Nightly News   |  November 06, 2012

Exit poll rates country’s direction

In an NBC News exit poll, early results indicate that 52 percent of voters think the country is headed in the wrong direction, and 46 percent think it is going in the right direction. Will that be enough to help President Obama stay in office? NBC’s Tamron Hall reports.

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>>> time for an every four year staple. every election day nbc news and other organizations conduct those exit polls , asking voters what they were thinking as they left their polling places. all night tonight, tamaran hall will be just off the ice with voters opinions.

>> do you think things in this country today are generally going in the right direction or seriously on the wrong track. early exit polls show voters are a bit more negative than positive. but not by much. 52% believe it's going in the wrong direction. let's compare these numbers to previous elections. george w. bush ran for a second term in 2004 . at the time about half the country believed things were going in the right direction. by 008, a record 75% of the voters said the nation was on the wrong track. that is when we saw the economic meltdown, the republicans lost the white house . in 2012 , the national mood has improved a lot in four years. it's a bit more negative than positive. will it be enough to help president obama keep his job? stay tuned?

>> tamaran, thanks.