Thirty-eight percent of Americans don’t think the United States is a nation with liberty and justice for all, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday.
Fifty percent believe the U.S. delivers on the Pledge of Allegiance’s promise of "liberty and justice for all," with just 33% of Democrats who agree. Most Democrats (51%) say America is not a nation of liberty and justice for all.
Overall, 38% disagree with the notion and 11% say they are not sure.
Still, 72% wouldn’t leave America.
The poll also found:
- 56% of men are more likely than women (45%) to believe America is a nation with liberty and justice for all
- Only 29% of women under 40 believe the U.S. is a nation with liberty and justice for all
- 52% of white people believe the same notion, compared with just 35% of Black people. Fifty-four percent of other minorities share the same belief.
- Only 18% say they would rather live somewhere else, and 11% are unsure
- Men are more likely than women to believe America is a nation with liberty and justice for all, 56% to 45%.
The survey of 1,000 adults was conducted on June 28-29 by Rasmussen Reports and comes ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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