Just 34% of American voters think the U.S. is heading in the right
direction. This is a slight two-point increase from the 32% who said the
same thing in the last week of October.
During much of the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the number of Americans who though the country was going in the right direction was in the mid- to upper-20s. In the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency, it climbed to the mid- to upper-40s.
Meanwhile, 60% of American voters think the U.S. is heading down the wrong track; that’s two points lower from the end of October.
Among American voters who “strongly approve” of the job Trump is doing, 81% think the country is going in the right direction. At the other end of the spectrum, 97% of American voters who “strongly disapprove” of the president’s job performance say the U.S. is on the wrong track.
Last year at this point, 30% of voters said the nation was heading in the right direction, while 63% said it was derailing and running down the wrong track.
Before Trump won the White House, Democrats were, as one would expect, more likely than Republicans and independent voters to think the U.S. was heading in the right direction.
Fast-forward to today, and a whopping 82% of Democrats think the nation is heading down the wrong path. Compare that to 52% of Republicans who believe the U.S. is heading in the right direction.
Republicans might be getting more pessimistic; that’s actually down seven points (from 59%) from the end of October.
Read more: Americans remain downbeat, 34% U.S. heading in right direction
During much of the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the number of Americans who though the country was going in the right direction was in the mid- to upper-20s. In the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency, it climbed to the mid- to upper-40s.
Meanwhile, 60% of American voters think the U.S. is heading down the wrong track; that’s two points lower from the end of October.
Among American voters who “strongly approve” of the job Trump is doing, 81% think the country is going in the right direction. At the other end of the spectrum, 97% of American voters who “strongly disapprove” of the president’s job performance say the U.S. is on the wrong track.
Last year at this point, 30% of voters said the nation was heading in the right direction, while 63% said it was derailing and running down the wrong track.
Before Trump won the White House, Democrats were, as one would expect, more likely than Republicans and independent voters to think the U.S. was heading in the right direction.
Fast-forward to today, and a whopping 82% of Democrats think the nation is heading down the wrong path. Compare that to 52% of Republicans who believe the U.S. is heading in the right direction.
Republicans might be getting more pessimistic; that’s actually down seven points (from 59%) from the end of October.
Read more: Americans remain downbeat, 34% U.S. heading in right direction
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