| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7200 |
 | 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: ± 3.8% | 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 | Central | Greater | Inland E | Bay Area | |
| The Right Direction | 28% | 30% | 25% | 23% | 29% | 33% | 32% | 26% | 20% | 29% | 58% | 12% | 21% | 47% | 25% | 13% | 25% | 33% | 30% | 22% | 27% | 24% | 34% | 42% | 22% | 22% | 29% | 25% | 37% | 25% |
| The Wrong Direction | 67% | 67% | 68% | 72% | 65% | 64% | 65% | 69% | 76% | 58% | 34% | 84% | 77% | 46% | 71% | 83% | 72% | 60% | 66% | 72% | 68% | 71% | 61% | 52% | 74% | 71% | 66% | 71% | 57% | 69% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 13% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 35% | 40% | 25% | 51% | 6% | 28% | 15% | 30% | 43% | 25% | 28% | 43% | 26% | 19% | 23% | 33% | 25% | 36% | 33% | 30% | 30% | 64% | 6% | 20% | 40% | 17% | 23% |