WHOA. Did You Feel That?

That bump you felt was the country roaring off the tracks with the worst numbers since this question was first posed in 1998:

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Nov. 18-19, 2003. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.

"Considering how things are today, would you say that the U.S. is generally headed in the right direction, or is it off on the wrong track?"

Right Direction: 40% (down from 54% in June)
Wrong Track: 47% (up from 33%)
Not Sure: 13% (same)