Toplines: Better Off

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

April 18-20, 2008

1* Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are going in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?

16% Right Direction

77% Wrong Track

7% Not sure

2* Okay…Are you personally better off than you were four years ago?

40% Yes

49% No
12% Not sure

3* Fine… what about the nation… is the United States better off than it was four years ago?

15% Yes

75% No
10% Not sure

4* Great… looking to the future, will you be better off in four years than you are today?

39% Yes

16% No
45% Not sure

5* Okay… will the United States be better off in four years than it is today?

29% Yes

21% No
50% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence