“Since June, the share of adults who say the country is on the wrong track increased 13 percentage points from 62 percent to 75 percent. The shift occurred primarily among Republicans. In June, 29 percent of Republicans said the country was heading in the wrong direction. That number is now 51 percent. The vast majority of Democrats have felt the country is headed in the wrong direction since Donald Trump won the election in 2024,” says the intro to the newest AP-NORC national survey.