| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #12242 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Eliot Spitzer is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Gun Ownership | Labor Union | Global Warming | Support Same Sex | Does The U.S. Need a Dra | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Yes | No | Yes | No | Real | Made-up | Support | Oppose | Needs a | Does Not | Not Sure | NYC | NYC subu | Upstate | |
| Approve | 54% | 56% | 52% | 49% | 51% | 63% | 58% | 53% | 36% | 49% | 43% | 59% | 54% | 42% | 61% | 58% | 42% | 59% | 57% | 54% | 59% | 52% | 59% | 40% | 67% | 43% | 55% | 56% | ** | 49% | 58% | 58% |
| Disapprove | 39% | 40% | 39% | 44% | 40% | 33% | 36% | 40% | 52% | 46% | 49% | 35% | 39% | 52% | 32% | 36% | 51% | 33% | 38% | 39% | 34% | 41% | 35% | 49% | 25% | 50% | 38% | 37% | ** | 42% | 38% | 37% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 5% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 12% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 7% | ** | 10% | 4% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 32% | 39% | 29% | 64% | 14% | 14% | 8% | 25% | 50% | 20% | 23% | 39% | 22% | 27% | 66% | 19% | 79% | 33% | 65% | 79% | 15% | 43% | 49% | 23% | 74% | 4% | 45% | 24% | 31% |