23% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Just 23% of Likely U.S. Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, March 20.
This is up one point from last week’s result, which was the lowest measured since President Obama took office in 2009.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters now say the country is heading down the wrong track, down a point from last week. Fifty-two percent (52%) of Democrats feel this way, compared to 88% of Republicans and 74% of voters not affiliated with either major political party.
Confidence in the nation's current course hovered around the 30% mark for roughly a year until late October 2010 and then fell to a low of 23% in early to mid-December. But confidence began rising again at that time and hit a new high of 32% in late January. Last week’s number represents a new low in confidence.
Confidence that the country is moving in the right direction is at 40% among Democrats, down from 59% the week before Election Day. Only eight percent (8%) of Republicans and 20% of voters not affiliated with either major political party share that view.
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