♪ ["party in the usa" by miley cyrus"] >> it's our nation's birthday and there are probably plenty of parties in the usa today. it's also a good time to think about our feelings of patriotism and what affects them. the most recent gallup poll on the subject last summer asked, "how proud are you to be an american?" 70% said extremely or very proud. that's a large majority. but it's actually the lowest since gallup started asking the question in 2001. the highest percentage of those feeling extremely or very proud was in 2002, at 92%. when it comes to party i.d., 74% of republicans called themselves externally proud, up slightly from there before. in 2018, only 32% of democrats were extremely proud. a drop of 11 points over a year.