Off on the wrong track

[Katy Steinmetz]

I just got some poll results from Ipsos that had this finding highlighted:

³Almost three-quarters (73%) of the public now think that things in this
country are_Œoff on the wrong track¹_, which is the highest figure measured
since we began tracking this question for Reuters in early 2009.²

Saying we¹re ³off² on the wrong track rather than just on it seems to
suggest our route was a lot more haphazard than purposeful. Like we
collectively got distracted by our phones or some such.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/10/us-usa-poll-idUSTRE7794EX20110810>

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