After a two-month spurt up, the percentage of Americans believing the nation is headed in the right direction has reversed course. Now seven in 10 likely voters now think that the nation is headed in the wrong direction.

The downturn found by Rasmussen polling ends an eight-week growth in optimism by voters in the direction of the country, possibly knocked down from a meager 34 percent to Wednesday’s 31 percent by choking gas prices.