Hardcore patriots on the rise

More Americans today say they are extremely patriotic

This article was published on 07.08.10

If you’ve seen more red, white and blue around lately, it’s probably not your imagination. A recent poll indicates that the number of Americans who consider themselves “extremely patriotic” has climbed above levels found even during the months after 9/11. More than 1,000 adults—contacted at random by telephone in June—participated in the survey. Here is the breakdown of how patriotic people consider themselves by percentages in five polls between 1994 and 2010.

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  extremely very somewhat not especially 2010 32 42 19 6 2005 26 46 22 5 2002 248 47 24 4 1999 19 46 28 5 1994 21 44 28 7

Source: USA Today/Gallup

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