{"id":74612,"date":"2026-06-08T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/stunningly-low-percentage-of-adults-in-us-think-america-stands-above-every-other-nation-poll\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:58:00","slug":"stunningly-low-percentage-of-adults-in-us-think-america-stands-above-every-other-nation-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/stunningly-low-percentage-of-adults-in-us-think-america-stands-above-every-other-nation-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunningly low percentage of adults in US think America stands above every other nation: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Americans mark the nation’s 250th anniversary<\/a> this year, a survey of adults in the U.S. found that just 25% felt that the country stands above every other nation on the globe, while 44% think that the U.S. is just one of the greatest nations, among some others.<\/p>\n

A whopping 30% in the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll thought that there are other nations better than the U.S.<\/p>\n

Only 34% believed that the ideal of the American dream, that hard work will enable someone to move ahead in life, remains true. But 51% felt that the American dream is now a relic of the past that once held true but no longer does. And 15% felt that the idea was never true.<\/p>\n

THE STATES REVEALED AS BEST TO START A FAMILY AMID CRATERING BELIEF IN THE AMERICAN DREAM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Views varied significantly among people with different political leanings, with 57% on the GOP side of the aisle believing that the American dream remains intact, while just 17% of those on the Democratic side of the aisle felt that way, the AP reported.<\/p>\n

The poll found President Donald Trump’s<\/a> approval rating deep underwater at just 33%, versus 67% disapproval \u2014 while 17% strongly approved and 16% somewhat approved, 49% strongly disapproved and 17% somewhat disapproved.<\/p>\n

A huge 70% disapproved of his handling of the economy<\/a>, while just 30% approved.<\/p>\n

FOX NEWS POLL: ‘RESILIENT DISCONTENT’ DEFINES THE US MOOD AT 250TH ANNIVERSARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The survey was conducted between April 16-20, 2026. Participating adults were aged 18 and up, and represented all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. A total of 2,596 people completed the survey\u20142,461 online and 135 by phone, the poll data noted.<\/p>\n

“The overall margin of sampling error is +\/-2.6 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect,” the poll stated.<\/p>\n

The margin of sampling error for Republicans, including GOP leaners, was +\/-4.3 percentage points, while the figure for Democrats, with leaners included, was +\/- 3.8 percentage points, the survey said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Americans mark the nation’s 250th anniversary this year, a survey of adults in the U.S. found that just 25% felt that the country stands above every other nation on the globe, while 44% think that the U.S. is just one of the greatest nations, among some others. A whopping 30% in the Associated Press-NORC … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}