Optimism
State of the world
All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or worse, or neither?

	All	South	London	Midlands	North	Scotland	Wales
Base:	2969	913	307	502	792	259	196
Getting worse	1815	566	158	317	483	162	129
	61.1%	62.0%	51.5%	63.1%	61.0%	62.5%	65.8%
Getting better	225	64	30	36	57	23	15
	7.6%	7.0%	9.8%	7.2%	7.2%	8.9%	7.7%
Neither	779	238	102	119	213	60	47
	26.2%	26.1%	33.2%	23.7%	26.9%	23.2%	24.0%
Don't know	150	45	17	30	39	14	5
	5.1%	4.9%	5.5%	6.0%	4.9%	5.4%	2.6%