appreciate the opportunity that country blessed us with. american pride is on the decline. 39% of adults took extreme pride in our country, down from three years ago. pride in our nation has been on the decline for 20 years and an interesting distinction, gallup found 60% of republicans were proud and 29% of democrats did. wall street journal released american pride poll of their own earlier this year with just 38% of americans saying patriotism is important to them. at 1998, the figure was 70%. pride is not the only tradition heading out the poll, 39% of americans think religion is very important, down from 62% in 1998. stunning new fox news poll shows majority of americans believe the country s best days are behind us. gallup poll found 70% of americans have no confidence in national government. start there. joe concha to the midstel in the hot seat. what do you think? joe: one other part about this poll that stands out to me. what is the best country live in the world?
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1998. stunning new fox news poll shows majority of americans believe the country s best days are behind us. gallup poll found 70% of americans have no confidence in national government. start there. joe concha to the midstel in the hot seat. what do you think? joe: one other part about this poll that stands out to me. what is the best country live in the world? is the u.s.? they asked american voters. go back five years, 83% said u.s. best country to live in. this year, down 20 points, not talking about the 1950 ses, we re talking eight years ago and a precipitous job. mollie and ladies, the reason why, we see so many institutions being weaponized. we saw it during covid and
party nafative pushed on this platform. we know that through leaked documents, this is massive problem and will matter in next 10 years when this next generation grows up. molly: there is age divide on this, older americans say they are proud to be american. 40% ages 35 to 54 and drops down 18% of 18 to 34 year olds. dr. nesheiwat: as a daughter of immigrant parents, my parents immigrated to ellis island 50 years ago. i m proud to be an american and grateful, as well. look where we are right now as a nation. inflation, for example, at 4%, three years ago in 2020, it was 1%. americans are living paycheck to
10-month-old baby unexpected. that is a big problem and frankly we have to have competition in the market place and have to have new entrant and other various ways to get americans traveling again like the country, it used to work. traveling is up, people are go, joe, they want to fly and visit and see the world. we bailed out the airlines during covid and expect things, no reason to not come back more smoothly. what do you think when it comes to people stuck in this? will this have people retreat again or do we recognize it is a governmental problem. joe: talked last break about new normal. too many people expect a delay at this point fchl it goes off without a hitch, i don t want to go on the plane, this carm issa too good, i m due for something bad. transportation secretary was mayor of a little town where he