| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #10586 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bob Taft is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Gun Ownership | Labor Union | Region | |||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.4% | 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 | West | Central | East | |
| Approve | 18% | 22% | 16% | 29% | 15% | 11% | 19% | 17% | ** | ** | 31% | 11% | 15% | 27% | 12% | 17% | 21% | 15% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Disapprove | 78% | 76% | 80% | 66% | 81% | 87% | 78% | 80% | ** | ** | 67% | 86% | 82% | 70% | 86% | 78% | 76% | 82% | 79% | 80% | 81% | 78% | 77% | 81% | 78% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ** | ** | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 86% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 31% | 43% | 21% | 29% | 41% | 19% | 47% | 48% | 44% | 54% | 30% | 69% | 35% | 19% | 46% |