{"id":8493,"date":"2022-06-30T15:02:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/how-americans-see-their-country-and-their-democracy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:48","slug":"how-americans-see-their-country-and-their-democracy","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/06\/30\/how-americans-see-their-country-and-their-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"On July Fourth, how Americans see their country and their democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FT_18.07.04_July4_feature.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303987\" \/><figcaption>(Brianna Soukup\/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the Fourth of July, Americans celebrate the nation\u2019s birthday and reflect on the values that have sustained the country in the nearly 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Americans\u2019 views vary when it comes to how they see the United States\u2019 standing in the world and the state of its democracy. Here are key findings from Pew Research Center surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Pew Research Center analysis examines Americans\u2019 views of their country, its democracy and its place in the world. It is based on recent surveys conducted by the Center. Links to these surveys, including information about the field dates, sample sizes and other methodological details, are available in the text.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12569\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/06\/30\/how-americans-see-their-country-and-their-democracy\/ft_2022-06-30_july4update_01b-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eae5d7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eae5d7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" height=\"706\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?w=310\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that many Americans say the U.S. is among the greatest countries in the world\" class=\"wp-image-12569 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=132,300 132w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=450,1024 450w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=178,405 178w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=200,455 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=260,592 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=310,706 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=420,957 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=141,320 141w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_01b.png?resize=281,640 281w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Many Americans believe the U.S. is one of the greatest nations in the world<\/strong>. <\/strong>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/12\/16\/younger-americans-still-more-likely-than-older-adults-to-say-there-are-other-countries-better-than-the-u-s\/\">July 2021 survey<\/a>, 52% of Americans said that the U.S. is \u201cone of the greatest countries in the world, along with some others,\u201d and 23% said the U.S. \u201cstands above all other countries in the world.\u201d Roughly a quarter (23%) said \u201cthere are other countries that are better than the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Differences exist by age and party. Those ages 65 and older were the most likely to say the U.S.&nbsp;stands above all other countries&nbsp;(38%), while adults ages 18 to 29 were the least likely to say this (10%). Among Republicans and independents who lean to the Republican Party, 38% said the U.S. stands above all other nations, compared with just 12% of Democrats and Democratic leaners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats ages 18 to 29 were especially likely to say that other countries are better than the U.S., with 55% expressing this view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At the same time, around two-thirds of Americans (68%) say the U.S. is less respected internationally than it was in the past. <\/strong>There have been considerable swings in how Republicans and Democrats view the global level of respect for their country. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/06\/22\/most-americans-continue-to-think-the-u-s-is-less-respected-today-than-in-the-past\/\">survey conducted in May<\/a>, 81% of Republicans said the U.S. is less respected by other countries compared with in the past. That\u2019s a nearly 50 percentage point increase from the Trump era when, for the first time, Republicans were more likely to say the U.S. was&nbsp;<em>more<\/em>&nbsp;respected internationally than to say it was&nbsp;<em>less<\/em>&nbsp;respected. Six-in-ten Democrats said in May that the U.S. is less respected than it was in the past, down from <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2019\/07\/30\/climate-change-and-russia-are-partisan-flashpoints-in-publics-views-of-global-threats\/pp_2019-07-30_foreign-policy_0-14\/\">a record high of 87% in 2017<\/a>, during the Trump administration. Overall, a majority of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2019\/07\/30\/climate-change-and-russia-are-partisan-flashpoints-in-publics-views-of-global-threats\/#a-growing-share-of-republicans-say-global-respect-for-u-s-has-increased\">have said for nearly two decades<\/a> that the U.S. is less respected on the global stage than it was in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12561\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/06\/30\/how-americans-see-their-country-and-their-democracy\/ft_2022-06-30_july4update_02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f4f3f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f3f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" height=\"393\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?w=640\" alt=\"A line graph showing that most Americans - including a near-record share of Republicans - say the U.S. is less respected internationally than in the past\" class=\"wp-image-12561 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png 1280w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=300,184 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=768,472 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=1024,629 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=660,405 660w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=200,123 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=260,160 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=310,190 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=420,258 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=640,393 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=740,454 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=160,98 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_02.png?resize=320,197 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About two-thirds of Americans (66%) say the country\u2019s openness to people from around the world is \u201cessential to who we are as a nation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>About a third (32%) say that if America is too open to people from other countries, \u201cwe risk losing our identity as a nation,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/interactives\/political-typology-comparison-2021\/americas-openness\/\">summer 2021 survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Younger adults were more likely than their older counterparts to favor openness to people from all over the world: 78% of adults under 30 and 69% of those ages 30 to 49 said this in the 2021 survey, compared with 60% of adults ages 50 to 64 and 59% of those older than 65. Democrats were more likely than Republicans to say that America\u2019s openness is essential to the country\u2019s identity (85% vs. 46%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12566\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/06\/30\/how-americans-see-their-country-and-their-democracy\/ft_2022-06-30_july4update_03-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d5dad5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d5dad5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" height=\"623\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?w=310\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that assessments of how well democracy is working vary widely\" class=\"wp-image-12566 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=149,300 149w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=510,1024 510w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=202,405 202w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=200,402 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=260,523 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=310,623 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=420,844 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_03.png?resize=318,640 318w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the way democracy is working in the country. <\/strong>About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) say they are not satisfied with the way democracy is working in America, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2021\/10\/21\/citizens-in-advanced-economies-want-significant-changes-to-their-political-systems\/#wide-range-of-views-on-how-democracy-is-functioning\">spring 2021 survey<\/a> of people in 17 advanced economies around the world. A median of 41% across all the publics surveyed said the same about their own democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the vast majority of Americans (85%) said that the U.S. political system either needs major changes (43%) or needs to be completely reformed (42%). Among U.S. adults who say they want significant political reform, 58% <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2021\/10\/21\/citizens-in-advanced-economies-want-significant-changes-to-their-political-systems\/#many-who-want-changes-are-not-confident-the-political-system-can-be-effectively-reformed\">said they are not confident the system <em>can<\/em> change<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across all 17 surveyed publics, a median of 38% said their own system needs major changes, while 23% said it needs to be completely reformed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Still, Americans remain optimistic about the country\u2019s future. <\/strong>About two-thirds (68%), including majorities in both political parties, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2022\/06\/06\/views-about-the-state-of-the-nation\/#confidence-in-the-nation-s-future-and-its-ability-to-solve-problems\">spring 2022 survey<\/a> that they had some or quite a lot of confidence in the future of the United States. About three-quarters of Democrats (74%) said this, as did 62% of Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12567\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/06\/30\/how-americans-see-their-country-and-their-democracy\/ft_2022-06-30_july4update_04-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e1e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e1e2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" height=\"459\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?w=310\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that Americans in both parties remain confident in the nation\u2019s future\" class=\"wp-image-12567 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=203,300 203w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=274,405 274w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=200,296 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=260,385 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=310,459 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=420,622 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=160,237 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/ft_2022.06.30_July4update_04.png?resize=320,474 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans remain generally hopeful about the future of the country even as they are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2022\/06\/06\/americans-views-of-government-decades-of-distrust-enduring-support-for-its-role\/pp_2022-06-06_views-of-government_7-02\/\">dissatisfied with the present state of the nation<\/a>. About half of Americans (51%) say they feel hopeful when thinking about the state of the country these days, the same survey found. As has been the case since Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Democrats (63%) are considerably more likely than Republicans (37%) to say they feel hopeful about the state of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: This is an update of a post published on July 4, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans\u2019 views vary when it comes to how they see the United States\u2019 standing in the world and the state of its democracy.  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