| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7211 |
 | 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 | Western | Wichita | Eastern | |
| The Right Direction | 33% | 36% | 30% | 28% | 33% | 38% | 35% | 25% | 26% | ** | 58% | 13% | 22% | 49% | 26% | 16% | 41% | 33% | 30% | 32% | 24% | 30% | 42% | 42% | 30% | 10% | 33% | 30% | 34% |
| The Wrong Direction | 62% | 61% | 63% | 67% | 63% | 57% | 60% | 75% | 62% | ** | 37% | 82% | 73% | 45% | 71% | 77% | 52% | 64% | 64% | 63% | 72% | 64% | 52% | 53% | 67% | 76% | 62% | 65% | 61% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 12% | ** | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 8% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 31% | 40% | 29% | 85% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 37% | 26% | 36% | 39% | 46% | 13% | 16% | 19% | 32% | 33% | 28% | 35% | 37% | 40% | 52% | 8% | 18% | 24% | 58% |