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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmericans' pride in US hits low: Gallup
Pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup started asking about it in 2001, according to a poll released Tuesday, with less half of adults surveyed now saying theyre extremely proud to be Americans.
Seventy percent of U.S. adults said in the new poll that they were proud of be Americans, but 2019 marks the second consecutive year that fewer than half 45 percent identified as extremely proud.
The highest readings roughly 70 percent came in 2003 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when the American public expressed high levels of patriotism, Gallup noted.
Extreme pride amongst Democrats dipped to its lowest measure in the new survey.
Only 22 percent of Democrats responded with extreme pride, half of what it was before President Trumps 2016 election.
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Lady Freedom Returns
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Poiuyt
(18,122 posts)1. The US has really become kind of a backwards country
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)2. Most Definitely....
It's downright embarrassing, daily.
Gothmog
(145,168 posts)3. I am not surprised by this-trump has hurt the reputation of the US
lunatica
(53,410 posts)4. Well I don't want to give up fighting for our Democracy
I dont get the proud thing. Its about working at being a better Democracy where ALL people are equal. I love our country more than ever because it needs us now. It has an enemy within, and we have to get rid of him.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)5. It's just hard to realize that 35% or so of Americans--
actually look at Trump and think he's great.
I would hope it was less than that, but this is like you are sitting in a bus, and you look at the person on one side of you and the other, and realize one of that is batshit.