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About 150 million people around the world want to be Americans.
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80% of people worldwide say they are satisfied with the freedom in their life; 87% in the U.S. say the same.
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One in five Americans do not know what country the United States won its independence from.
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38% of Americans in June 2018 say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. -- hitting a 12-year high.
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Meanwhile, a record-low 47% of Americans report being "extremely proud" to be Americans -- the first time this has dropped below a majority since 2001.
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Sixty-one percent of Americans can correctly name the title of the country's national anthem -- The Star-Spangled Banner.
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When asked, "Do you think the federal government poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of its citizens?" in 2015, roughly half of Americans believed it did; the other half didn't.
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Americans want the government to do everything possible to stop terrorism, but not to infringe on their civil liberties (65%).
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Most Americans think that other Americans generally respect freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
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Nearly nine in 10 Americans (87%) believe U.S. media have a lot of freedom, ranking the U.S. 14th out of 138 countries in 2017.
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Seventy-four percent of U.S. adults say trade represents "an opportunity for economic growth through increased U.S. exports."