David S. Meyer, a UC Irvine sociology professor ... said there are some signs that anti-Trump demonstrators are producing the kind of electoral energy that would be needed for Democrats to retake control of Congress in 2018 and the White House in 2020. "The connection between protest politics and mainstream politics is the challenge for people going out into the streets right now,” Meyer said. “It’s always an uphill battle.”

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