| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7212 |
 | 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 | Louisvil | North Ce | Eastern | |
| The Right Direction | 34% | 40% | 29% | 34% | 35% | 33% | 35% | 17% | ** | ** | 58% | 14% | 34% | 48% | 25% | 16% | 40% | 43% | 35% | 29% | 33% | 27% | 42% | 45% | 19% | 32% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 34% |
| The Wrong Direction | 61% | 56% | 65% | 62% | 60% | 60% | 59% | 75% | ** | ** | 35% | 83% | 60% | 45% | 71% | 81% | 57% | 51% | 60% | 65% | 65% | 67% | 51% | 48% | 77% | 63% | 61% | 58% | 62% | 63% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 8% | ** | ** | 8% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 3% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 39% | 29% | 90% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 36% | 41% | 21% | 46% | 39% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 26% | 42% | 21% | 37% | 42% | 53% | 37% | 10% | 22% | 28% | 32% | 18% |