NBC News Poll Shows the Largest Number of Americans Believe the Country Is Headed in the Right Direction Since 2004

KORNACKI: “First of all, the mood of the country, this really jumped out. We asked folks, is it on the right direction or the wrong direction? That 44 percent who say right direction, that’s up since November. And if that doesn’t seem like a lot, the last time it cracked 40 percent, you got to go back to 2012. The last time it actually hit 44 or higher, January of 2004. So a lot of this is Republicans, but independents, that number is also up since the election on the direction of the country.”