{"id":2614654,"date":"2026-06-16T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-political-party-is-code-for-whether-you-love-or-hate-america\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:20:41","slug":"your-political-party-is-code-for-whether-you-love-or-hate-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-political-party-is-code-for-whether-you-love-or-hate-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Political Party Is Code For Whether Or Not You Love America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyour-political-party-is-code-for-whether-you-love-or-hate-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2614654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, there is a significant partisan divide in national pride. A recent NBC News poll revealed that 90% of Republicans are very proud to be Americans, compared to only 29% of Democrats, resulting in a historic low of 56% of Americans expressing strong patriotic feelings. During a recent State of the Union address, many Democrats refused to applaud when President Trump praised the U.S. hockey team, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >exemplifying widespread political tensions<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>furthermore, many Democratic policies prioritize serving foreign interests over domestic concerns, such as sanctuary laws that protect illegal immigrants, even in areas with high illegal populations. Some Democratic leaders have resisted deportation efforts and have been criticized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sleepy-joe-bidens-gang-who-stole-election-postpones-inauguration-rehearsal-claiming-security-threats-obama-advisor-lisa-monaco-to-take-over\/\" title=\"Sleepy Joe Biden\u2019s Gang Postpones Inauguration Rehearsal Claiming Security Threats \u2013 Obama Advisor Lisa Monaco to Take Over\">homeland security officials<\/a> for fostering environments of illegal activity. <\/p>\n<p>Leftist organizations also promote anti-American rhetoric, with groups like All of U.S. 250 framing opposition to the current administration as rooted in white supremacy.Despite these divisions, Americans across party lines share low trust in government institutions; only a small percentage express confidence in Congress or the federal government. Most Americans believe the American Dream is more arduous to achieve today than in the past, especially for young people facing challenges like unaffordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>while distrust and dissatisfaction with national institutions are common, Republicans maintain a high level of patriotism, contrasting sharply with the low pride reported by many Democrats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As America\u2019s 250th anniversary rapidly approaches, national pride among Democrats is alarmingly low. Ninety percent of Republican respondents reported being \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d proud to be an American compared to just 29 percent of Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9j054VqPzHk\">according<\/a> to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28246606-260216-nbc-june-2026-poll-61426-release\/\">NBC News poll<\/a>. This brings the share of Americans who fall within these two categories to 56 percent, a record low since NBC ran this poll for the first time in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>This partisan divide is not just present among everyday Americans. When President Donald Trump congratulated the U.S. men\u2019s national hockey team for defeating Canada in the Olympics during his State of the Union address, many Democrats stayed <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/24\/watch-many-seated-dems-refuse-to-clap-as-trump-lauds-team-usa-hockey-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seated<\/a> and refused to clap. At the same time, other audience members broke out in chants of \u201cUSA! USA! USA!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is wild, many Democrats have such Trump derangement syndrome that they refused to stand and clap for the US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-many-seated-dems-refuse-to-clap-as-trump-lauds-team-usa-hockey-champs\/\" title=\"Many Dems Refuse To Clap As Trump Lauds USA Hockey Champs\">gold medal hockey team<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0i0Gbhzwkm\">pic.twitter.com\/0i0Gbhzwkm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/2026487471198859658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In addition, many of the Democratic Party\u2019s policies focus on serving the interests of foreigners over native-born citizens. Many states and cities have passed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/15\/cities-offering-sanctuary-to-illegal-alien-rapists-and-killers-deny-it-to-their-own-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctuary<\/a>\u201d laws allowing illegal aliens to remain in the territory without fear of deportation. David Bier of the Cato Institute said that in Fairfax County, Virginia, a state that enforces sanctuary laws, about <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/28\/if-1-in-5-fairfax-residents-is-illegal-we-need-mass-deportations-in-virginia-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one in five residents<\/a> are illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/11\/exclusive-ice-nabs-drug-trafficker-in-virginia-as-spanberger-refuses-to-turn-over-violent-illegal-aliens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused to comply<\/a> with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Trump Administration to deport illegal aliens charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/11\/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-drug-trafficker-sanctuary-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drug trafficking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/05\/sanctuary-calamity-ice-arrests-illegal-alien-child-rapist-after-governor-spanberger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rape of a minor<\/a>, and other serious criminal offenses. The Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/11\/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-drug-trafficker-sanctuary-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> Spanberger\u2019s Virginia a \u201chotbed of illegal alien crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like politicians, leftist organizations also promote anti-American rhetoric. <a href=\"https:\/\/allofus250.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All of U.S. 250<\/a>, an organization planning nationwide protests for June 27, declared on its website that \u201ca white supremacist faction is pushing our country in the opposite direction,\u201d and specifically attacked the \u201cMAGA regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This does not suggest that Republicans aren\u2019t concerned about the direction the country is headed in. Americans in both parties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/poll-america-250-riven-doubt-pessimism-glimmers-hope-rcna348912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> low levels of trust in government and civil institutions. Only 6 percent of respondents said they had \u201ca great deal\u201d of trust in Congress and the national news media. Eight percent reported this level of trust in the federal government as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the American Dream is harder or easier to attain today than in the past, 78 percent of respondents said they felt it was harder, compared to only 5 percent who found it to be easier. This coincides with data showing that it is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/12\/the-american-dream-is-harder-to-reach-for-millennials-and-gen-z-heres-the-math\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">much harder<\/a> for young Americans to buy homes and live comfortably.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, despite their distrust of the institutions and concern about the future of the country, Republican respondents reported high levels of patriotism. Democrats, on the other hand, have very little pride in their country, and the party\u2019s leaders, policies, and organizations show this divide clearly.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Skye Graham is an intern at The Federalist. She is a senior History major at Hillsdale College and serves as the assistant features editor for the Hillsdale Collegian.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats&#8217; pride at 29%, Republicans&#8217; at 90%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4302,"featured_media":2614655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-renantaglia-31666548-e1781624910720.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7825,81253,43927,5894],"class_list":["post-2614654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-patriotism","tag-patriotism-vs-party","tag-political-identity","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-renantaglia-31666548-e1781624910720.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614658,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614654\/revisions\/2614658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}