During a survey conducted in January 2021, 59 percent of Independents believed that the country is headed in the wrong direction, compared to 67 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of Democrats. 42 percent of Democrats reported that the country is headed in the right direction.
Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?
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Ipsos. (January 22, 2021). Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 08, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/987688/share-americans-believe-country-headed-right-direction-party/
Ipsos. "Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?." Chart. January 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/987688/share-americans-believe-country-headed-right-direction-party/
Ipsos. (2021). Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/987688/share-americans-believe-country-headed-right-direction-party/
Ipsos. "Generally Speaking, Would You Say Things in This Country Are Heading in The Right Direction, or Are They off on The Wrong Track?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/987688/share-americans-believe-country-headed-right-direction-party/
Ipsos, Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/987688/share-americans-believe-country-headed-right-direction-party/ (last visited August 08, 2022)