| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #16953 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Home Ownership | Job Status | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Income | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Own | Rent | Student | Full-tim | Part-tim | Homemake | Unemploy | Retired | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | < $50K | > $50K | Central | Greater | Inland E | Bay Area | |
| Approve | 50% | 50% | 49% | 50% | 47% | 53% | 50% | 43% | 81% | 53% | 54% | 45% | 60% | 46% | 49% | 51% | 36% | 62% | 52% | 16% | 81% | 39% | 21% | 55% | 77% | 51% | 48% | 39% | 51% | 43% | 61% |
| Disapprove | 46% | 46% | 47% | 46% | 49% | 43% | 47% | 54% | 18% | 42% | 43% | 51% | 35% | 54% | 46% | 45% | 58% | 32% | 46% | 82% | 15% | 54% | 75% | 41% | 23% | 45% | 48% | 53% | 45% | 57% | 35% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 0% | 4% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 35% | 31% | 20% | 15% | 51% | 6% | 28% | 15% | 57% | 30% | 14% | 41% | 11% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 28% | 42% | 20% | 28% | 36% | 21% | 42% | 58% | 20% | 42% | 17% | 22% |