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\n Two-thirds of the people who have RSVPed for today\u2019s event live outside of major urban centers, up nearly 40% compared with the first \u201cNo Kings\u201d event in June 2025, statistics provided by the organizers show.\n <\/p>\n
\n Racial diversity and rising educational levels have resulted in the political axis shifting<\/a> in many suburban communities.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m seeing people from the PTA or the neighborhood who would have never joined a protest in the past, who are now asking how they can get involved,\u201d Allison Posner, a 42-year-old mother from Maplewood, New Jersey, told The Associated Press.<\/a>\n <\/p>\n \n Red states and battlegrounds: \u201cNo Kings\u201d organizers also said a significant number of protests are planned in GOP strongholds like Texas and Florida.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cAlmost 50% of No Kings events are in either a red state or a battleground area for this year,\u201d Eunic Epstein-Ortiz, who is with the No Kings Coalition, said at a news conference on Thursday.\n <\/p>\n \n The No Kings Coalition organizes the demonstrations and includes organizations like 50501, Indivisible, AFT, MoveOn, the ACLU, Public Citizen and SEIU, among others.\n <\/p>\n \n Texas, Florida and Ohio each have over 100 events scheduled today, and states like Idaho, Wyoming and Utah have events in the double digits, according to the event organizers.\n <\/p>\n