Gallup poll: Record-low 47 percent say they are extremely proud to be American
As the Fourth of July approaches, a record amount of Americans are saying that they are no longer extremely proud to citizens of the country, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Just 47 percent of those polled said that they were extremely proud to be Americans, which is the first time in the 18 years that Gallup has been conducting the survey that that number has dropped below a majority.
The record amount came in late 2003, when 70 percent of Americans polled said that they were extremely proud to be an American. That number has been falling since 2009. Last year, only 51 percent of Americans said that they expressed extreme pride in their country.
However, only one in 10 Americans said they were “only a little” or “not at all proud,” with seven percent responding in the former and three percent responding in the latter.
When broken down upon party lines the responses became even more polarized. 32 percent of self-identified Democrats said that they were extremely proud. That number was down from 43 percent in 2017 and 56 percent in 2013.
The amount of Independents also declined to 42 percent, down from a high of 53 percent in 2015.
Republicans defied the trend, as their numbers actually increased. 74 percent said that they were extremely proud, up from 72 percent last year and 68 percent in 2015.
The poll surveyed 1,520 adults in all 50 states and the District of Columbia from June 1 to June 13. The margin of error was 3 percent.