The Associated Press has run the headline "Americans’ pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find" in its report on a new AP-NORC poll and comparing its results to 2017 and 2021. As the article relates, "Only 14% of Democrats and 28% of independents say they are 'extremely' proud to be an American, according to Gallup’s new poll, compared with 70% of Republicans."
The shows responses from Republicans, Democrats, and "overall" as to various categories--armed forces, scientific and technical achievements, history, economic achievements, how it democracy works, and political influence in the rest of the world. The results among Republicans seem to vary according to who holds power: the Republicans, for instance, dropped considerably in their estimations during the Biden Administration before mostly bouncing back on this second Trump term.
The Democrats, however, have dropped in each succeeding poll (even during Biden's term as president). And it is the decline in the pride felt by Democrats which is primarily dragging down the overall ratings. Whether this is due to the influx of immigrants, the Democrats drinking their own Kool-Aid, or what, I do not know.
But it has obvious implications for the continued political unity of the country. For instance, if only 20% of Democrats have pride in how our political system works, and only 43% of Republicans, that means that the vast majority of Americans think the system is broken.
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