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sheshe2

(93,026 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:05 PM Jun 30

Americans Have Never Hated Being American More, New Poll Finds

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




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Americans Have Never Hated Being American More, New Poll Finds (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 30 OP
I'm traveling abroad tomorrow. If anyone asks I'm telling them I'm Canadian. OrlandoDem2 Jun 30 #1
I remember feeling like I had to do that traveling in Europe after the Vietnam war. travelingthrulife Jul 1 #36
Trump and Putin are breaking this country. Irish_Dem Jun 30 #2
You are right, 100% right. sheshe2 Jun 30 #3
Relinquishing the things that have made us great over the years ... LastDemocratInSC Jun 30 #5
Thanks, I'll try to read that paper. thought crime Jul 1 #14
tRump bdamomma Jul 1 #37
I don't get "proud". I feel fortunate. But I am often embarrassed. This is one of those times. NewHendoLib Jun 30 #4
We were the home of the brave and land of the free. Irish_Dem Jul 1 #30
It will bdamomma Jul 1 #39
i have mixed feelings on the subject Takket Jun 30 #6
That is about where I am right now, Takket. sheshe2 Jun 30 #9
I'm not even gonna look this up GladysKravitz Jun 30 #7
To your last question. NO. I hate loud noise, as does my cat, as do niyad Jul 1 #16
I absolutely loathe fireworks FirstLight Jul 1 #21
Absolutely agree!!! niyad Jul 1 #34
I have PTSD. usedtobedemgurl Jul 1 #35
I am so very sorry that you and your husband are going through this. niyad Jul 1 #38
Thank you. usedtobedemgurl Jul 1 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jun 30 #8
Well, yes, if one does not count the 42+ million who are food insecure niyad Jul 1 #15
I don't mean bdamomma Jul 1 #41
When your strongest selling point is 'others have it worse,' Torchlight Jul 1 #43
I'm planning to wear a black dress on Friday. greatauntoftriplets Jun 30 #10
I wear black most of the time anyway. . .but you reminded me to get my niyad Jul 1 #13
Good idea, gaot. sheshe2 Jul 1 #26
I cannot stand this shithole country but am stuck here, for now. nt ImNotGod Jun 30 #11
Stole this from DU'er MiHale: AILO--American In Location Only! niyad Jul 1 #12
That is fitting, niyad. sheshe2 Jul 1 #17
I simply had to share it! niyad Jul 1 #18
It works! sheshe2 Jul 1 #19
Sadly true! niyad Jul 1 #20
Borrowed,,,ok taken. Prairie_Seagull Jul 1 #42
So 77% are moderately, very or extremely proud, with TheProle Jul 1 #22
Sad, isn't it. sheshe2 Jul 1 #23
I don't know. An accident of fate popped me out in the US TheProle Jul 1 #24
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine Ping Tung Jul 1 #25
I truly feel this way. BlueMTexpat Jul 1 #44
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. Voltaire Ping Tung Jul 1 #45
Personally, I am not celebrating this year bob4460 Jul 1 #27
I don't blame you at all, bob...and sheshe2 Jul 1 #28
It is very on-brand for dumbshit Americans to be "very or extremely proud" of something RockRaven Jul 1 #29
My granddaughters just flew to Ireland. I told them Emile Jul 1 #31
I don't "hate" being American, no matter what I'll always be an American but Raine Jul 1 #32
I'm an American by birth, not choice bif Jul 1 #33
I'm an American in my dreams but not when I wake up. hay rick Jul 1 #40
I'm a Michigander first. roamer65 Jul 1 #47
I am embarrassed to be......and I have many friends on 6 continents and 1 friend in Greenland slingsam Jul 1 #48

OrlandoDem2

(3,047 posts)
1. I'm traveling abroad tomorrow. If anyone asks I'm telling them I'm Canadian.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:07 PM
Jun 30

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

Irish_Dem

(72,738 posts)
2. Trump and Putin are breaking this country.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jun 30

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

LastDemocratInSC

(4,092 posts)
5. Relinquishing the things that have made us great over the years ...
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:49 PM
Jun 30

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.

bdamomma

(68,901 posts)
37. tRump
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:05 AM
Jul 1

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

(61,264 posts)
4. I don't get "proud". I feel fortunate. But I am often embarrassed. This is one of those times.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:44 PM
Jun 30

I personally am not a fan of pride.

