Americans Have Never Hated Being American More, New Poll Finds

[sheshe2]

A new poll finds American pride is at an all-time low ahead of Fourth of July.

As fireworks will rocket into the sky this weekend, national pride has, under Trump, sunk to its lowest point in recent memory, per a new Gallup poll.

Since January 2001, the polling firm has asked Americans whether they are proud to be an American, and this year’s results—published with the Fourth of July on the horizon and the semiquincentennial a year away—have proven to be the most dismal on record.

Only 41 percent of American adults reported being “extremely” proud to be an American, and only 17 percent were “very” proud, according to Gallup. Twenty percent find themselves on the less-proud portion of the spectrum, saying they are “moderately,” “only a little,” or “not at all” proud (19, 11, and nine percent, respectively).
Independents’ pride—which has steadily declined since 2001—is also lower than ever, with just 53 percent being very or extremely proud.

Meanwhile, Republicans, 92 percent of whom are very or extremely proud, are as chipper as ever. Members of the GOP have consistently floated around that figure, only dipping below the 90 percent mark in 2016 and 2020–2024.

More: https://newrepublic.com/post/197441/american-pride-drops-gallup-poll

[OrlandoDem2]

1. I'm traveling abroad tomorrow. If anyone asks I'm telling them I'm Canadian.

Of course, that doesn’t work if I have to present my passport anywhere but other than that I’m gonna be from Banff.

[travelingthrulife]

36. I remember feeling like I had to do that traveling in Europe after the Vietnam war.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump and Putin are breaking this country.

They are breaking our hearts, our spirits, our dreams, our pride.

[sheshe2]

3. You are right, 100% right.

[LastDemocratInSC]

5. Relinquishing the things that have made us great over the years ...

Handing the future to China, India and others on a silver platter.

The only word that explains the administration's venal behavior, bad judgement, and magical thinking is stupidity.

Stupidity was defined in a paper by Dietrich Bonhoffer. The gist is that anyone who continues pushing an idea after the idea has been soundly debunked can be called stupid.

[thought crime]

14. Thanks, I'll try to read that paper.

[bdamomma]

37. tRump

is doing what Putin is telling him to do all this time. Bring the US to it's knees this is/was Putin's revenge.

It's very sad, he killed the 4th.

[NewHendoLib]

4. I don't get "proud". I feel fortunate. But I am often embarrassed. This is one of those times.

I personally am not a fan of pride.

[Irish_Dem]

30. We were the home of the brave and land of the free.

We defeated the Nazis and saved Europe and the Far East from fascism.

We were the oldest, most successful democracy in the world.
The greatest economy and military in the world.
Greatest science powerhouse.

We had many flaws but some things to be proud of.
And it felt like we were moving in the right direction.
Women's rights, civil rights, ecology, climate change, etc.

Now all of that is gone.

[bdamomma]

39. It will

take generations to get back what we had or will it change for the better, when We the People do NOT do this

[Takket]

6. i have mixed feelings on the subject

I am proud that i am an American in the sense that I feel I do my part to contribute to the whole, and make it a better place.

But I am downright ashamed to be FROM this country now, and i would never admit i was from here if i was traveling abroad.

[sheshe2]

9. That is about where I am right now, Takket.

TY

[GladysKravitz]

7. I'm not even gonna look this up

But I'll bet fireworks sales are up YOY, and there's gonna be a fucking loudhouse across the country.

Which poll is more valid?

Doesn't everybody like to make a little noise?

[niyad]

16. To your last question. NO. I hate loud noise, as does my cat, as do

many who experience PTSD. We will not be making a lot of noise, at least not the kind you seem to be indicating.

[FirstLight]

21. I absolutely loathe fireworks

Aside from the fire danger of living in a national forest, it definitely triggers my PTSD. And then I feel so bad because why would we celebrate bombs going off when bombs are dropping on innocent people all over the world?

