Star Parker: Why Aren't Democrats Proud to Be American?
- A Gallup poll reveals that only 58% of Americans feel "extremely proud" or "very proud" to be American, a decrease from 87% in 2001.
- In 2025, 36% of Democrats express pride in the country compared to 92% of Republicans, indicating a partisan divide.
- Republican pride has remained stable, always above 84% since 2001, while Democratic pride fluctuates with party power.
- The article discusses the moral divide on abortion: 77% of Republicans are pro-life, while 83% of Democrats are pro-choice.
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The pride of being American collapses among Democrats. This was revealed by a Gallup poll that showed that only 36% of party members claim to be extremely or very proud, compared to 62% last year. This is only the second time that Democratic pride falls below the majority level, along with 42% in 2020.Read more]]>
Despite It All, I’m Still Patriotic
Civil rights demonstrators march in Jackson, Mississippi, in June 1963. (Photo by Daily Express/Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)ON THE EVE OF OUR NATION’S 249th birthday, a Gallup poll finds that only 58 percent of Americans feel “extremely” or “very” proud of their country. This is a new low in the twenty-five years Gallup has been asking this question, and the reasons are not hard to divine. We are led by a monomaniacal vulgarian …
How Democrats lost sight of Obama’s vision of American national identity
Today the Progressive Policy Institute published my new report titled “How Democrats lost sight of Obama’s vision of American national identity.” I’ll paste some sections here, and I encourage you to read the whole essay. It draws on themes from my...

Why Aren't Democrats Proud to Be American?
As we prepare to note the 249th anniversary of our country, getting ready for the great celebration next year of America's 250th, Gallup serves up sobering data. Per polling just released by Gallup, only 58% of Americans now say they are "extremely proud" or "very proud" to be an American. When Gallup first asked this question in 2001, 87% said they were "extremely proud" or "very proud" to be American. Digging deeper, we see that most of this p…
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