No Kings rallies shift from protest to early voting with events across the country
No Kings, the coalition behind large anti-Trump protests, held events across the country Saturday, Oct. 17, aimed at early voting before Nov. 3, NPR, The Washington Post and The Washington Times reported. Al Jazeera said more than 3,000 events were planned. Ezra Levin of Indivisible told NPR the goal is now turnout. Organizers asked people not to bring partisan signs. Crowds varied; AP saw a few hundred people at the Lincoln Memorial.
Big protests show anger but do not by themselves win elections. Moving the same network toward early voting tests whether it can turn energy into ballots in close races.
If early voting is open in your state, the dates and sites are on your county election office website. The rallies themselves were not meant as a show of numbers this time.
Organizers argue that turning rallies into vote drives is the most useful thing the movement can do weeks before the election, and call the events nonpartisan.
AP’s account of a few hundred people at the Lincoln Memorial and reports of varied crowds suggest the energy of earlier mass marches is harder to sustain.
Confirmed: the shift to early voting and thousands of planned events. Not confirmed: total turnout. Watch early-vote numbers in the states where events were largest.
DailyDrop U.S. No. 14 · October 18, 2026