American Pride at All-Time Low According to Poll

As we approach Independence Day, a new Gallup poll reveals that Americans are not as proud of their nationality as they once were.

The poll found that 58% of U.S. respondents said they were “extremely (41%) or very proud (17%) ” to be an American this year. The “extremely proud” Americans have not been shown a massive difference from prior years, 2022 (38%) and (39%) in 2023. The change is mostly in the “very proud” percentile.

An additional 19% of respondents said they were “moderately” proud, while 11% said they were “only a little” and 9% “not at all” proud.

In 2018, 10% of U.S. adults said they had little or no national pride.

In January 2001, when Americans were first asked how proud they were, 87% said extremely or very proud. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, this increased to 90% and it was at that level between 2002 and 2004.

“At the beginning of the 21st century, U.S. adults were nearly unanimous in saying they were extremely or very proud to be Americans,” the Gallup report noted. “But that national unity has eroded over the past 25 years due to a combination of political and generational changes.”

Among the causes it cites are “greater pessimism about the economic prospects for young people, widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the nation, greater ideological divides between the parties, unfavorable images of both parties, and intense partisan rancor during the Trump and Biden administrations.”