| USA Residents | ||||
| In general, thinking about the way things are going in the country, do you feel things are going in the right direction or that things are going in the wrong direction? | ||||
| Right direction | Wrong direction | Unsure | ||
| Row % | Row % | Row % | ||
| USA Residents | 46% | 46% | 8% | |
| Registered Voters | 48% | 47% | 5% | |
| Party ID | Democrat | 77% | 18% | 5% |
| Republican | 13% | 82% | 5% | |
| Independent | 44% | 51% | 5% | |
| Ideology | Liberal | 81% | 15% | 4% |
| Moderate | 55% | 38% | 6% | |
| Conservative | 23% | 73% | 5% | |
| Region | Northeast | 50% | 43% | 7% |
| Midwest | 50% | 37% | 13% | |
| South | 39% | 55% | 6% | |
| West | 51% | 43% | 7% | |
| Household Income | Less than $50,000 | 51% | 41% | 8% |
| $50,000 or more | 42% | 53% | 6% | |
| Education | Not college graduate | 46% | 45% | 9% |
| College graduate | 46% | 49% | 5% | |
| Age | 18 to 29 | 61% | 31% | 9% |
| 30 to 44 | 43% | 47% | 10% | |
| 45 to 59 | 45% | 50% | 4% | |
| 60 or older | 40% | 51% | 9% | |
| Gender | Men | 47% | 46% | 7% |
| Women | 45% | 46% | 9% | |
| Marist Poll National Residents December 2009 "N=1034 MOE +/- 3%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding. | ||||
