| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7196 |
 | 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 | 44% | 47% | 41% | 39% | 48% | 42% | 46% | ** | ** | 30% | 67% | 25% | 33% | 62% | 39% | 18% | 38% | 47% | 48% | 42% | 35% | 43% | 55% | 60% | 34% | 36% |
| The Wrong Direction | 51% | 50% | 53% | 55% | 48% | 52% | 50% | ** | ** | 62% | 27% | 72% | 62% | 34% | 57% | 78% | 60% | 49% | 47% | 52% | 60% | 52% | 40% | 36% | 63% | 44% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 4% | ** | ** | 8% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 20% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 52% | 48% | 34% | 48% | 18% | 71% | 3% | 4% | 22% | 37% | 19% | 40% | 41% | 36% | 17% | 17% | 21% | 34% | 28% | 37% | 31% | 33% | 40% | 55% | 5% |