Every year, Gallup conducts a poll on the patriotic leanings of Americans across all sorts of demographics. In recent years, this poll has produced worrying results. 

There is now a massive generational and partisan divide in how much pride people have in being American. I don’t know how to solve it, but I know why those who are losing faith in America are wrong. 

In the 2025 iteration of this poll, a staggering 92% of Republicans were “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, whereas just 53% of independents and 36% of Democrats reported feeling the same. 

Until 2016, Democrats and Republicans remained rather similar in their patriotism, with both reaching values above 80% before the election of President Donald Trump. However, modern patriotism among Democrats is dependent on who is in the White House, rather than any genuine love of America.

During the time that Joe Biden was in the White House, Republican pride in being American bottomed out at 84%. Over the same period, Democrats rose to a peak of just 62%. 

One significant driver of this decline is

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