| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #13916 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job David Paterson is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Attend Religious Service | Region | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4% | Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | NYC | NYC subu | Upstate | |
| Approve | 59% | 61% | 58% | 56% | 77% | 60% | 55% | 51% | 66% | 55% | 49% | 61% | 65% | 47% | 64% | 59% | 58% | 62% | 64% | 53% | 57% |
| Disapprove | 30% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 15% | 34% | 29% | 41% | 25% | 32% | 43% | 27% | 25% | 43% | 25% | 30% | 32% | 26% | 28% | 30% | 32% |
| Not Sure | 11% | 8% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 16% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 17% | 11% |
| Total | 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% | 47% | 53% | 64% | 14% | 14% | 8% | 24% | 55% | 17% | 21% | 38% | 25% | 33% | 62% | 37% | 37% | 27% | 45% | 24% | 31% |