| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7218 |
 | 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 | Twin Cit | South | West | Northeas | |
| The Right Direction | 29% | 33% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 28% | 28% | ** | ** | ** | 58% | 6% | 24% | 49% | 22% | 9% | 25% | 31% | 31% | 27% | 22% | 24% | 36% | 43% | 17% | 21% | 28% | 25% | 35% | 28% |
| The Wrong Direction | 67% | 64% | 71% | 67% | 68% | 66% | 68% | ** | ** | ** | 37% | 91% | 73% | 46% | 74% | 90% | 75% | 61% | 67% | 69% | 77% | 71% | 59% | 52% | 81% | 71% | 69% | 71% | 59% | 67% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 6% | 4% | ** | ** | ** | 6% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 31% | 41% | 27% | 90% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 29% | 28% | 41% | 33% | 46% | 18% | 19% | 24% | 24% | 33% | 28% | 29% | 43% | 43% | 51% | 6% | 56% | 15% | 15% | 14% |