All data are from nationwide surveys of
Americans 18 & older.
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.
Right Track/Wrong Track (cont.)Polls listedchronologically.
Investor's Business Daily/Christian
Science Monitor poll conducted by TIPP, the polling arm of
TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence.
Aug. 2-5, 2004. N=938
adults nationwide.MoE ± 3.1.
.
"In
general, how satisfied are you with the direction that the country is going
in at this time?Would you say you are
very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, not very satisfied, or not at all
satisfied?"
"Considering how
things are today, would you say that the U.S. is generally headed in the right direction,
or is it off on the wrong track?"
Right
Direction
Wrong
Track
Not
Sure
%
%
%
11/18-19/03
40
47
13
6/3-4/03
54
33
13
10/22-23/02
46
37
17
LV
7/9-10/02
53
26
21
4/30 - 5/1/02
58
26
16
12/12-13/01
75
12
13
9/19-20/01
71
12
17
7/11-12/01
51
34
15
4/18-19/01
52
29
19
2/21-22/01
51
29
20
1/10-11/01
53
28
19
11/29-30/00
51
34
15
11/1-2/00
60
29
11
LV
10/18-19/00
58
32
10
LV
9/20-21/00
60
30
10
LV
8/23-24/00
60
28
12
8/9-10/00
53
33
14
7/26-27/00
54
34
12
7/12-13/00
55
33
12
5/24-25/00
53
35
12
4/5-6/00
51
35
14
3/8-9/00
51
34
15
1/26-27/00
58
27
15
11/17-18/99
49
35
16
10/20-21/99
47
40
13
9/22-23/99
51
36
13
8/25-26/99
48
37
15
7/14-15/99
49
38
13
6/2-3/99
42
45
13
5/19-20/99
43
42
15
5/5-6/99
45
40
15
4/21-22/99
44
42
14
4/7-8/99
50
36
14
3/24-25/99
51
35
14
3/10-11/99
51
37
12
2/24-25/99
51
36
13
2/12-13/99
52
33
15
1/27-28/99
54
33
13
1/13-14/99
50
36
14
12/17/98
50
36
14
12/2-3/98
50
32
18
11/11-12/98
49
36
15
10/28-29/98
56
33
11
10/7-8/98
51
38
11
9/16-17/98
56
34
10
9/9-10/98
54
32
14
8/12-13/98
50
35
15
7/29-30/98
50
32
18
7/15-16/98
46
37
17
6/30 - 7/1/98
49
35
16
6/17-18/98
51
33
16
6/3-4/98
51
34
15
5/20-21/98
48
38
14
5/6-7/98
53
32
15
4/22-23/98
56
30
14
4/7-8/98
56
32
12
3/25-26/98
52
34
14
3/10-11/98
53
33
14
2/25-26/98
58
28
14
2/11-12/98
58
28
14
1/28/98
64
24
12
1/21-22/98
48
35
17
1/7-8/98
53
31
16
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LV = likely
voters
HARRIS
FEEL GOOD INDEX
The Harris Poll. Oct. 14-17, 2004. N=1,016 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
.
"Next we'd like to
know whether or not you feel good about various things in this country and in your life.
Do you feel good about [see below], or not?"
.
Feel
Good
2004
2003
2002
2001
%
%
%
%
"your relations
with your family"
98
92
96
96
"your home"
95
92
93
93
"the quality of
your life overall"
92
89
92
94
"your social
life"
91
86
88
85
"your
health"
88
85
86
89
"your standard of
living"
85
84
84
90
"the city, town,
or county in which you live"
84
78
82
82
"the morals and
values of people in your community"
77
70
69
67
"the quality of
the air, water and environment where you live and work"
71
70
70
69
"your marriage,
if you are married"
66
59
60
61
"your children's
future"
63
59
59
62
"your financial
security for the future"
62
59
56
67
"your job, if you
have one"
60
64
62
64
"the state of the
nation"
55
50
56
54
"the morals and
values of Americans in general"
55
47
44
40
"the nation's
economy"
43
35
39
47
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.
HARRIS FEEL GOOD INDEX *
2004
2003
2002
2001
%
%
%
%
74
70
71
72
.
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*
Mean of "feel good" responses to 16 questions above.
HARRIS
ALIENATION INDEX
The Harris Poll. Oct. 16-23, 2007. N=1,052 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
.
"Now I want to read
you some things some people have told us they have felt from time to time. Do you tend to
feel or not feel [see below]?"
.
Tend
to Feel
2007
2006
2005
2004
%
%
%
%
"The rich get
richer and the poor get poorer"
73
72
75
68
.
"What you think
doesn't count very much any more"
55
52
53
51
.
"Most people with
power try to take advantage of people like yourself"
57
54
60
53
.
"The people
running the country don't really care what happens to you"
59
53
53
44
.
"You're left out
of things going on around you"
36
38
35
34
.
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HARRIS ALIENATION INDEX *
2007
2006
2005
2004
%
%
%
%
56
54
55
50
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*
Mean of "tend to feel" responses to five questions above.
