During Obama’s presidency, Republicans disagreed with him on just about everything but they never stopped being proud to be Americans.
Democrats are a different story. Since Trump became president, lots of Democrats are apparently no longer proud Americans. That’s just sad.
Gallup Polling reported:
Sharply Fewer Democrats Say They Are Proud to Be Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-seven percent of Democrats say they are “extremely” or “very” proud to be Americans, down 11 percentage points from a year ago. Republicans (92%) and independents (73%) are about as likely now as in 2016 to express such patriotic sentiments.
These results are based on a March 9-29 Gallup poll, which updated the Gallup trend question first asked in January 2001. The percentage of Democrats saying they are proud is the lowest Gallup has measured to date, falling below the previous low of 74% recorded in January 2007. That survey was conducted when Republican President George W. Bush had a 36% job approval rating and just after he announced a “surge” in U.S. troops to Iraq to attempt to turn around U.S. fortunes in the increasingly unpopular war.
The decline in Democratic pride this year most likely stems from Democrats’ negative feelings about President Donald Trump; fewer than 10% of Democrats approve of the job Trump is doing.
Check out this chart:
That’s just sad.
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