The engine of this lack of pride is a decline among Democrats, with their number rising from 45% in 2016 to 32% now who say they are "extremely proud". Republicans have advanced six points in the past two years, and independents have dropped three points.
Gallup followed patriotism for a time, beginning in 2001 when 87% said they were proud to be an American.
Other polls recorded a similar movement, with an MTV / AP-NORC poll in May 2018 finding that youth (15-26 years old) are much more likely to say that "patriotic" best describes the generation from their parents that he describes their generation. When parents were asked, they also believed that their own generation was more patriotic than their children's.
A PRRI survey released in June 2013 revealed figures similar to those of Gallup in 2013 when he questioned himself on the pride of being American, half saying he was "extremely proud" And 31% saying they are "very proud". Four percent said they were "only a little proud" or "not at all proud".
Three in ten respondents said in 2013 that they were not proud to be Americans, 29% of them citing "wars" as the main reason for the lack of pride. Second, the treatment of minorities and racism garnered 14%.
Among those who said that there had never been a time when they were not proud of their country, the number one reason was military service and military achievements – a Interesting parallel to "wars" being the main reason for people who were "I'm proud at one point." Among other reasons are the reaction to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the general freedom.
Fox News, in 2014 , found that the public was most likely to consider brandishing an American flag, to vote in elections and to join the army as an act of patriotism. The perception of such acts As a patriotic has remained constant, a survey of the Harwood Institute in 2002 found that voting, volunteering in the community and putting the American flag at the top of the list.In 1983, a New York Times poll saw the vote, singing the Star Spangled Banner, and ser in the armed forces as the greatest signs of patriotism.
While people can be proud to be Americans, they are not necessarily proud of America itself. Half say they are proud of the country, down since 2011, when the question was first asked by Fox – with 69% saying the same thing. There are no similar data for this year.
