Poll: Only 36% Of Democrats Are Proud To Be American

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Poll: Only 36% Of Democrats Are Proud To Be American

By: Ariel McDowell, The Federalist, July 02, 2025:

It is worth noting when significant portions of one party reject being proud to be American in the span of one decade, while another remains completely unaffected by the shift in sentiment.

A Gallup poll revealed Monday that only 36 percent of Democrats say they are proud to be an American, down from 87 percent in 2001. Meanwhile, at least 84 percent of Republicans have identified themselves as proud Americans throughout the last 24 years.

According to the poll conducted in early June, 87 percent of Democrats in 2001 identified as “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, compared to 36 percent in 2025. Meanwhile, 92 percent of Republican respondents said they were proud to be American, an increase from 90 percent in 2001.

A respondent is identified as a “proud” American if they report being either “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, as opposed to “moderately,” “only a little,” or “not at all.” “Proud” answers were the norm for Americans before the most recent decade and remained consistently high across the political spectrum from 2005-2015, ranging from 81 percent to 85 percent. However, the first significant nosedive was seen in 2017, when only 75 percent of respondents said they were proud as opposed to 81 percent the previous year. Enthusiasm has continued to fall since then. In 2025, American pride among respondents sits at a record low of 58 percent. Most of the variation is found in the answers of Democrats and Independents.

Democrat respondents’ pride appeared to be more affected by which party held the White House, a factor which may play a role in the recent plunge. The first and second Trump administrations coincide with both major dips in Democrat patriotism. In response to these statistics, Brad Smith, law professor at Capital University Law School, suggested in a post on X that Democrats’ pride hinges more in their success as a party than consistent loyalty to the nation as a whole.

Notice that Republican pride has not fallen below 84% in that time. It's low under Obama was 89% in 2016. Pride Amongst Democrats seems much more dependent on the party in power, dropping 26 points in the last year. Republicans appear to be proud of the country, while many…

— Brad Smith (@CommishSmith) June 30, 2025

Another notable distinction can be seen generationally. Even among Republicans, younger people expressed consistently less pride in being American than the generations prior. While 77% of Democrats and 92% of Republicans among the Greatest and Silent Generations responded that they were proud to be American from 2016-2025, only 24% and 65% of Democrats and Republicans, respectively, in Generation Z responded likewise.

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