| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #9983 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Michael Easley is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Charlott | Raleigh | South & | |
| Approve | 56% | 54% | 57% | 54% | 55% | 58% | 53% | 62% | ** | ** | 46% | 63% | 49% | 45% | 59% | 55% | 56% | 64% | 49% | 45% | 50% | 55% | 53% | 45% | 62% | 45% | 60% | 63% |
| Disapprove | 38% | 42% | 34% | 38% | 40% | 36% | 40% | 35% | ** | ** | 49% | 32% | 42% | 51% | 37% | 33% | 40% | 33% | 43% | 44% | 45% | 37% | 41% | 50% | 32% | 48% | 34% | 32% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 3% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 3% | ** | ** | 5% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 12% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 4% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 33% | 39% | 28% | 73% | 20% | 4% | 3% | 37% | 41% | 19% | 32% | 41% | 15% | 19% | 24% | 38% | 18% | 17% | 29% | 54% | 44% | 50% | 32% | 50% | 18% |