Most Americans believe terror attacks on the country's mass transit system can not be avoided and their nation is going off the right track, according to results of a latest survey.

Findings of the survey, released Friday by the Associated Press and market research firm Ipsos, showed that 57 percent of the recipients think the country's bus, train or subway system will inevitably be attacked while 36 percent said that can be prevented.

Meanwhile, most of the people surveyed said they believe the country is following a wrong direction while 36 percent think things are right.

The poll was conducted between Monday and Wednesday and 1,000 adults countrywide were interviewed via telephone.

The survey also found US President George W. Bush's overall job approval rate was around 42 percent, unchanged from the results of last month's poll.

As for Bush's job performance on Iraq, social security and economic issues, the approval ratios were 40 percent, 35 percent and 42 percent respectively.

Only in foreign affairs and the war against terror, which are regarded as the president's strongest areas, more than half of the interviewees (51 percent) said he is doing fine.

Since the AP-Ipsos survey was first conducted in the end of 2003, Bush's overall job approval ratio has been hovering around low levels.

Source: Xinhua