03 Aug 2023 Masoud Movahed Public Sociology Writings, Publications August 3, 2023 Masoud Movahed The regional determinants of collective action in the era of American Resistance Masoud Movahed and Elizabeth Hirsh Abstract This study investigates the regional determinants of collective action in the era of “American Resistance.” Drawing on a new dataset from “Count Love”—a machine learning tool that collects data on protest events, timing, location, and number of attendees—we explore the regional determinants of collective action in the first three years following President Trump’s election. In particular, we investigate how socio-economic factors, political partisanship and demographic composition of states affect the rate of protest events and protest participants. We also examine the regional determinants of mass mobilization for specific causes, such as civil rights, anti-gun violence, compassionate immigration policies, and climate change. Negative binomial regression results demonstrate that states with higher economic growth, more democratic political partisanship, and greater organizational capacity to police and contain mobilization witnessed more protest events. Link.
