If 30% are incensed over mask mandates and mandatory vaccination, and 31% are incensed because we don't have universal mask mandates and more mandatory vaccinations, that equals 61% who think the country is going in the wrong direction. We saw this same sort of thing when people were asked about the ACA: Some felt any such program was socialism, some thought anything short of single-payer supported by taxes was stupid. Polls added those together and said a majority opposed it.
Vague questions like "Going in the wrong direction?" are always misleading. They shouldn't be in polls. If they want to report the truth, they need to ask specific questions. Anytime the country is so polarized, that kind of vague question will be useless.
