Gallup: American pride hits 25-year low ahead of the 250th anniversary

Gallup has been surveying U.S. adults about American pride since 2001. The question:…Tags: America, Gallup, pride

With America’s 250th anniversary approaching this Saturday, just 14 percent of Democrats described themselves as “extremely proud” to be an American, according to a new Gallup poll, as national pride hits a new low. After the Sept. 11 attacks, national pride was at a high. Through 2004, 65 to 70 percent of poll respondents felt […]

A new Gallup survey found that American pride is at a 25-year low, days ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary.  Poll results show that 33 percent of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be an American, while 20 percent said they are “very proud.” Twenty-two percent of respondents are “moderately proud,” 15 percent...

America will reach a historic milestone at the end of this week as it celebrates its semiquincentennial, but the people that comprise this storied nation have reportedly never felt so detached from its identity.An AP-NORC poll published Monday (but conducted in April) found that American pride has dropped significantly over the last decade. Negativity surrounding the government has also seeped into public perception of the core components of America’s story, such as its history, notions of American foreign influence and impact, or the way the country’s democracy works.Pride in American democracy has declined 14 percentage points since 2017, when it was measured at 42 percent, to 28 percent.The survey also found that a majority of Americans are disillusioned with the American dream: They are not confident in their current financial situations, do not believe they can find a “good job” in the current market, do not believe they have the ability to purchase new homes if they want, and do not believe they’ll have enough money to retire when the day comes.A Gallup poll, also published Monday, found that just 33 percent of U.S. adults were “extremely proud” to be an American. That’s the lowest rating since the polling group began asking the question in 2001, when 55 percent of the nation’s adult population answered similarly.Another 20 percent of U.S. adults said they were “very proud” to be an American, indicating that just over half of the country feels a deep sense of pride in their national identity.The fall-off is represented most extremely amongst self-identified Democrats, of which just 14 percent said they were “extremely proud” to be an American in 2026. Right behind them were registered independents, 28 percent of whom offered the same response. Independents, according to Gallup’s data, have experienced a steady decline in national pride since 2004.Meanwhile, 70 percent of Republicans said they were “extremely proud” to be an American when polled this year—a sharp uptick from when they were asked the question between 2020 and 2024.