{"id":2108,"date":"2026-06-16T10:13:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:13:51","slug":"as-us-nears-250th-birthday-reuters-ipsos-poll-shows-many-americans-doubt-it-will-last-another-250-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2108","title":{"rendered":"As US nears 250th birthday, Reuters\/Ipsos poll shows many Americans doubt it will last another 250 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) &#8211; As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday next \u200bmonth, two out of five Americans do not believe it will endure another 250 years beyond that, according to a Reuters\/Ipsos poll \u200cthat highlighted deep divisions over how the nation views itself.<\/div><div>The four-day poll, which concluded on Monday, comes amid the polarizing pageantry that President Donald Trump has brought to celebrations for July 4, which will mark 250 years since the people who became known as the founding fathers of the U.S. declared their independence from Britain.<\/div><div>Trump has put himself at the center of \u200bmany of the events to mark the anniversary, including staging a White House cage match on his birthday on Sunday. On Monday he said \u200bhe would be the main attraction at a July 4 celebration in Washington that will also serve as a political \u2060rally for the Republican as his party looks to keep control of Congress in November&#8217;s midterm elections.<\/div><div>Trump has framed his presidency as a bid to save \u200bAmerica from being destroyed by Democrats. Democratic leaders contend it is Trump who is the danger to democracy and allege he is using federal law enforcement \u200bto target political critics.<\/div><div>Some 38% of respondents in the poll &#8211; including 40% of Democrats and 26% of Republicans &#8211; said they didn&#8217;t think the U.S. will exist as a single country 250 years from now. Just 62% thought their nation would last.<\/div><div>Trump has accused Democrats &#8212; and especially the prior presidential administration of Democrat Joe Biden &#8212; of illegally targeting his allies, including those involved \u200bin the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, which was an attempt to overthrow Trump&#8217;s loss in the 2020 presidential election. Republicans also \u200bpoint to multiple assassination attempts against Trump as evidence that the leader&#8217;s opponents are bent on violence.<\/div><h2>MANY SEE DEMOCRACY IN DANGER OF FAILING<\/h2><div>Two-thirds of respondents &#8212; including 85% of Democrats and \u200c50% of \u2060Republicans &#8212; said they agreed with a statement that American democracy was in danger of failing. The overall share seeing democracy at risk was up from 57% in a poll conducted in August of last year, with the increase driven by more Republicans worried about democracy&#8217;s staying power.<\/div><div>Trump for years has claimed falsely that his 2020 loss was the result of widespread voter fraud and has been pushing for changes to voting laws.<\/div><div>Some 77% of poll respondents said it was likely \u200bthat political violence would increase in \u200bthe next five years.<\/div><h2>GREATEST COUNTRY IN \u2060WORLD?<\/h2><div>The poll also showed the share of Americans who see the country as a global standout is on the decline. Some 30% of respondents said they considered America the greatest country in the world, down from 38% in a \u200bReuters\/Ipsos poll conducted in November 2017, during Trump&#8217;s first term in office. The share of Democrats with this view \u200bfell to 11% from \u206026%, while the share of Republicans held steady at about six in 10.<\/div><div>A majority of Americans &#8212; including three-quarters of Democrats and half of Republicans &#8212; said they thought the events celebrating the country&#8217;s 250th anniversary had grown too political.<\/div><div>Americans were also divided along more mundane matters like how to celebrate Independence Day. Some 52% of Republicans said \u2060their celebrations \u200bwould include wearing red, white and blue clothing &#8211; the colors of the U.S. national flag &#8211; compared \u200bto 20% of Democrats. Republicans were more likely than Democrats to say they planned to attend a fireworks show &#8212; 46% to 28%.<\/div><div>The poll, which was conducted online, gathered responses from 1,537 U.S. \u200badults nationwide and its results had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Jason Lange\" class=\"wp-image-9\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a8d647782541686b4c9068dd2dfa6f30.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Jason Lange<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2106\">Fast-tracked power plants fuel AI boom, with little public scrutiny<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2103\">Exclusive: The US is using an Iranian smuggling tactic to sneak oil out of the Gulf<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2101\">A decade on from Brexit vote, divided brothers are both disappointed<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday next \u200bmonth, two out of five Americans do not believe it will endure another 250 years beyond that, according to a Reuters\/Ipsos poll \u200cthat highlighted deep divisions over how the nation views itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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