{"id":3849,"date":"2026-06-29T09:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2026-06-29T09:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:33:27","slug":"americans-pride-in-us-history-and-democracy-drops-and-fewer-are-proud-to-be-american-polls-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3849","title":{"rendered":"Americans\u2019 pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Americans have grown less proud of their country\u2019s history or the way its democracy works over the past decade, according to a new AP-NORC poll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3847\">Scottie Scheffler sinks putt on 18th hole to force playoff at Travelers Championship on Monday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Americans\u2019 pride in the U.S. on several key attributes has dropped since 2017 \u2014 including the nation\u2019s military and its political influence around the globe \u2014 according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. This poll was conducted in April, as the United States and Iran fought over the Strait of Hormuz in a prolonged war that started with the U.S. and Israel launching strikes on Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>New Gallup polling also finds that only 53% of U.S. adults are \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d proud to be an American, the lowest reading in the trend dating back to 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The findings point to a broad decline in patriotic sentiment over a tumultuous period that included most of President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation that contributed to a backlash against President Joe Biden. That timeframe also covers Trump\u2019s return to the White House, where he\u2019s taken more aggressive actions on immigration and issues abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Much of the falling positivity comes from Democrats, who have become increasingly disenchanted with the country since Trump\u2019s first term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the same time, most U.S. adults say that being an American is \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d important to their identity, highlighting an enduring connection, even as some become increasingly critical of the country\u2019s past or the government\u2019s current actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>American pride declines on the armed forces and democracy<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Americans\u2019 pride in the way democracy works in the U.S. has declined 14 percentage points, falling from 42% in February 2017 to 28% now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, Americans\u2019 pride in their armed forces has dropped 19 percentage points since 2017, and pride in the U.S.\u2019s history has declined 14 percentage points. In each case, the drop is largely driven by Democrats, with some movement among independents as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Karla Galdamez \u2014 a 48-year-old Democrat who used to teach U.S. history \u2014 believes America has regressed under the Trump administration. While the Californian is not proud of Trump, she is pleased with how far the U.S. has come in 250 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s a country that really wanted to be different and really wanted to be better,\u201d she said. \u201dDespite some of the very ugly history that we have of segregation and slavery &#8230; if you look at the trajectory of the last 250 years, we\u2019ve done nothing but get better and move toward a more egalitarian nation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Only 14% of Democrats and 28% of independents say they are \u201cextremely\u201d proud to be an American, according to Gallup\u2019s new poll, compared with 70% of Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The AP-NORC poll found that Republicans are especially likely to be proud of the nation\u2019s armed forces. About 9 in 10 Republicans say the military makes them \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d proud, compared with about 6 in 10 U.S. adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Samantha Fulks, a 40-year-old in San Antonio, Texas, says she\u2019s proud to be an American and doesn\u2019t hide it. The Texas Republican showcases that pride with an American flag in her front yard \u2014 as well as Trump flags in the back yard \u2014 and she plans to wear red, white and blue on the Fourth of July. Fulks comes from a military family, and while she believes the country\u2019s involvement in Iran is unnecessary, she remains a proud supporter of the military.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3845\">Iran\u2019s president says $6b in frozen assets in Qatar to be released as US talks challenged<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI still support our troops no matter what they do,\u201d Fulks said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Being an American matters more for personal identity among Republicans and older adults<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Matt Stafford, a 39-year-old in Massachusetts, is proud of being an American, even if the U.S. political system frustrates him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He has a bald eagle tattooed on his back to represent the United States, its freedoms and \u201call the things we\u2019re supposed to stand for as a country.\u201d But despite that national pride, he often finds himself frustrated by politicians on both sides. Stafford \u2014 a centrist who identifies as \u201cpolitically homeless\u201d \u2014 wants Democrats and Republicans to come together to look out for their constituents in middle America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI love America, but our biggest problem is how we\u2019re pushing both sides \u2014 like the left and the right \u2014 to the extremes,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For many Americans, their partisanship is often intertwined with their national identity. The poll finds that Republicans are much likelier than Democrats or independents to say being an American is \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d important to their personal identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Younger people are also much less likely than older people to say being an American is highly important to their personal identity. About three-quarters of Americans ages 60 and older say being an American is highly important to them, compared with only about one-third of U.S. adults under 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Race or ethnicity matters more to many Black Americans<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The AP-NORC survey found that the vast majority of Black Americans \u2014 73% \u2014 say their race or ethnicity is \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d important to how they see themselves, higher than the share that say that about being an American.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vincent Harris, a 60-year-old in California, says his identity as a Black man rises above other attributes for him because of how Black men are treated in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA lot of people are scared of Black men just because we are Black and we are male. And that\u2019s crazy,\u201d Harris said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t even take you for who you are as a person; they just look at your race.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>About half of Hispanic Americans say their race or ethnicity is highly important to them, compared with 22% of white Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Black and Hispanic adults are also more likely than white adults to say their family\u2019s ancestry or country of origin is highly important to their personal identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harris, who identifies as a gay man, says being an American is \u201ca wonderful thing\u201d because of the freedoms that Americans have, despite the obstacles he\u2019s had to overcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be an American \u2014 regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or whatever. As long as you have that freedom of choice as an American, that\u2019s a great thing,&#8221; Harris said. \u201cRight now, I wouldn\u2019t live in any other country in the world. I\u2019m here. I love it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3844\">Shane Knowlton Simard\u2019s 53-yard TD sprint with :26 left lifts South All-Stars in 64th Agganis game<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much of the falling positivity comes from Democrats, who have become increasingly disenchanted with the country since President Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Americans\u2019 pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find - 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