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Showing Original Post only (View all)Americans Have Never Hated Being American More, New Poll Finds [View all]
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 years resultspublished with the Fourth of July on the horizon and the semiquincentennial a year awayhave 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 pridewhich has steadily declined since 2001is 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 20202024.
Since January 2001, the polling firm has asked Americans whether they are proud to be an American, and this years resultspublished with the Fourth of July on the horizon and the semiquincentennial a year awayhave 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 pridewhich has steadily declined since 2001is 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 20202024.
More: https://newrepublic.com/post/197441/american-pride-drops-gallup-poll




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I remember feeling like I had to do that traveling in Europe after the Vietnam war.
travelingthrulife
Jul 1
#36
I don't get "proud". I feel fortunate. But I am often embarrassed. This is one of those times.
NewHendoLib
Jun 30
#4
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine
Ping Tung
Jul 1
#25
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