Citizens have the highest confidence in the direction of the United States since the month after President Trump’s inauguration.
A new Rasmussen poll found that 46% of the public believes that the U.S. is headed in the “right direction,” jumping 4 points since last week. The survey notes that confidence in the country’s direction has nearly doubled since 2016.
“By comparison, this number ran in the mid- to upper 20s for much of 2016,” Rasmussen wrote in its report. The last time people felt this degree of confidence was February 2017, when 46% of the public also felt the country was headed in the “right direction,” while 48% said America was headed in the “wrong direction.”
The number also preceded Rasmussen’s Tuesday findings that Trump’s approval rating is steadily hovering at 50% among likely voters, comparable to President Barack Obama’s rating at this point during his 2012 reelection year.
Interviews for the national survey were conducted online and by telephone from Feb. 9 through Feb. 13 for findings with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. The poll featured 2,500 respondents.
