coincidence? Ha!

[lamp_shade]

81. 20,000 here in St. Petersburg FL

[babylonsister]

83. Whoa! Hot stuff! I'm so impressed

with everyone who made the effort!

[lamp_shade]

85. ***BIG SMILE***

[MountCleaners]

82. Here's an interesting Google doc

To track attendance at the protests nationally. You can see how many attended in each city. Don't know how complete it is.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xa0iLqYKz8x9Yc_rfhtmSOJQ2EGgeUVjvV4A8LsIaxY/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0

[BumRushDaShow]

84. Wow wow!

That's a great chart! Looks like it was compiled by 2 college professors -

Jeremy Pressman (University of Connecticut, has also written for the Daily Beast) - http://polisci.uconn.edu/person/jeremy-pressman/



Erica Chenoweth (University of Denver, is also an author) - http://www.ericachenoweth.com/

[crazycatlady]

87. I was at the NYC one all day yesterday

From my train ride up (75% of the passengers were marchers) people talked to each other like they've known each other for years. I've never witnessed anything like that in my lifetime.

Such a movement of solidarity. There was one 5 minutes from me, but I'm sure NY was better.

This needs to be ongoing.

[RiverStone]

88. 100k in Portland, OR!

[FairWinds]

91. 300 march in tiny Lakeside, Ohio !!

Photo thanks to Sandusky Register . .

[Chicago1980]

92. Doing this before the election may have been more consequential...

There are less than two years until the 2018 midterms; Whatcha gonna do people?

[TalenaGor]

93. 130k in seattle :)

[JeaneRaye]

94. Reno

Even here in little old Reno, NV, we had an estimated crowd size of 10,000!

[Scurrilous]

95. Kick

[lordsummerisle]

96. k&r n/t

[SunSeeker]

97. K & R