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 37% 56% 7%
Registered Voters 39% 55% 6%
Party ID Democrat 64% 28% 9%
Republican 16% 80% 3%
Independent 34% 61% 5%
Political Ideology Liberal 71% 25% 4%
Moderate 43% 50% 7%
Conservative 21% 75% 4%
Region Northeast 38% 56% 6%
Midwest 37% 58% 5%
South 35% 57% 8%
West 38% 52% 11%
Household Income Less than $50,000 36% 55% 9%
$50,000 or more 39% 57% 5%
Education Not college graduate 34% 58% 8%
College graduate 42% 53% 5%
Age 18 to 29 43% 48% 9%
30 to 44 35% 57% 7%
45 to 59 39% 58% 3%
60 or older 31% 59% 10%
Gender Men 34% 58% 7%
Women 39% 53% 8%
July 2010 Marist Poll National Residents "N=1004 MOE +/- 3%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.