| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7208 |
 | 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: ± 3.7% | 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 | Cook Cou | Collar C | Downstat | |
| The Right Direction | 25% | 29% | 21% | 15% | 31% | 28% | 30% | 10% | 17% | ** | 63% | 6% | 24% | 42% | 24% | 7% | 26% | 39% | 24% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 33% | 38% | 17% | 27% | 19% | 36% | 26% |
| The Wrong Direction | 70% | 66% | 73% | 78% | 64% | 68% | 65% | 86% | 77% | ** | 32% | 90% | 70% | 53% | 71% | 87% | 71% | 57% | 72% | 74% | 72% | 73% | 64% | 59% | 78% | 58% | 77% | 58% | 67% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 7% | ** | 5% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 15% | 4% | 6% | 7% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 33% | 40% | 27% | 71% | 14% | 11% | 5% | 24% | 43% | 32% | 30% | 45% | 22% | 19% | 19% | 34% | 28% | 24% | 40% | 37% | 37% | 57% | 6% | 44% | 18% | 38% |