| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #10258 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job George Pataki 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 | NYC | NYC subu | Upstate | |
| Approve | 45% | 48% | 43% | 50% | 45% | 40% | 46% | 37% | 49% | 44% | 63% | 35% | 40% | 62% | 40% | 28% | 39% | 44% | 48% | 46% | 40% | 45% | 45% | 49% | 42% | 45% | 55% | 37% |
| Disapprove | 50% | 47% | 52% | 45% | 49% | 56% | 48% | 59% | 47% | 51% | 35% | 60% | 56% | 35% | 52% | 71% | 56% | 50% | 46% | 53% | 57% | 52% | 47% | 42% | 55% | 50% | 40% | 57% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 31% | 40% | 29% | 64% | 14% | 14% | 8% | 31% | 44% | 19% | 26% | 40% | 19% | 26% | 20% | 33% | 20% | 24% | 36% | 39% | 33% | 61% | 43% | 25% | 33% |