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Political Issues in the United States

1. Overall, do you think the country is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?

1/4-25/16 6/8-7/5/16 8/15-9/22/16 10/20-11/3/16 11/29-12/15/16
Right direction 42 40 36 36 44
Wrong direction 58 60 64 64 56

2. When you think about the US today, how satisfied are you with the current situation and administration?

Extremely Very Somewhat Hardly at all Not at all
Overall 12 15 34 18 21
Domestic Policy 6 17 35 22 19
Foreign Policy 7 11 32 24 26
President Obama 20 17 25 12 26
House of Representatives 6 12 35 28 19
Senate 5 13 34 30 18
Supreme Court 8 15 40 23 13

3. How optimistic are you about each of these in the future?

Extremely Very Somewhat Hardly at all Not at all
Overall 15 23 34 18 10
Domestic Policy 11 23 36 20 11
Foreign Policy 13 17 34 20 16
The new president 20 19 22 13 27
House of Representatives 12 18 34 16 19
Senate 10 19 36 17 18
Supreme Court 12 20 38 15 15

20. How would you rate the recent election process?

Excellent 18
Very Good 23
Good 18
Fair 15
Poor 27