Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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DIRECTRG Do you feel that things in your part of 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   3) Not sure/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Going in right direction	111	24.8%	24.8%	-1.53
Off on wrong track	304	67.9%	92.6%	.32
Not sure/Refused	33	7.4%	100%	2.17

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	25.5% 13	20.9% 43	30.4% 38	27.1% 16	24.9% 110
Off on wrong track	66.7% 34	70.4% 145	64.8% 81	64.4% 38	67.6% 298
Not sure/Refused	7.8% 4	8.7% 18	4.8% 6	8.5% 5	7.5% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 206	100.0% 125	100.0% 59	441

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Going in right direction	30.3% 57	20.8% 54	24.8% 111
Off on wrong track	62.2% 117	71.9% 187	67.9% 304
Not sure/Refused	7.4% 14	7.3% 19	7.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 260	448

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	29.4% 5	22.6% 7	19.5% 24	21.6% 29	32.4% 46	24.8% 111
Off on wrong track	64.7% 11	74.2% 23	75.6% 93	66.4% 89	61.3% 87	67.8% 303
Not sure/Refused	5.9% 1	3.2% 1	4.9% 6	11.9% 16	6.3% 9	7.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 31	100.0% 123	100.0% 134	100.0% 142	447

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Going in right direction	21.7% 36	33.8% 45	21.9% 25	15.4% 2	25.4% 108
Off on wrong track	71.1% 118	58.6% 78	71.9% 82	69.2% 9	67.4% 287
Not sure/Refused	7.2% 12	7.5% 10	6.1% 7	15.4% 2	7.3% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 133	100.0% 114	100.0% 13	426

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Going in right direction	23.1% 83	33.3% 19	0.0% 0	30.8% 8	24.8% 110
Off on wrong track	69.6% 250	56.1% 32	100.0% 1	65.4% 17	67.7% 300
Not sure/Refused	7.2% 26	10.5% 6	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	7.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 57	100.0% 1	100.0% 26	443

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Going in right direction	25.7% 44	26.1% 35	31.8% 21	14.3% 1	9.1% 3	15.4% 4	24.7% 108
Off on wrong track	66.7% 114	70.1% 94	62.1% 41	71.4% 5	78.8% 26	65.4% 17	68.0% 297
Not sure/Refused	7.6% 13	3.7% 5	6.1% 4	14.3% 1	12.1% 4	19.2% 5	7.3% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 171	100.0% 134	100.0% 66	100.0% 7	100.0% 33	100.0% 26	437