| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7205 |
 | 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 | Atlanta | Northwes | South & | |
| The Right Direction | 36% | 40% | 32% | 30% | 40% | 38% | 43% | 16% | ** | ** | 62% | 13% | 28% | 53% | 27% | 10% | 33% | 40% | 42% | 30% | 24% | 33% | 43% | 48% | 24% | 30% | 31% | 38% | 38% |
| The Wrong Direction | 61% | 57% | 65% | 67% | 58% | 57% | 53% | 82% | ** | ** | 33% | 85% | 70% | 44% | 71% | 89% | 65% | 58% | 55% | 66% | 74% | 66% | 53% | 48% | 73% | 61% | 67% | 57% | 59% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 2% | ** | ** | 4% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 9% | 2% | 5% | 3% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 36% | 40% | 24% | 65% | 26% | 5% | 3% | 36% | 33% | 29% | 44% | 38% | 15% | 16% | 23% | 27% | 33% | 20% | 34% | 46% | 45% | 49% | 6% | 30% | 34% | 36% |