CNN’s Enten: Democrats’ Pride in Being an American Has Dropped to 36%

HILL: “On this Fourth of July, we‘re taking a look at American pride. Is it on the rise or is it in decline? Apparently, that depends a lot on your political affiliation and your age. Here‘s CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten.”
ENTEN: “Erica, my friend, happy 4th of July. And today, on our Independence Day, I‘m looking into whether or not Americans feel proud to be an American. And as. It turns out, Democrats, their percentage who say they‘re proud to be an American has fallen through the floor. What are we talking about? Take a look here. Democrats’ pride to be an American, extremely or very proud, in 2015 — look at this — four out of five Democrats were extremely or very proud to be an American. That number has plummeted, plummeted to just 36% now in 2025, a low this century, has fallen by more than half since 2015, as Donald Trump has become, of course, president once again this year. Now, what is driving that decline? Well, a lot of it has to do with age. What are we talking about? Well, generation Z Democrats, proud to be an American or not? Of course, generation Z, born since 1997, look at this, only 24%, 24% of generation Z Democrats are extremely or very proud to be an American. That is actually lower, Erica, that is lower than the percentage who say they have little or no pride to be an American at 32%. I just never thought I‘d see these numbers based upon where we were a decade ago, but that‘s exactly where we are. Now, if Democrats have extremely less pride to be an American than they used to, what about Republicans? Well, this is where the trend line gets interesting, because Republicans, there is no trend line. In fact, take a look here. Republicans’ pride to be an American, extremely or very proud, in 2015 it was 90% back when Barack Obama was serving his second term. Now, in Donald Trump‘s second term, it‘s basically the same percentage, 92%. So Republicans still are extremely or very proud to be an American. Democrats, on the other hand, have seen their numbers fall through the floor, led, of course, by the youngest generation, generation Z. We‘ll see how these numbers turn going forward. But the bottom line is, whether or not the folks out there are extremely or very proud to be an American, I‘m extremely or very proud to be with you, Erica Hill. Happy July 4th.”