Pride In America Reaches Record Low, Especially Among Democrats, Gen Z
As we head into the 4th of July holiday, a new Gallup poll finds American patriotism has declined to a new low. National pride has fallen especially among Democrats, independents, and younger generations.
The poll, which surveyed 1,000 adults living in the U.S. during June 2025, found that only 58% of Americans overall said they were extremely or very proud to be an American in 2025.
The rate is a decline from 67% last year, and it is a new low since Gallup started conducting the annual poll on American pride in 2001.
Just over a third (36%) of Democrats said they felt proud to be an American in 2025, down from 62% in 2024.
This is the second time fewer than half of Democrats have said they were proud to be American since the survey began.
The first time was during 2020, in which the Gallup survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and shortly after the murder of George Floyd.
Among political independents, just over half (53%) of respondents said they were extremely or very proud to be an American, down from 60% in 2024, and also a record low.
Pride among Republicans, in contrast, has increased over the past year, with 92% of Republicans saying they were proud to be an American in 2025, up from 85% in 2024.
Republicans have consistently ranked above Democrats and political independents in American pride since the survey began.
The poll also found that younger generations are less likely to be proud to be Americans than older birth cohorts.
Fewer than half (41%) of Gen Z respondents said they were proud to be an American between 2021-2025, compared to 58% of millennials, 71% of Gen X, and three quarters of Baby Boomers.
Pride has decreased among all age cohorts since the previous five-year period.
What these numbers show us is that each generation is less patriotic than the prior generation, and Gen Z definitely identifies less with patriotism than older people. Even among the older generations, they’ve become less patriotic over time. That change is primarily driven by Democrats within those generations.