It’s no news flash that younger Americans today generally tend to be less patriotic than previous generations. But the “patriotism gap” is growing rapidly—and perhaps most concerning is the fact that the gap is most drastic among younger Americans.

Writing for HotAir.com, Ed Morrissey notes: “Pride in America has sunk to its lowest standing ever, mainly led by a collapse among Democrats.”

Indeed, Gallup polls write: “A record-low 58% of U.S. adults say they are ‘extremely’ (41%) or ‘very’ (17%) proud to be an American, down nine percentage points from last year and five points below the prior low from 2020.” Gallup notes that most of the decline is in the “very proud” category.

Ben Shapiro asks if we’re seeing “the end of patriotism?” He opens his recent column with this observation: “America has a major problem: nearly half of Americans -- 42% -- don't believe in America.”

Gary Bauer, who served in the Reagan administration, comments (End of Day Report, 7/2/25): “The Left is all in on LGBTQ pride, but when it comes to pride in America, not so much….The American pride gap between the Greatest Generation and Gen Z is 53 points.” [emphasis added]

How do we account for this drop in patriotism---say........

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