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36% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction

Thirty-six percent (36%) 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, January 13.

The latest finding is up three points from the previous week but is still down seven points from 43% the week prior to President Obama’s reelection, the highest level measured in over five years of weekly tracking. Only 24% said the country was heading in the right direction this time last year.

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The national telephone survey of 3,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen January 7-13, 2013. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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