Pride in being American continues to decline: poll
A new Gallup poll found that 58% of American adults say they are very or very proud to be American, the lowest on record.
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More Americans say they want to leave the United States permanently in 2025 than at any time in the past 20 years, and young women are leading the trend, according to the latest national poll.
Two in five American women and girls between the ages of 15 and 44 say they would leave the United States permanently if they could, according to a Gallup poll analysis released Nov. 13. This is four times higher than in 2014, when 10% of women and girls seeking deportation were roughly in line with other age and gender groups. This increase includes both single and married women.
Gallup polling organization said in a data review that more than twice as many women as men say they want to immigrate. In the same age group of 15 to 44 years, 19% of men and boys surveyed expressed a desire to emigrate, compared to 40% of women. This gender gap is the largest ever recorded by Gallup on this issue since 2007, when it began measuring the issue in global public opinion polls.
Gallup polling firm said this is also the largest gender gap it has ever surveyed in more than 160 countries.
Canada was cited as the most desired travel destination by American women, followed by New Zealand, Italy and Japan.
Gallup’s question asks about a desire to move, rather than plans or intentions, and researchers note that previous Gallup research shows that not everyone who wants to move does so.
The data also shows that people who wish to leave the country are more likely to disagree with the country’s political leadership and express lower levels of trust in the country’s institutions.
Among both men and women who said they supported President Donald Trump, only 4% said they wanted to leave the country. The survey found that 29% of opponents said they wanted to leave.
Gallup researchers said young women also made records in the latest survey when it comes to their opinions of various groups and U.S. institutions such as the government, judiciary and military. We found that trust in institutions declined the most sharply of any age or gender group.
Since 2015, American women and girls between the ages of 15 and 44 have lost 17 points of trust in their nation’s institutions. Across the same time period and age group, men’s confidence in institutions remained generally stable, declining by just one point.
Kathryn Palmer is USA TODAY’s political reporter. She can be reached at the following address: kapalmer@usatoday.com And to X@Kathryn Purml.
