US not world's greatest country, majority of Democrats say in poll
New York Times/Siena College poll finds 37% of Democratic respondents think the US is a uniquely great country
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A majority of Democrats did not agree with the statement "America is the greatest country in the world" in a new poll.
A national poll from the New York Times and Siena College found only 37% of Democrat respondents believed the United States to be uniquely great.
Approximately 55% of Democrats agreed with the statement "America is a great country but not the greatest," and another 7% responded that the U.S. is "not a great country."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Approximately 1% did not give an opinion.
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U.S. flags in a field (Katie Muir Stankiewicz/Exchange Club of Mooresville and Lake Norman)
In the same poll, 69% of Republicans called the U.S. the "greatest country in the world." An additional 24% called the U.S. great but not "the greatest," and only 5% of Republicans said the U.S. is not a great country.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Approximately 2% did not give an opinion.
The poll results are the latest from the New York Times and Siena College showing tense divisions between ideological groups within the U.S.
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Fox News' Kelsey Koberg contributed to this report.