| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7213 |
 | 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: ± 4% | 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 | Southeas | Rest of | |
| The Right Direction | 35% | 36% | 34% | 31% | 35% | 40% | 44% | 17% | ** | ** | 61% | 18% | 28% | 44% | 30% | 18% | 43% | 40% | 36% | 30% | 33% | 29% | 39% | 42% | 26% | 19% | 37% | 34% |
| The Wrong Direction | 59% | 60% | 57% | 62% | 59% | 53% | 49% | 78% | ** | ** | 31% | 78% | 64% | 50% | 63% | 80% | 54% | 53% | 56% | 63% | 62% | 62% | 56% | 52% | 69% | 68% | 56% | 60% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | ** | ** | 8% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 13% | 8% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 33% | 40% | 28% | 66% | 30% | 2% | 3% | 34% | 39% | 26% | 47% | 36% | 14% | 12% | 17% | 25% | 46% | 14% | 33% | 53% | 60% | 34% | 6% | 41% | 59% |