I’ll let you decide for yourself why this data isn’t leading the news across the country. This chart is a devastating indictment of federal policies.

Thirty percent (30%) of Likely U.S. Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, April 21.

Meantime, here in North Carolina, reformers are working to turn this state around and provide hope and private-sector jobs to thousands and thousands who are desperately seeking opportunity. It can’t come soon enough, as North Carolina endures the fifth-highest unemployment rate in the country.