Only 39% of Americans described themselves as “extremely” proud to be an American – but this statistic doesn’t tell the whole story. The partisan breakdown is fairly staggering, as only 29% of Democrats and 33% of Independents describe themselves as extremely proud, whereas 60% of Republicans said they are extremely proud.
Democrats are not proud to be American, because as liberals, they are pissed off about, take your pick, racism, sexism, the Supreme Court, Trump, homophobia, global warming, and how oppressed people allegedly are.
A big number of Republicans are not proud, but for different reasons. As conservatives, they are not proud of the changes in America in recent decades, and are not happy with how America has changed.
Both liberals and conservatives see big numbers of their groups not proud of America, but for different reasons.
How can you be proud of what the neocons and globalists have done in our name the last 20 years. Domestically, I am a stranger in a strange land. We can’t even send my grankids to public school any longer. I’m certainly not proud and have no recourse since representative democracy is also dead in this country.