Irish_Dem

(72,738 posts)
30. We were the home of the brave and land of the free.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:18 AM
Jul 1

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

(68,901 posts)
39. It will
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:08 AM
Jul 1

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

Takket

(23,113 posts)
6. i have mixed feelings on the subject
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:31 PM
Jun 30

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.

 

GladysKravitz

(27 posts)
7. I'm not even gonna look this up
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:41 PM
Jun 30

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

(125,564 posts)
16. To your last question. NO. I hate loud noise, as does my cat, as do
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 12:24 AM
Jul 1

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

FirstLight

(15,559 posts)
21. I absolutely loathe fireworks
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:24 AM
Jul 1

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?

usedtobedemgurl

(1,777 posts)
35. I have PTSD.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 09:53 AM
Jul 1

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

(125,564 posts)
38. I am so very sorry that you and your husband are going through this.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:06 AM
Jul 1

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.

usedtobedemgurl

(1,777 posts)
46. Thank you.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:51 PM
Jul 1

I am happy I can experience such things. The prognosis, for his cancer, is in terms of weeks, maybe months. In August, it will be two years! I would not know about the gong, if he was not a fighter. Experiencing it means he is alive. I would go through that everyday, if it means he is here with me. Fuck cancer.

Response to sheshe2 (Original post)

niyad

(125,564 posts)
15. Well, yes, if one does not count the 42+ million who are food insecure
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 12:19 AM
Jul 1

(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

(68,901 posts)
41. I don't mean
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:12 AM
Jul 1

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

(5,199 posts)
43. When your strongest selling point is 'others have it worse,'
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:32 AM
Jul 1

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

sheshe2

(93,026 posts)
26. Good idea, gaot.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:12 AM
Jul 1

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.

TheProle

(3,542 posts)
22. So 77% are moderately, very or extremely proud, with
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:45 AM
Jul 1

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

Basically 8 out of 10. Seems about right.

TheProle

(3,542 posts)
24. I don't know. An accident of fate popped me out in the US
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:06 AM
Jul 1

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

(3,161 posts)
25. The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:09 AM
Jul 1

BlueMTexpat

(15,595 posts)
44. I truly feel this way.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 11:11 AM
Jul 1

But, since I was born in the USA, raised, educated there, and still have most of my family living there - even after living in Europe for nearly 31 years now - I still never deny that I am a US citizen.

I worked for my country as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the 1960s, when liberalism was in full flower. I also worked for my country with the US State Department when that was still a proud and functional agency. In between, I also worked for my country as a public school teacher for several years.

Through all those experiences, I was able to end my professional career working with international agencies in Geneva, where I was but one among many nationalities from around the world. I learned firsthand how we are ALL MUCH MORE ALIKE than we are different

I will NEVER change my mind about that, no matter what national label is affixed on anyone.

While I am completely ashamed by what the political environment in the USA has become and, as a result, wish never to live there again full-time, I will not deny an essential part of my being simply because some of the worst people in the world are currently running the show.

Besides, I still want the country of my birth to become a place where my children and grandchildren - along with all others - can live up to their potential.

Ping Tung

(3,161 posts)
45. It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. Voltaire
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 11:40 AM
Jul 1

For me: 4 years USMC, 26 years USPS

bob4460

(340 posts)
27. Personally, I am not celebrating this year
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:22 AM
Jul 1

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.

RockRaven

(17,635 posts)
29. It is very on-brand for dumbshit Americans to be "very or extremely proud" of something
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:40 AM
Jul 1

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

Emile

(36,163 posts)
31. My granddaughters just flew to Ireland. I told them
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:29 AM
Jul 1

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

Raine

(30,909 posts)
32. I don't "hate" being American, no matter what I'll always be an American but
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:59 AM
Jul 1

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.

roamer65

(37,681 posts)
47. I'm a Michigander first.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:36 PM
Jul 1

Always have been always will be.

Hopefully people give us a 4 July 2026 that honors the 1776 date well.

slingsam

(387 posts)
48. I am embarrassed to be......and I have many friends on 6 continents and 1 friend in Greenland
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 08:44 PM
Jul 1

yeah....this is not a proud time for America......Ask any of my friends..........

Its time for Americans to stand up......and confront President Asshole...NOW!!!!!!!!!

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