The Portland-based Digital Research Inc. (DRI) has published its semiannual Critical Insights Poll, which asks Mainers a variety of questions on important political issues and candidates, and their view of the country and state’s directions.

Every Spring and Fall for the past 25 years, the Critical Insights Poll has asked registered voters their views on key issues, this year using a relatively small sample size of 609 respondents in early April.

While asking people’s views on their home state, DRI discovered that a mere 22 percent of Mainers believe the state is going in the right direction.

This number represents a slight change from the 21 percent recorded in Fall 2023.

42 percent said that Maine is moving in the wrong direction, while the rest were unsure.