The survey shows the public feelings towards the general political direction the country is moving to, from 1990 to 2011. 48 percent of the respondents felt that the Unites States are moving in the right direction in January 1990. In November 2011, this share of positive respondents declined to 22 percent.
Do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or is it on the wrong tack?
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Washington Post, & ABC. (November 15, 2011). Do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or is it on the wrong tack? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/209089/right-direction-or-wrong-track-public-approval-in-politics-1990-to-2011/
Washington Post, und ABC. "Do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or is it on the wrong tack?." Chart. November 15, 2011. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209089/right-direction-or-wrong-track-public-approval-in-politics-1990-to-2011/
Washington Post, ABC. (2011). Do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or is it on the wrong tack?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209089/right-direction-or-wrong-track-public-approval-in-politics-1990-to-2011/
Washington Post, and ABC. "Do You Think Things in This Country Are Going in The Right Direction or Is It on The Wrong Tack?." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209089/right-direction-or-wrong-track-public-approval-in-politics-1990-to-2011/
Washington Post & ABC, Do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or is it on the wrong tack? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209089/right-direction-or-wrong-track-public-approval-in-politics-1990-to-2011/ (last visited May 04, 2024)
Do you think things in this country are going in the right direction or is it on the wrong tack? [Graph], Washington Post, & ABC, November 15, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/209089/right-direction-or-wrong-track-public-approval-in-politics-1990-to-2011/