This Friday, million so of patriotic families across the US will be celebrating Independence Day by reflecting on the many benefits they have because they live in this nation. Meanwhile, instead of flying the Stars and Stripes, too many Americans seem more interested in burning the American flag … or flying one representing another nation. There’s been a palpable dip in the level of national pride in recent years, and a new Gallup poll indicates that the Democratic Party has disproportionately fueled the shift. The Daily Caller broke down some of the survey’s most notable results: Fewer Democrats are “extremely” or “very” proud to be American than at any point in the last 25 years, a new poll shows. Just 36% of Democrats said they are beyond “moderately proud” of their country, down from 62% in 2024, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. The survey found that overall American pride is at a record low of 58%, but Democrats are “mostly” responsible for the decline. Democrats’ current level of national pride is at its lowest since 2020, when it was 42%, according to Gallup. It jumped to 62% once former President Joe Biden took office the following year, and it stayed above 50% throughout his term. The last time the percentage reached above 80% for Democrats was under former President Barack Obama. An array of social media posts brought light to the poll results: New Gallup poll shows just 36% of Democrats say they’re very proud to be American vs 92% of Republicans. Democrats hate America. pic.twitter.com/I0ShljRiw4 — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 30, 2025 Democrats hate America. pic.twitter.com/i6wk4tR6ou — Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) July 1, 2025 The low level of pride in America among Democrats might be startling, but it also makes sense in the context of the seemingly anti-American rhetoric and behavior that has become so common in the party recently: “Democrats exposed themselves as the party of insanity and hate—THE PARTY THAT WANTS TO PUT AMERICA LAST.” –@PressSec pic.twitter.com/siUvXFBT3p — The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 6, 2025 54% of young Democrats are embarrassed to be an American and Bill Maher rightfully tears apart the bullshit on the left. “You couldn’t survive a week living in intifadaville” @RubinReport pic.twitter.com/iEp43GabQd — The Rubin Report (@RubinReportShow) May 12, 2025 Gallup also highlighted the differences between age groups when it comes to expressing pride in being American: There are clear generational differences in American pride, with each new generation significantly less likely than the previous one to say they are extremely or very proud to be an American. This finding is based on the average level of pride expressed by the various generational groups across five 5-year periods since 2001. The resulting sample sizes allow for robust comparisons at each time period between groups as well as evaluation of changes over time. The youngest two generations, millennials (born between 1980 and 1996) and Generation Z (born after 1996), are the most distinct. From 2021 to 2025, less than half (41%) of adults who belong to Generation Z have been extremely or very proud to be Americans, compared with 58% of millennials. The rate increases to 71% of Generation X, 75% of the baby boom generation and 83% of the Silent Generation. Despite their greater expression of pride, all generations from millennials through the Silent Generation have shown declines of 10 or more points in the percentages extremely or very proud since 2001-2005. Most of that change has occurred since 2016. This year’s poll was just the latest to confirm the downward trend in national pride, as evidence by this report from The Hill a few years ago: