| 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 | 38% | 54% | 8% | |
| Registered Voters | 38% | 56% | 6% | |
| Party ID | Democrat | 71% | 25% | 5% |
| Republican | 16% | 80% | 4% | |
| Independent | 24% | 68% | 8% | |
| Ideology | Liberal | 60% | 32% | 8% |
| Moderate | 43% | 49% | 7% | |
| Conservative | 25% | 72% | 3% | |
| Region | Northeast | 50% | 42% | 8% |
| Midwest | 31% | 61% | 9% | |
| South | 35% | 58% | 7% | |
| West | 39% | 52% | 8% | |
| Household Income | Less than $50,000 | 41% | 51% | 8% |
| $50,000 or more | 38% | 57% | 5% | |
| Education | Not college graduate | 37% | 54% | 9% |
| College graduate | 39% | 55% | 6% | |
| Age | 18 to 29 | 40% | 45% | 15% |
| 30 to 44 | 40% | 57% | 3% | |
| 45 to 59 | 37% | 57% | 7% | |
| 60 or older | 36% | 56% | 9% | |
| Gender | Men | 35% | 56% | 9% |
| Women | 41% | 52% | 7% | |
| February 2010 Marist Poll National Residents "N=1072 MOE +/- 3%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding. | ||||
