Democrats’ diminished pride in being American is more clearly linked to Trump’s time in office. When Trump first entered the White House, in 2017, about two-thirds of Democrats said they were proud to be American. That had fallen to 42% by 2020, just before Trump lost reelection to Democrat Joe Biden.

Fewer Americans feel a sense of national pride this year, according to a new poll released by the Fourth of July.

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,