A dwindling number of Americans are “extremely proud” to be Americans, a recently released survey has found.
According to a June 29 Gallup poll, fewer than two-thirds of US adults (65%) say they are “very” or “extremely” proud of this country. Just 38% say they are “extremely” proud — the lowest percentage of Americans to give that answer since Gallup began asking the question in 2001.
By contrast, 70% of Americans said they were “extremely proud” to be American in 2003 and a whopping 91% said they were “very” or “extremely” proud in 2004.
The Gallup survey also found that the drop in national pride transcends political allegiance.
While 58% of Republicans express “extreme” national pride, that figure is down from 76% in 2019 and 86% in 2003. Just 26% of Democrats say they are “extremely proud” to be American, up from a low of 22% in 2019, but down from an all-time high of 65% in 2003.
The last time the poll showed a majority of Democrats felt “extremely proud” to be American was in 2013 (56%).
Just 34% of self-described independent voters felt “extremely” proud to be an American, down more than 30 percentage points from the group’s all-time high of 65% in 2004.
The survey also found that older Americans are more likely to be “extremely” proud of living in the US — 51% of those 55 and older hold that view compared to 25% of those ages 18 to 34 and 35% of those ages 35 to 54.
Men (43%) are more likely to be “extremely proud” to be American than women (34%), while college graduates (33%) are less likely to be “extremely proud” than non-college graduates (41%).
The survey of 1,015 adults was taken between June 1 and 20 — in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas but before a series of controversial Supreme Court decisions, including the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
The poll’s margin of error is plus-or-minus 4%.
A separate survey last week found that 85% of Americans believe that the nation is heading in the wrong direction
The Associated Press/NORC poll released the same day as the Gallup survey found a sense of dissatisfaction held by members of both major political parties, with more than 90% of Republicans saying the economy was performing poorly and 78% of Democrats saying the same.
It also came as President Biden’s approval rating hit 36% in one poll — among the lowest recorded in recent months.
