| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #9973 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tim Pawlenty 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 | Twin Cit | South | West | Northeas | |
| Approve | 56% | 62% | 50% | 60% | 56% | 51% | 57% | ** | ** | ** | 82% | 33% | 54% | 82% | 49% | 27% | 51% | 58% | 59% | 51% | 48% | 48% | 65% | 73% | 40% | 56% | 58% | 62% | 46% |
| Disapprove | 42% | 37% | 47% | 38% | 42% | 47% | 41% | ** | ** | ** | 16% | 66% | 43% | 17% | 50% | 69% | 48% | 42% | 39% | 46% | 49% | 50% | 34% | 25% | 59% | 42% | 39% | 37% | 53% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ** | ** | ** | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 1% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 31% | 42% | 27% | 90% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 28% | 33% | 29% | 28% | 43% | 17% | 22% | 24% | 35% | 18% | 25% | 32% | 43% | 44% | 51% | 58% | 13% | 15% | 14% |