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 43% 53% 4%
Registered Voters 43% 53% 4%
Party ID Democrat 69% 27% 4%
Republican 13% 84% 3%
Independent 38% 59% 3%
Political Ideology Liberal 67% 29% 4%
Moderate 47% 49% 3%
Conservative 25% 73% 3%
Region Northeast 56% 43% 2%
Midwest 40% 59% 2%
South 39% 57% 4%
West 41% 50% 8%
Household Income Less than $50,000 45% 50% 4%
$50,000 or more 41% 55% 3%
Education Not college graduate 42% 54% 4%
College graduate 42% 54% 4%
Age 18 to 29 59% 35% 6%
30 to 44 42% 56% 2%
45 to 59 37% 59% 4%
60 or older 39% 57% 4%
Gender Men 40% 56% 5%
Women 46% 51% 4%
March 2010 Marist Poll National Residents "N=956 MOE +/- 3.5%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.