Patriotism among Americans reaches record low amid ‘political and generational changes’: Gallup

July 4, 2025

A new Gallup survey shows that patriotism in the United States has reached a record low with fewer Americans than ever before saying they consider themselves extremely or very proud of their country.

The Christian Post reports that the new survey released by Gallup, asked 1,000 U.S. adults if they considered themselves proud of their country.

This year, only 58% of those surveyed described themselves as “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American, compared to 67% of respondents who shared that sentiment when surveyed last year.

That constitutes a record low for the 25 years that Gallup has been asking the question.

The number of Americans who characterized themselves as “extremely” proud of their country remained unchanged from the 2024 survey at 41%, up from the record low of 38% in 2022.

This year, only 17% of Americans described themselves as “very” proud compared to 26% last year.

According to the Christian Post, 19% described themselves as “moderately” proud, with 11% reporting being “only a little” proud.

About 9% of respondents said they are “not at all” proud.

The Gallup analysis states, “The combined 20% on the lower end of the pride scale essentially ties the record 21% measured in 2020. Until 2018, less than 10% of U.S. adults had consistently said they had little or no national pride.”

Gallup attributes the decline in patriotic pride among Americans to a “combination of political and generational changes,” including “economic prospects for young people, widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the nation, greater ideological divides between the parties, unfavorable images of both parties, and intense partisan rancor during the Trump and Biden administrations.”

Broken down by party affiliation, the overwhelming majority of Republicans (92%) considered themselves extremely or very proud to be an American while only 36% of Democrats would describe themselves in those terms.

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