The share of Americans who say they’re “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American slipped 9 percentage points from last year, falling to the lowest level ever recorded by Gallup.
In the Gallup poll released days before the Fourth of July, 58 percent of Americans expressed enthusiastic pride in their national identity, down from the 67 percent recorded in the 2024 survey.
The drop is driven exclusively from a decline in those who say they’re “very” proud to be American — from 26 percent in 2024 to 17 percent in 2025.
The percentage of those who say they’re “extremely” proud to be American is unchanged from last year — at 41 percent.
When Gallup began asking the question in 2001, those who said they were “extremely” or “very” proud hovered in the high-80s to low-90s. In 2005, that level dropped to mid-80s, and dipped to mid-to-low 70s in 2017.
In 2020, enthusiastic national pride dipped to 63 percent before ticking back up to the high-60s, where it has hovered in annual surveys since.
National pride, in the past decade, has seen a clear schism between parties.
The share of Republicans who say they’re “extremely” or “very” proud to be American is 92 percent, a 7-point increase from last year. Since 2001, Republican national pride has remained largely consistent in the 90s, dropping to the mid-to-high 80s during the Biden administration.
Among Democrats, only 36 percent now say they are “extremely” or “very” proud to be American — a dramatic 26-point drop from last year and the lowest level ever recorded.
Enthusiastic national pride among Democrats declined dramatically during President Trump’s administration, with the previous record-low of 42 percent seen in 2020. After former President Biden took office, that percentage ticked up to 62 percent, before declining to the low 50s in 2022 and 2023, and rebounding to 62 percent in 2024.
Pollsters also just recorded a record-low share of independents who say they are “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, with that percentage falling to 53 percent from 60 percent last year. The group’s sentiment has seen a more stable decline over the years than Democrats.
The latest poll was conducted June 2-19 with 1,000 adults. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.
