Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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DIRECTNT Do you feel that things in the country are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?   1) Going in right direction   2) Off on wrong track   4) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Going in right direction	80	18%	18%	-1.38
Off on wrong track	328	73.9%	91.9%	.03
Don't know/No answer	36	8.1%	100%	2.84

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Going in right direction	19.4% 12	17.2% 35	18.6% 24	18.0% 9	18.0% 80
Off on wrong track	75.8% 47	74.9% 152	73.6% 95	68.0% 34	73.9% 328
Don't know/No answer	4.8% 3	7.9% 16	7.8% 10	14.0% 7	8.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 203	100.0% 129	100.0% 50	444

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Going in right direction	15.7% 28	19.5% 52	18.0% 80
Off on wrong track	78.7% 140	70.7% 188	73.9% 328
Don't know/No answer	5.6% 10	9.8% 26	8.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 266	444

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Going in right direction	44.4% 4	23.1% 9	9.6% 12	18.1% 21	21.9% 34	18.0% 80
Off on wrong track	55.6% 5	66.7% 26	81.6% 102	75.9% 88	69.0% 107	73.9% 328
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	8.8% 11	6.0% 7	9.0% 14	8.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 39	100.0% 125	100.0% 116	100.0% 155	444

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Going in right direction	10.6% 16	27.6% 37	17.8% 21	23.1% 3	18.5% 77
Off on wrong track	84.1% 127	64.9% 87	72.0% 85	69.2% 9	74.0% 308
Don't know/No answer	5.3% 8	7.5% 10	10.2% 12	7.7% 1	7.5% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 134	100.0% 118	100.0% 13	416

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Going in right direction	16.9% 63	26.0% 13	16.7% 1	18.2% 2	18.0% 79
Off on wrong track	75.1% 280	66.0% 33	66.7% 4	72.7% 8	73.9% 325
Don't know/No answer	8.0% 30	8.0% 4	16.7% 1	9.1% 1	8.2% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 50	100.0% 6	100.0% 11	440

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Going in right direction	19.5% 32	15.7% 21	16.9% 13	16.7% 1	14.3% 4	25.8% 8	18.0% 79
Off on wrong track	75.0% 123	75.4% 101	71.4% 55	66.7% 4	78.6% 22	67.7% 21	74.1% 326
Don't know/No answer	5.5% 9	9.0% 12	11.7% 9	16.7% 1	7.1% 2	6.5% 2	8.0% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 134	100.0% 77	100.0% 6	100.0% 28	100.0% 31	440