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Title: **Right Direction or Wrong Track - 14% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction** Post by: Coach Hank Crisp on August 24, 2011, 02:06:34 PM http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/right_direction_or_wrong_track
Quote Just 14% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, August 21. The latest finding shows little change from last week and a month ago, but is down 15 points from a year ago. Since the third week in July, the number of voters who are confident in the nation’s current course has resembled levels measured in the final months of the Bush administration. When President Obama assumed office in January 2009, optimism rose to 27% and climbed to the low to mid 30s – peaking at 40% -- until May 2009. That figure has steadily declined since. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of voters say the country is heading down the wrong track, down slightly from last week. From January 2009 until the end of July, voter pessimism had ranged from 57% to 75%. |