By 56 to 37percentt, city residents say that the city has gotten on the wrong track; three years ago, the numbers were nearly reversed, with 63percentt saying it was headed in the right direction.
But sometimes you wonder if the discomfort is just because you are getting out of your comfort zone or because you are getting on the wrong track.
Although her parents and most of her friends advise her to take whatever job she can land, Ms. Kashyap doesn't want to get started on the wrong track.
First, the standard question is posed: "Now, thinking for a moment about things in the country, do you feel things in the country are going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?" Seventy-five percent answered that the country was somewhat or strongly on the wrong track.
He was instrumental in the creation of industry standards for polling methods and the wording of questions and was best known for having written the question inquiring whether one feels that "things in this country are generally going in the right direction" or that they have "seriously gotten off on the wrong track".
This question is usually posed as some form of: "Do you think the country is generally heading in the right direction, or have things gotten off on the wrong track?" It's supposed to measure general optimism and pessimism about the country's near future.
Eighty-one percent of Americans now agree that "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track," the most since this question has been asked and a remarkable preponderance of pessimism by any comparison.
But 54 percent of those queried said that "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track".
In the poll, 81percentt of respondents said they believed "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track," up from 69percentt a year ago and 35percentt in early 2002.
