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A new Gallup poll just came out with what I thought were some troubling conclusions:
Let's get rid of the 4th of July then except for old conservatives. It will be just another work day for liberal Millennials.
Since the 2003 peak, all major subgroups have shown significant declines in the percentage saying they are extremely proud to be Americans. The largest decline has come among young adults, from 60% to 34%. In 2003 as well as today, young adults rank among the subgroups least willing to say they are extremely proud to be Americans.
Young adults today are also one of the few subgroups that are significantly less likely to be patriotic than in January 2001, before the 9/11 rally effect. At that time, 51% of 18- to 29-year-olds were extremely proud to be Americans. Because no one who is 18 to 29 today was in that same age group in 2001 or 2003, the trends in patriotism among young adults could be evidence that those in the millennial generation are less patriotic than young adults in generations that preceded them. And that generational change may help explain why there has been further decline in patriotism among all U.S. adults over the last three years.
New Low of 52% "Extremely Proud" to Be Americans
Let's get rid of the 4th of July then except for old conservatives. It will be just another work day for liberal Millennials.
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