Civic Language Terms

How Americans perceive 21 civic concepts n=1,821

Question: "For each of the following terms, please indicate whether you have a positive or negative impression of that word."

Positive
Neither positive nor negative
Negative
Not familiar with this word
1
Freedom
90%
2
Liberty
83%
3
Community
82%
4
Citizen
82%
5
Unity
80%
6
Constitution
79%
7
Service
79%
8
Belonging
78%
9
American
76%
10
Prosperity
75%
11
Civility
72%
12
Democracy
71%
13
Check and balances
70%
14
Law and order
70%
15
Patriotism
67%
16
Diversity
64%
17
Racial Equity
59%
18
Civic Engagement
59%
19
Social Justice
55%
20
Pluralism
20%
21
Authoritarian
13%