| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7231 |
 | 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 | Eastern | |
| The Right Direction | 37% | 43% | 32% | 32% | 38% | 42% | 40% | 12% | ** | 31% | 58% | 18% | 26% | 52% | 27% | 14% | 39% | 44% | 36% | 34% | 29% | 35% | 43% | 46% | 29% | 15% | 38% | 36% |
| The Wrong Direction | 58% | 52% | 64% | 64% | 58% | 52% | 55% | 87% | ** | 65% | 34% | 78% | 72% | 45% | 68% | 85% | 57% | 51% | 58% | 62% | 65% | 60% | 53% | 50% | 67% | 64% | 57% | 59% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 2% | ** | 4% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 21% | 4% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 31% | 39% | 30% | 77% | 7% | 4% | 12% | 44% | 36% | 19% | 48% | 36% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 32% | 39% | 22% | 34% | 43% | 50% | 44% | 6% | 49% | 51% |