Polling Report has an interesting data series on Direction of the Country.
Here is the question: “In general, do you think things in the nation are headed in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track?“
The polls were conducted by Bloomberg, CBS News/New York Times, NBC News/Wall Street Journal, ABC News/Washington Post, Gallup, Pew, and other polling agencies.
The Bloomberg National Poll (show below) was conducted by Selzer & Company. Sept. 20-23, 2013. Sample size was 1,000 adults nationwide. The margin of error is ± 3.1.
To produce the table and graph below, I reordered the rows in date chronological order so that the most recent recent dates are last. These results are from Bloomberg polls, with dates as shown.
Click on the link above to see results from other polling agencies (in table, not chart form).
| Date | Right Direction % | Wrong Track % | Unsure % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/10-14/09 | 40 | 52 | 8 |
| 12/3-7/09 | 32 | 59 | 9 |
| 3/19-22/10 | 34 | 58 | 8 |
| 7/9-12/10 | 31 | 63 | 6 |
| 10/7-10/10 | 31 | 64 | 5 |
| 12/4-7/10 | 27 | 66 | 7 |
| 3/4-7/11 | 28 | 63 | 9 |
| 6/17-20/11 | 26 | 66 | 8 |
| 6/15-18/12 | 31 | 62 | 7 |
| 9/21-24/12 | 33 | 60 | 7 |
| 12/7-10/12 | 38 | 55 | 7 |
| 2/15-18/13 | 37 | 54 | 9 |
| 5/31-6/3/13 | 32 | 60 | 8 |
| 9/20-23/13 | 25 | 68 | 7 |
The Wrong Track
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Mike “Mish” Shedlock
