| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7237 |
 | In general, do you think the country is headed in the right direction? Or the wrong direction? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.9% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Not Sure | West | Middle | East | |
| The Right Direction | 32% | 37% | 27% | 34% | 33% | 27% | 33% | 21% | ** | ** | 60% | 13% | 25% | 48% | 19% | 13% | 29% | 44% | 33% | 26% | 21% | 33% | 34% | 39% | 24% | 22% | 32% | 33% | 31% |
| The Wrong Direction | 64% | 60% | 68% | 62% | 63% | 69% | 63% | 76% | ** | ** | 36% | 83% | 72% | 49% | 78% | 86% | 68% | 54% | 63% | 69% | 76% | 63% | 62% | 57% | 74% | 67% | 65% | 63% | 65% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | ** | ** | 4% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 11% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 31% | 40% | 29% | 81% | 15% | 2% | 2% | 33% | 36% | 31% | 47% | 33% | 14% | 15% | 19% | 26% | 40% | 15% | 33% | 52% | 50% | 45% | 5% | 25% | 37% | 38% |