Record-Low 38% Extremely Proud to Be American

[Demovictory9]

https://news.gallup.com/poll/394202/record-low-extremely-proud-american.aspx

Record-Low 38% Extremely Proud to Be American
BY MEGAN BRENAN

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

38% are "extremely" and 27% "very" proud to be Americans

Extreme pride at new lows for Republicans (58%), independents (34%)

Democrats' 26% extreme pride near record low

[captain queeg]

1. There's a lot of good about the US. Not sure being proud of it captures my feelings.

[Turbineguy]

2. A lot of republicans are extremely proud to be

pro-Putin Russians. They just may not know that.

[roamer65]

3. I see myself as a Michigander first, American second.

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Very much like what it was from 1789-1861.

People identified with their state more than the nation as a whole.

The abortion issue will now drive that ideology further and faster, as I predicted and is now coming to fruition.

[hlthe2b]

4. I thought someone would take objection to my Colorado/Ukraine crossed flags avatar

first posted months ago, but it reflects pride in my state whose politics are far more representative of my views than are those of our country. Likewise the outreach of Colorado to Ukrainian relief efforts, but it is the former that has me posting those two crossed flags, rather than a US-Ukrainian one.

[Initech]

5. For the first time in my life I do not feel safe in this country.

And I feel like things are only going to get worse!

[Demovictory9]

6. unfortunately... the ball is rolling down hill. faster and faster

[Initech]

7. Yup, Fox News, AM radio, and the NRA have turned this country into a powder keg.

And I feel like we're one election away from just teetering over the edge.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

10. I haven't felt safe in this country for a long time...

It's just reached whole new lows here in 2022, thanks to the QOP Year of Hate.

[JI7]

8. Pride in such things is stupid anyways . It always results in people wanting to ignore

the bad and not improve .

Love for a country/home makes more sense since people who do it would want to improve it .

I think even the developed Western European countries where people have high standard of living and a good quality of life tend to be less nationalistic .

( in this case I think the decrease in pride has to do with many Trump supporters though so the above reasons don't necessarily apply to this) .

[IngridsLittleAngel]

9. I feel neither proud nor safe

I don't think I've felt "proud" ever since I came to understand myself, and realized I am an outcast. Sorry to say that as time has gone on, I still feel like an outcast... And it's obviously gotten worse over the last 6 years.

Now, thanks to these "almighty patriots," I feel like I have a target painted on my back too.