Three national public opinion surveys released in recent weeks confirm that the electorate has turned decidedly pessimistic about where the country is headed, sending a chill down the spines of GOP strategists who had been feeling pretty sanguine about the party's chances in the November elections. In recent years, pollsters and campaign professionals have come to rely on a question that asks respondents, "Do you feel things in this country are going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously off on the wrongtrack?" as a measurement of the national mood.
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