Americans are no longer proud to be American. A record-low 58 percent of adults said they were “extremely or very proud” to be American—a slump of nine percent from 2024 and still five points below the previous low from 2020, according to a Gallup poll. The largest drops were recorded by Democrats and young people. Democrats’ national pride dropped from 62 percent in 2024 to only 36 percent in 2025 while Republican nationalism increased seven percentage points year-on-year. At 56 percent, it the largest gulf between the two political parties since 2001. But while it might be easy to attribute the nosedive to the election and policies of Republican President Donald Trump, that’s not the full story. Young people across the political spectrum have reported being less patriotic with only 41 percent of Gen Z (born 1997-2012) respondents saying they were “extremely or very proud” to be American. The rate ticked upward through older generations with millennials (born 1981-1996) clocking in at 58 percent and Generation X (born 1965-1980) recording 75 percent. American national pride has been on a steady slowdown since 2001, when Gallup first started recording data, and analysts said the longterm nosedive was due to intense partisan ideological divisions, economic downturns, and discontent with the state of the U.S.
