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Iowa: Direction of Country

Direction of Country

Poll Date
Right Direction
Wrong Direction
No opinion
 Sample MoE
Rasmussen5 May 13, 2008
11%
84%
 5%
 500 LV ± 4.5
KCCI-TV / Research 20004 December 10-13, 2007
22%
73%
 5%
 600 LV ± 4.0
Iowa Poll1 January 21-24, 2007
28%
64%
 8%
 800 ± 3.5
Iowa Poll1 September 10-13, 2006
31%
59%
10%
 600 LV ± 4.0
Iowa Poll1 January 21-24, 2006
29%
61%
10%
 801 ± 3.5
SurveyUSA2 October 14-16, 2005
26%
70%
 4%
 600 ± 3.8
SurveyUSA2 July 8-10, 2005
36%
58%
 5%
 600 ± 4.0
MSNBC / Knight-Ridder / Mason-Dixon October 27-29, 2004
47%
44%
 9%
 625 LV ± 4.0
MSNBC / Knight-Ridder / Mason-Dixon October 15-18, 2004
46%
44%
10%
 625 LV ± 4.0
MSNBC / Knight-Ridder / Mason-Dixon September 13-14, 2004
45%
45%
10%
 625 LV ± 4.0
Iowa Poll1 February 7-11, 2004
41%
53%
 6%
 800 RV ± 3.5
Iowa Poll1 September 12-16, 2003
40%
52%
 8%
 800 ± 3.5
Iowa Poll1 May 17-20, 2003
55%
37%
 8%
 653 ± 3.8
Iowa Poll1 February 6-11, 2003
37%
50%
13%
 800 ± 3.5
Iowa Poll1 October 29 – November 1, 2002
44%
47%
 9%
 807 LV ± 3.5
Iowa Poll1 September 21-25, 2002
42%
47%
11%
 805 LV ± 3.5
Iowa Poll3 January 22-25, 1999
58%
34%
 8%
 802 ± 3.5

1 "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 Iowa Poll is sponsored by The Des Moines Register.

2 "In general, do you think the country is headed in the right direction? Or the wrong direction?"

3 "Looking at the country overall, do you think things are generally going in the right direction, or have they gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track?"

4 "Do you think the country is on the right track or the wrong track?"

5 "Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are going in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?"