In January, people from around the world descended on Washington, DC for the Women’s March.
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The Women’s March didn’t just lead to a increase in visits to government buildings in DC, as Foursquare found. It also led to a huge jump in sales of office supplies — they were up by as much as 42% versus last year during the same period. In total, $6 million was spent on a mix of poster and foam boards, paint markers, flip charts, fabric paint, staplers, and specialty iron-ons in just one week.
And there were some real political effects, too. Republican John Carman, who sat on the nine-member Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders in New Jersey, was defeated in November by Democrat Ashley Bennett, who ran because he mocked the Women’s March.