National pride has plummeted, with a majority of Republicans and independents and nearly half of Democrats feeling unhappy with their country, according to the latest Fox News poll.
The poll, released on Thursday, asks registered voters “are you proud of the country today”, to which only 39% answer “yes”. This is 12 points lower than in June 2017 (last time the question was asked) and 30 points lower than in June 2011.
While the question has only been asked four times, this is the first time that the majority feel frustrated in the country: 56% are not proud, up from 45% in 2017 and 28% in 2011.
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Percentage of Americans Proud of the United States (Fox News)
Independents and Republicans have reversed their positions since 2017, while former “not proud” Democrats are now on the fence.
In 2017, Republicans (by 31 points) and independents (by 4 points) were proud. Today, both teams feel frustrated with the country, the GOP by 24 points and the independents by 35.
Democrats were 17 points more likely to be disappointed in the country in 2017, while now they are divided: 46% are proud and 48% are not.
Percentage of Americans Proud of Their Country by Political Party (Fox News)
The men also reversed positions. They were more likely to be proud in 2017 with 22 points, while now they are not proud with 14 points. Women were unhappy in 2017 and remain to this day, but by a much larger margin, they were not proud by 9 points five years ago compared to 21 points today.
Black voters remain in the “not proud” column, although the margin is shrinking: from a margin of 28 points five years ago to a margin of 9 points today.
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The opposite is true for Hispanic voters, who moved from being proud of the US by 18 points in 2017 to not being proud of 24 points today.
Percentage of Americans Proud of Their Country Based on Demographics (Fox News)
“While once being proud of America was seen as a prerequisite for being patriotic, this has also been incorporated into partisanship. It seems to many that pride and patriotism no longer concern our democratic freedoms but the individual in the White House,” he said. Democrat Chris Anderson polls Fox News with Republican Daron Shaw.
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Conducted from June 10 to 13, 2022 under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News poll includes interviews with 1,002 nationally registered voters randomly selected from a national voter register and spoke live with interviews on both landlines and cell phones. The aggregate sample has a sampling margin of plus or minus three percentage points.
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Conducted from June 10 to 13, 2022 under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News poll includes interviews with 1,002 nationally registered voters randomly selected from a national voter register and spoke live with interviews on both landlines and cell phones. The aggregate sample has a sampling margin of plus or minus three percentage points.
Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.
