"In the year since Donald Trump retook office, the number of protests in the US outpaced those at the same point in his first administration, according to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, an open-source project collaboration between Harvard University's Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut. There were more than 10,700 protests in 2025, a 133% increase from the 4,588 recorded in 2017, the first year of Trump's first term."
"From protests for trans youth healthcare at the beginning of in 2025, to protests against US support of Israel in Gaza and Tesla takedowns against Elon' Musk's efforts to dismantle the federal government in the spring, to anti-ICE protests as federal agents raided US cities over the summer and into the fall and winter, Americans took to the streets to show their resistance to the Trump administration's policies."
"Typically, they said, flash points of protest have been localized to big cities or a march on Washington. We're not seeing that, they said. We're seeing very diffused protest mobilization all around the country. The diversity of locations, especially in red and rural corners such as Cut Bank, Montana, and Sparta, North Carolina, shows that the movements defy stereotypes around where protest happens."
More than 10,700 protests occurred in 2025, a 133% increase from the 4,588 recorded in 2017. An overwhelming majority of US counties, including 42% that voted for Trump, have had at least one protest since the 2025 inauguration. Protests ranged from demonstrations for trans youth healthcare and opposition to US support for Israel in Gaza to demonstrations against Elon' Musk and anti-ICE actions during federal raids. Large, coordinated single-day events like No Kings and Hands Off drew high attendance. Protest activity has become geographically diffuse, reaching red and rural areas such as Cut Bank, Montana, and Sparta, North Carolina.
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