| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7245 |
 | 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: ± 4.1% | 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 | |
| The Right Direction | 41% | 42% | 40% | 44% | 39% | 42% | 42% | ** | 33% | ** | 65% | 14% | 26% | 58% | 30% | 22% | 49% | 46% | 39% | 39% | 32% | 41% | 51% | 54% | 30% | ** |
| The Wrong Direction | 54% | 54% | 55% | 53% | 57% | 52% | 53% | ** | 67% | ** | 31% | 81% | 69% | 39% | 64% | 76% | 47% | 50% | 55% | 58% | 64% | 54% | 43% | 42% | 66% | ** |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 5% | ** | 0% | ** | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | ** |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 50% | 50% | 30% | 42% | 28% | 90% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 46% | 23% | 30% | 45% | 40% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 33% | 36% | 35% | 31% | 34% | 46% | 52% | 2% |