| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #16139 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bob Riley is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Home Ownership | Marital Status | 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 | Other | Own | Rent | Single | Married | Separate | Divorced | Widowed | Un-marri | Student | Full-tim | Part-tim | Homemake | Unemploy | Retired | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | < $50K | > $50K | Northern | Southern | |
| Approve | 56% | 57% | 55% | 49% | 58% | 58% | 61% | 61% | 41% | ** | ** | 61% | 47% | 48% | 62% | ** | 41% | 54% | ** | 83% | 53% | 49% | 69% | 35% | 57% | 74% | 38% | 58% | 72% | 52% | 35% | 48% | 69% | 56% | 56% |
| Disapprove | 39% | 39% | 40% | 44% | 37% | 39% | 37% | 34% | 55% | ** | ** | 35% | 43% | 43% | 34% | ** | 55% | 41% | ** | 17% | 46% | 36% | 22% | 51% | 39% | 25% | 56% | 36% | 27% | 41% | 61% | 45% | 28% | 40% | 38% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 4% | ** | ** | 3% | 10% | 8% | 3% | ** | 4% | 6% | ** | 0% | 1% | 15% | 9% | 14% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 30% | 23% | 17% | 73% | 24% | 2% | 2% | 65% | 24% | 17% | 56% | 3% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 41% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 18% | 36% | 33% | 23% | 44% | 27% | 13% | 62% | 38% | 61% | 39% |