[niyad]

34. Absolutely agree!!!

[usedtobedemgurl]

35. I have PTSD.

I hate loud noises. My hubby has cancer. If you beat cancer, there is a gong in the waiting room. People who are cured go up to it and bang it hard. Everyone is so excited and they clap. Good for them. Sometimes they bang it with no warning. Not that they ever announce they are going to do it, but some stand around the gong, asking their friends if they are ready for it/to take a pic/ or something like that. I sit with my hands over my ears and sometimes I cry. I hate that damn gong.

[niyad]

38. I am so very sorry that you and your husband are going through this.

A friend who was in treatment for colon cancer told me about the gong thing, all I could think was how upsetting it must be for many people.

[PeaceWave]

8. Ask this question of most naturalized citizens. They effing love being American...

It took me a long time before I asked my immigrant Mom the simple question "What kind of floors did you have when you were growing up?" Upon hearing the answer "Dirt" you grow the fuck up just a little knowing how good most of us have it in this country.

[niyad]

15. Well, yes, if one does not count the 42+ million who are food insecure

(i.e. starving), the untreated mentally ill, the ones drowning in medical debt, the ones who cannot even get medical help (including for addictions), the homeless, the housing insecure, the untreated veterans, the victims of our for-profit prison industrial complex, the marginalized, etc., etc., etc.

[bdamomma]

41. I don't mean

to crass or rude with my comment, but you never knew how good we had it till it's gone.
But this is not over, we will defeat this.

[Torchlight]

43. When your strongest selling point is 'others have it worse,'

that’s a sign the product isn't particularly good.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. I'm planning to wear a black dress on Friday.

It seems appropriate to mourn the nation's death.

[niyad]

13. I wear black most of the time anyway. . .but you reminded me to get my

mourning band out.

[sheshe2]

26. Good idea, gaot.

I will do the same, my closet is full of black clothing.

I have a black Kamala/Walz hat as well, I shall wear that as well.

[ImNotGod]

11. I cannot stand this shithole country but am stuck here, for now. nt

[niyad]

12. Stole this from DU'er MiHale: AILO--American In Location Only!

[sheshe2]

17. That is fitting, niyad.

[niyad]

18. I simply had to share it!

[sheshe2]

19. It works!

[niyad]

20. Sadly true!

[Prairie_Seagull]

42. Borrowed,,,ok taken.

I can see where this would work.

Thanks niyad and MiHale.

[TheProle]

22. So 77% are moderately, very or extremely proud, with

The majority of those on the ‘extremely proud’ end of the spectrum.

Basically 8 out of 10. Seems about right.

[sheshe2]

23. Sad, isn't it.

[TheProle]

24. I don't know. An accident of fate popped me out in the US

So pride doesn’t really enter into the equation for me.

Besides the criteria is something different for everyone… proud to be American because you lost a relative in WW2? you’re an immigrant success story ? you feel strongly on the foundational stuff like the constitution? the breakaway from monarchy?

It could just as easily be hyper-partisan fluidity, when you’re proud when your side’s in power and less so when the other side is.

Pretty moot, in my opinion.

[Ping Tung]

25. The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine

[bob4460]

27. Personally, I am not celebrating this year

I feel there's very little to celebrate. Just a long list of reasons I don't want to go around my trump supporting family. Nor do I feel celebratory about this government.

[sheshe2]

28. I don't blame you at all, bob...and

so sorry your family are trump supporters.

[RockRaven]

29. It is very on-brand for dumbshit Americans to be "very or extremely proud" of something

which is for almost all of them an accident of birth (i.e. completely beyond their control).

[Emile]

31. My granddaughters just flew to Ireland. I told them

if anyone asks, tell them you're from Canada. I explained to them how Trump has the whole world hating us.

[Raine]

32. I don't "hate" being American, no matter what I'll always be an American but

sometimes it's not easy especially given that most of the World is making fun of us. We're the butt of jokes since the attempted grab of Canada and Greenland.

[bif]

33. I'm an American by birth, not choice

I consider myself a citizen of the Earth.

[hay rick]

40. I'm an American in my dreams but not when I wake up.