Two national polls report American pride at multi-decade lows, with AP-NORC finding 53% of US adults extremely or very proud and Gallup recording only one-third extremely proud.The fall is concentrated among Democrats and many independents, while Republicans show far higher attachment and roughly 90% express strong pride in the armed forces, and AP-NORC reports sharp drops in pride in US democracy since 2017.Researchers link the decline to the presidency of
Donald Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation under President
Joe Biden and US-Iran tensions during polling, and note younger Americans and many Black and Hispanic respondents prioritize race or ethnicity over national identity.