| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7222 |
 | 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 | 40% | 44% | 36% | 34% | 43% | 42% | 41% | ** | ** | 28% | 62% | 13% | 31% | 62% | 27% | 17% | 43% | 48% | 40% | 31% | 30% | 34% | 49% | 54% | 28% | ** |
| The Wrong Direction | 55% | 52% | 58% | 62% | 52% | 53% | 54% | ** | ** | 72% | 34% | 81% | 65% | 33% | 69% | 78% | 53% | 49% | 56% | 64% | 65% | 63% | 46% | 42% | 68% | ** |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 5% | ** | ** | 0% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | ** |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 31% | 39% | 30% | 89% | 0% | 4% | 6% | 45% | 26% | 28% | 42% | 41% | 16% | 22% | 21% | 28% | 29% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 48% | 47% | 5% |