Philadelphia was told to brace for mass unrest. Instead, the city danced. That was no accident. [View all]

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Katrina vandenHeuvel
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“Joy is itself an act of resistance.” Philadelphia was told to brace for mass unrest. Instead, the city danced. That was no accident.


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O’Rourke said the tone in Philadelphia in the days after Election Day was set in the days leading up to it. There were the photos and videos of people dancing while waiting in line, jamming to live music in many cases supplied by Joy to the Polls, a program the Working Families Party launched in Philadelphia and then expanded to swing states nationwide.

Joy to the Polls was part of Working Families Party’s Election Defenders program that trained volunteers in de-escalation tactics they could use if trouble started at a polling place, said Nelini Stamp, Working Families Party’s director of strategy.