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Protests in the first half of the year were already trending higher than the first months of previous administrations before Trump sent the military in to largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles in early June. Dave Clark, a professor of political science at Binghamton University who collected global mass mobilization data, previously said the militarized response to protests could make a difference.
"I would say that using the military for civil control is the wild card here," he said in June, explaining there is little relevant precedent for it in the U.S. "In many cases, the move to authoritarian kinds of tactics will actually bring out more protesters."
Days later, people across the country participated in the "No Kings" protests that happened on Trump's 79th birthday and the day of the Army's 250th anniversary parade in D.C.
Data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, a joint project between the Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut, show the first five months of this year have seen more protests than the first years of former President Joe Biden's term and Trump's first term. The consortium project collects publicly available information from political crowds in the U.S. at marches, protests, riots and more.
The data also shows June 2025 saw more than 4,600 protests, the most in a calendar month since June 2020 when nearly 7,500 protests happened around the country following the police killing of George Floyd.
Some people are understandably skeptical of polls. But the number of protests is another measure of dissatisfaction with trump's governance. The majority is not pleased, nor should they be.
"I would say that using the military for civil control is the wild card here," he said in June, explaining there is little relevant precedent for it in the U.S. "In many cases, the move to authoritarian kinds of tactics will actually bring out more protesters."
Days later, people across the country participated in the "No Kings" protests that happened on Trump's 79th birthday and the day of the Army's 250th anniversary parade in D.C.
Data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, a joint project between the Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut, show the first five months of this year have seen more protests than the first years of former President Joe Biden's term and Trump's first term. The consortium project collects publicly available information from political crowds in the U.S. at marches, protests, riots and more.
The data also shows June 2025 saw more than 4,600 protests, the most in a calendar month since June 2020 when nearly 7,500 protests happened around the country following the police killing of George Floyd.
Trump sent the National Guard to LA in June. It was the busiest protest month in 5 years
President Donald Trump sent the National Guard in to quell largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles in June. It was the busiest protest month since 2020.
www.usatoday.com
Some people are understandably skeptical of polls. But the number of protests is another measure of dissatisfaction with trump's governance. The majority is not pleased, nor should they be.
