As July 4 approaches, less than a third of Dems are ‘extremely proud’ to be Americans

As July 4 approaches, less than a third of Dems are ‘extremely proud’ to be Americans

By Julia Cohen 

Less than one-third of Democrats are “extremely proud” to be Americans, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday.

Only 32% of Democrats rated themselves as “extremely proud” to be Americans, while 74% of Republicans rated themselves as such, according to the poll.

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This is the lowest number for Democrats and the highest number for Republicans since 2013, according to the poll. The percentage of Democrats extremely proud to be Americans dropped 24 percentage points from 2013, when former President Barack Obama was in office.

Overall, 47% of those surveyed were extremely proud to be Americans. (RELATED: FBI Foils July 4 Terror Plot By Al Qaeda Sympathizer)

White Americans are also more likely to be extremely proud to be Americans than non-white Americans at 54% compared to 33%, according to the poll. The percentage extremely proud to be Americans also increases with age, with 33% of those 18 to 29 years old extremely proud and 58% of those 65 and older extremely proud.

The low numbers may be related to how Americans think they are viewed by other countries. A February 2018 Gallup poll revealed that at that time, only 29% of Americans believed that world leaders respected President Donald Trump.

The poll was conducted over the phone from June 1 to 13, with 1,520 adults of voting age sampled. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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