The People’s March 2025: Surveying Protesters in Resistance 2.0
CECE Director and SIS Professor, Dr. Dana R. Fisher, along with a research team of 8 AU-affiliated researchers and students, attended the People’s March in Washington, DC on 1/18/2025 to survey participants. The March was organized as a legally permitted peaceful demonstration on the Saturday before the inauguration of Donald Trump. Data were collected as people assembled in Farragut Square, McPherson Square, and Franklin Park before marching to the Lincoln Memorial (data were also collected at the memorial). In total, 453 people completed the survey (representing a 88% response rate). Full details of the sampling and methodology are available upon request.
Preliminary analysis finds that attendants came from all over the country. This heatmap below shows where the protesters traveled from to attend.
More details of the project and a preliminary report are available at here.
To read more about the People’s March and the work of Dr. Fisher and the team, read Amy Westervelt’s Newsletter On MLK Day 2025, It’s Never Been More Important for Nice White Liberals to Step Up on DRILLED Media.
