| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #16553 |
 | 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 | Western | Eastern | Metro Se | |
| Approve | 49% | 51% | 48% | 50% | 39% | 59% | 54% | 48% | ** | 60% | 58% | 51% | 49% | 52% | 48% | 63% | 45% | 41% | 55% | 18% | 77% | 44% | 15% | 54% | 81% | 47% | 51% | 51% | 42% | 51% |
| Disapprove | 47% | 47% | 47% | 45% | 56% | 40% | 44% | 48% | ** | 40% | 39% | 47% | 43% | 45% | 48% | 37% | 46% | 56% | 43% | 77% | 21% | 52% | 82% | 42% | 16% | 47% | 47% | 48% | 52% | 45% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 4% | ** | 0% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 9% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 4% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 32% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 82% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 61% | 28% | 10% | 48% | 7% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 25% | 37% | 31% | 27% | 43% | 22% | 45% | 55% | 28% | 20% | 52% |