Even as anti-American rhetoric echoes across parts of the country, most US voters still say they feel a strong sense of pride in being American.
A Daily Mail/JL Partners poll found that nearly three in four US citizens — 73 percent — say they are proud to be American.
By contrast, 13 percent of voters said they are either somewhat not proud or not proud at all of being American.
The level of patriotism, however, varies sharply along political lines.
Republicans were by far the most likely to express pride in their American identity, with 92 percent saying they are either somewhat or very proud.
Democrats showed more muted enthusiasm, with 64 percent saying they are proud to be American, while 21 percent — about one in five — said they do not feel pride in their heritage.
Independents were similarly less emphatic, with 62 percent saying they are proud to be American and 15 percent saying they are not.
Among the 1,040 registered voters surveyed, the youngest adults — those ages 18 to 29 — were the least likely to express national pride. Just under a quarter of that group, 23 percent, said they are not proud to be American.
Roughly three out of four US citizens, 73 percent, claim they are proud to be an American, according to the latest Daily Mail/JL Partners survey
By contrast, those aged 65 and up were the most likely age group to be proudly American, with 81 percent agreeing that they are delighted to be from the US.
The survey was taken between June 19 and 21, and the margin of error is 3 percent.
The responses come as President Donald Trump is trying to lift American spirits by throwing the country’s 250th birthday bash.
Washington, DC, has been taken over by crowds milling about the National Mall – where Trump’s Great American State Fair is going down – and the monuments – where the President has promised to host the largest fireworks show ever on Independence Day.
Still, the efforts have not been enough to get everyone in the American experiment on the same page.
‘It breaks my heart to see Americans who have lost pride in our country,’ Republican Senator Ashley Moody posted on social media, responding to a recent poll showing 36 percent of Democrats are not proud to be American.
‘We are a nation built on individual freedom, a place where you can come from anywhere, with nothing, and build something extraordinary.’
The survey results come at a time when the American identity has been questioned by many.
Revelers watch Donald Trump speak at the Freedom 250-backed Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, DC, last week. The event runs through July 10
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court shot down a challenge from the White House over who qualifies for birthright citizenship.
This decision preserves the precedent that has stood for over 150 years: that anyone born on US soil is automatically a citizen.
On the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, surveys have found that pride in American heritage has hit new lows.
A Gallup poll published this week found that the number of US adults who say they are ‘extremely proud’ to be an American has hit a 25-year low.
Despite the President’s penchant for Lee Greenwood’s classic God Bless the USA and its iconic line, ‘And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I am free,’ there are still a significant number of people who are dissatisfied with their identities.
