| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7242 |
 | 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: ± 3.9% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Not Sure | Western | Eastern | Metro Se | |
| The Right Direction | 28% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 27% | ** | 40% | 21% | 48% | 12% | 25% | 45% | 22% | 15% | 29% | 35% | 28% | 22% | 16% | 32% | 39% | 46% | 17% | ** | 30% | 34% | 24% |
| The Wrong Direction | 66% | 68% | 65% | 67% | 67% | 65% | 68% | ** | 54% | 66% | 42% | 85% | 70% | 48% | 73% | 83% | 67% | 61% | 66% | 72% | 78% | 63% | 54% | 47% | 79% | ** | 62% | 61% | 70% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 5% | ** | 6% | 14% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 4% | ** | 7% | 5% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 32% | 42% | 26% | 82% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 29% | 31% | 37% | 31% | 46% | 20% | 16% | 22% | 35% | 27% | 38% | 32% | 30% | 36% | 60% | 4% | 26% | 19% | 55% |