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Wisconsin: Direction of Country

Direction of Country

Poll Date
Right Direction
Wrong Direction
No opinion
Sample MoE
Badger Poll5 June 8-10, 2008
16%
80%
 5%
506 LV ± 4.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 March 25 – April 5, 2008
18%
77%
4%
400 ± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 October 30 –
November 8, 2007
22%
72%
 7%
401 ± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 April 3-17, 2007
21%
72%
 8%
400 ± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 October 9-16, 2006
30%
63%
 7%
400 LV ± 5.0
WISC-TV / Research 20004 October 2-4, 2006
35%
61%
 4%
600 LV ± 4.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 October 31 –
November 11, 2005
29%
64%
 7%
400 ± 5.0
SurveyUSA3 October 14-16, 2005
28%
69%
 2%
600 ± 3.8
WPR / St. Norbert College1 April 25 – May 4, 2005
40%
54%
 6%
400 ± 5.0
SurveyUSA3 July 8-10, 2005
32%
63%
 5%
600 ± 3.9
Rasmussen October 16-29, 2004
43%
53%
 4%
500 LV ± 4.5
Los Angeles Times2 August 21-24, 2004
41%
49%
10%
512 LV ± 3.0
Los Angeles Times2 June 5-8, 2004
40%
50%
10%
694 RV ± 4.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 April 14-21, 2004
32%
62%
 5%
402 ± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 October 27 –
November 6, 2003
41%
56%
 3%
401 ± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College1 March 6-14, 2003
36%
57%
 7%
401 ± 4.9
WPR / St. Norbert College1 October 16-27, 2002
47%
44%
 9%
382 LV ± 5.0

1 "Generally speaking, would you say that things in the country are going in the right direction, or are they going in the wrong direction?"

2 "Do you think things in this country are generally going in the right direction or are they seriously off on the wrong track?"

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

4 "Do you feel the country overall is heading in the right direction or wrong direction?"

5 "Thinking about things in the United States, do you think things in the country are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?"

 

Direction of Country

Poll Date
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
Neither
No opinion
Sample MoE
Badger Poll1 April 15-24, 2008
23%
67%
9%
0%
521 ± 4.0
Badger Poll1 November 27 –
December 5, 2008
29%
65%
6%
1%
507 ± 4.0
Badger Poll1 June 7-15, 2007
33%
63%
4%
0%
502 ± 4.0
Badger Poll1 October 18-26, 2006
32%
61%
5%
2%
508 ± 4.0
ABC News September 16-19, 2004
47%
51%
2%
938 RV ± 3.5

1 "In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States today?"