The Way Forward

In recent history, there was one exception to this and it was the BLM movement. Harvard did an interesting study on this phenomenon. Even though BLM wasn't the largest protest of the last 10 years (the womens march wins that accolade) it is the only one to produce measurable impact on new (democrat) voter registrations. Note this study was prior to last years Gaza related protests, I'd be curious to see how that panned out for democrats because I suspect we'd see a measurable falling away of votes comparatively. https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/do-protests-and-social-movements-sway-voters-not-really-except-for-one

While protests can have their place in civics, if the goal is to motivate a strong showing at midterms and actually flipping a certain % of voters, there is the risk protests could be counter-productive. Voters have to connect personally to the issue being protested, they have to find the demands reasonable, and they have to feel socially relatable to the majority of protestors. too many protests with a mixed and varied message (eg protesting every decision he makes) waters down the impact and people are apt to get protest fatigue.