Figures
Fig. 1 Cartogram depicting protest activity by state. States sized according to their population. Each state is colored based on the number of protest participants per capita; darker color indicates higher number of protesters per resident. Washington, DC, is an outlier: It has 1898 attendees per thousand residents. Based on data collected by Count Love from 20 January 2017 to 18 December 2018.
Tables
- Table 1 Demographic data collected by surveying a sampling of attendees (N = 1936) at protests taking place in Washington, DC, associated with the Resistance.
Data were collected by Fisher and published in (81).
2017 2018 Women’s March March for
SciencePeople’s
Climate MarchMarch for Racial
JusticeWomen’s March March for Our
LivesFamilies Belong
TogetherGender Female 85% 54% 57% 66% 78% 70% 71% Male 14% 42% 41% 32% 17% 29% 27% Other 1% 4% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% Race/ethnicity White 77% 80% 77% 62% 77% 78% 70% Latinx 4% 4% 6% 7% 3% 5% 9% Black 7% 1% 3% 18% 9% 8% 7% Asian/Pacific
Islander4% 5% 6% 6% 7% 3% 5% Multiracial/other 8% 10% 6% 7% 5% 6% 8% Age Average adult age 43 41 42 38 43 49 45 Education Less than
bachelor’s degree13% 18% 23% 30% 25% 28% 16% Bachelor’s degree 34% 35% 35% 30% 36% 36% 28% Graduate degree 53% 47% 42% 40% 38% 36% 56% - Table 2 Political attitudes by conservative versus liberal protesters in the United States.
Surveys collected by Heaney at 16 protest events in Washington, DC (N = 3222) are shown. Data are weighted to account for response rate differences based on race/ethnicity and sex/gender.
Conservative event (Likert score) Liberal event (Likert score) Difference of means test (t score) Efficacy of the American political system The American political system is
generally effective in solving public
problems.2.97 2.51 8.40* Elections are an effective way for
citizens to hold their leaders
accountable for the decisions that
they make in office.4.27 3.92 8.00* Attitudes toward the party system Conversing about politics with people
who hold different partisan loyalties
than me is generally very valuable.4.00 3.97 0.57 American democracy would be
stronger if third parties played a
greater role in the system.3.37 3.93 10.03* Opinions on protest tactics Civility by the participants in protest is
necessary in order for protest to
influence the actions of policy-makers.4.43 4.15 6.36* Property damage and/or violence are
sometimes necessary for protest to
influence the actions of policy-makers.1.36 2.07 14.31* Personal political efficacy Public officials do not care much
about what people like me think.3.40 3.36 0.79 Sometimes, politics and government
seem so complicated that a person
like me cannot really understand what
is going on.2.62 2.56 0.94 Race and gender In general, African Americans are more
likely to be treated unfairly in the
workplace compared with White
Americans.2.65 4.49 33.85* In general, women are more likely to
be treated unfairly in the workplace
compared with men.2.67 4.52 31.59* *P ≤ 0.001.
