Polls

Indpendent -   Just over half of Americans say they are proud of their nationality as the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, according to a series of new studies highlighting a sharp decline in national pride and a widening generational divide.

Data from multiple research groups indicates that traditional patriotism is fractured along partisan and age lines, with younger generations increasingly pessimistic about the country’s economic prospects and the state of its democracy.

A newly released survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 51 percent of respondents were extremely or very proud to be American. This marks a significant drop from 2013, when 82 percent of respondents expressed the same sentiment to the organization.

The decline is most noticeable among young adults. Only 34 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 told PRRI they were proud to be American, compared with 66 percent of those aged 65 and older.

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