Americans have grown less proud of their country’s history or the way its democracy works over the past decade, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

Americans’ pride in the U.S. on several key attributes has dropped since 2017 — including the nation’s military and its political influence around the globe — according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. This poll was conducted in April, as the United States and Iran fought over the Strait of Hormuz in a prolonged war that started with the U.S. and Israel launching strikes on Iran.

New Gallup polling also finds that only 53% of U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American, the lowest reading in the trend dating back to 2001.

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    2 days ago

    Would that be before or after they drove all the Native Americans out in order to try to establish this?

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      1 day ago

      I did say aspired for a reason. The actions of the leadership does not necessarily mean the ideals are bullshit. Ask the abolishionists who were fighting against slavery in 1800.