| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7234 |
 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Hispanic | Black | White | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Not Sure | |
| The Right Direction | 24% | 31% | 17% | 21% | 24% | 26% | 34% | ** | 23% | ** | 53% | 6% | 24% | 37% | 23% | 8% | 31% | 30% | 21% | 17% | 20% | 21% | 29% | 39% | 17% | 17% |
| The Wrong Direction | 74% | 67% | 80% | 77% | 74% | 71% | 60% | ** | 75% | ** | 44% | 92% | 74% | 60% | 75% | 91% | 67% | 68% | 77% | 80% | 77% | 77% | 68% | 58% | 82% | 76% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | ** | 2% | ** | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 7% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 31% | 38% | 31% | 7% | 4% | 85% | 5% | 19% | 32% | 46% | 28% | 46% | 22% | 21% | 20% | 24% | 35% | 35% | 33% | 32% | 29% | 64% | 7% |