Gallup https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:21:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Gallup https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Trump, Miller Blast Pritzker as Chicago Violence Spirals https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/09/trump-miller-blast-pritzker-as-chicago-violence-spirals/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:00:52 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=30378 Written by David E. Smith

Chicago endured another bloody Labor Day weekend: eight people killed and 58 shot, including two teenagers. President Donald J. Trump responded by declaring, “Enough is enough… we’re going in,” signaling his willingness to send federal help to restore order in the city.

Trump contrasted Chicago’s spiraling violence with Washington, D.C., which he claimed is now a “safe zone” after federal intervention. “You can walk right down the middle of the street… you’re safe,” he told reporters.… Continue Reading

]]> 30378 New Low of 52% “Extremely Proud” to Be Americans https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/07/new-low-of-52-extremely-proud-to-be-americans/ Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:13:24 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=6446  

Written by Jeffrey Jones

As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, 52% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be Americans, a new low in Gallup’s 16-year trend. Americans’ patriotism spiked after 9/11, peaking at 70% in 2003, but has declined since, including an eight-percentage-point drop in early 2005 and a five-point drop since 2013.

Trend: How proud are you to be an American -- extremely proud, very proud, moderately proud, only a little proud or not at all proud?

Americans’ declining patriotism is likely related to broader dissatisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S.… Continue Reading

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