Within the space of a short journal article title, Michael Lipsky once summed up the potential of citizens’ non-electoral behavior – “protest as a political resource.” The phrase treats protest actions as a reliable political tool that groups can implement to establish a voice in the political arena. This political asset is even more desirable for marginalized groups that struggle to make inroads by other political means. For relatively powerless groups, protest actions can, to borrow Lipsky’s words, “increase their bargaining ability” in the political discourse. In this conception, protest actions are inherent to the political process. No institutionalized procedure exists, however, to translate the concerns voiced in political protest into governmental policies. In addition, protest actions lack an enforcing mechanism that mandates a response from governmental officials. Yet even in the absence of an institutional link, minority protest actions may resonate with politicians.