| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7236 |
 | 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: ± 3.9% | 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 | 32% | 36% | 27% | 32% | 34% | 30% | 34% | ** | ** | 14% | 57% | 12% | 21% | 48% | 24% | 12% | 34% | 37% | 36% | 25% | 22% | 32% | 36% | 44% | 19% | 38% |
| The Wrong Direction | 63% | 59% | 66% | 64% | 62% | 64% | 62% | ** | ** | 80% | 38% | 84% | 74% | 48% | 72% | 80% | 62% | 56% | 60% | 71% | 73% | 66% | 57% | 51% | 77% | 51% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | ** | ** | 6% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 12% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 31% | 39% | 31% | 91% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 39% | 35% | 25% | 40% | 46% | 12% | 17% | 22% | 27% | 34% | 20% | 31% | 49% | 49% | 46% | 5% |