The fourth round of "No Kings" rallies unfolded across the country on Saturday. These events focused on getting people to vote ahead of the midterm elections. Organizers said there were more than 3,000 events across the country. Many prominent Democrats skipped these gatherings, which felt more subdued than past events.
Saturday's gatherings were more subdued than some past events, and many prominent Democrats skipped them.
The fourth round of "No Kings" rallies unfolded across the country on Saturday, barely two weeks ahead of the midterm elections, though they did not draw many of the Democrats running in the country's most closely watched races.
The demonstrations, which were more subdued and in many cases smaller than past "No Kings" gatherings, were singularly focused on the election, as organizers hope to push Americans to the polls. At the same time, they were intended to be nonpartisan, organizers said.
Here are four takeaways.
The Focus Was on Getting People to Vote
The last "No Kings" day, in March, centered in large part on the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and on the war in Iran, which had started a month earlier.
This time, the centerpiece of the gatherings was a sprawling voter mobilization push. And unlike during the demonstrations in March, there was no massive flagship rally in Minnesota headlined by Bruce Springsteen.
Instead, organizers said there were more than 3,000 events across the country, in what they called the largest single-day voter activation in American history.