Exclusive poll: are you proud to be an American?

With the 250th anniversary of America’s founding approaching next year, the majority of Americans are happy to applaud their country – with 63 percent saying that yes, the birthday of the United States is a moment to celebrate, a new poll from Cygnal released exclusively to The Spectator reveals.

But unfortunately for those who would like such an event to be bipartisan and unifying, that majority is overwhelmingly driven by Republicans, 89 percent of whom say America’s anniversary is a moment of triumph. On the other side of the aisle, only 37 percent of Democrats say there’s something to celebrate at 250 years, with 58 percent of Democrats saying “no, there’s not much to celebrate” or “no, there’s nothing” to celebrate. 

The group most likely to find fault in the United States is J.D. Vance’s “childless cat ladies”: 64 percent of single female Democrats say there isn’t anything to celebrate after two and a half centuries of America, with just 28 percent answering in favor of the country in which they live.

The racial make-up of respondents also illustrate a major divide. White Democrats (of which 37 percent say yes, there is something to celebrate versus 60 percent who disagree) are much more pessimistic than black Democrats, (of whom 42 percent say yes and 50 percent no).

Perhaps the driving element is a divide over the effect of America’s policies on the world writ large. Overall, 58 percent of Americans say that after 250 years the United States remains a force for good in the world, while 36 percent disagree. In the breakdown, Republicans are emphatic that the USA is a force for good, by a margin of 86 percent to 10 percent. But just 31 percent of Democrats say America is a force for good, with 61 percent disagreeing. Democrats are particularly emphatic on this point – three times as many say America is definitely not a force for good (31 percent) as say it definitely is a force for good (11 percent).

Once again, white leftists are the drivers of the anti-American sentiment. Hispanic Democrats say America is a force for good at a 33 percent clip, and 41 percent of black Democrats think, regardless of the propaganda surrounding the ills of American racism, that the United States is a force for good.

Cygnal’s survey encompassed 1500 likely voters, with a margin of error of 2.5 percent.