| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #16072 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jay Nixon 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 | Kansas C | Southwes | St. Loui | Southeas | |
| Approve | 44% | 47% | 41% | 20% | 49% | 56% | 61% | 44% | 46% | ** | ** | 49% | 46% | 41% | 43% | ** | 55% | 58% | ** | 50% | 50% | 26% | 40% | 29% | 61% | 36% | 57% | 43% | 38% | 48% | 58% | 41% | 49% | 51% | 46% | 36% | 52% | 23% |
| Disapprove | 46% | 49% | 43% | 67% | 41% | 36% | 32% | 46% | 37% | ** | ** | 43% | 41% | 45% | 49% | ** | 35% | 28% | ** | 46% | 43% | 43% | 49% | 60% | 33% | 52% | 37% | 43% | 51% | 39% | 38% | 46% | 43% | 40% | 48% | 57% | 33% | 69% |
| Not Sure | 10% | 4% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 10% | 17% | ** | ** | 8% | 12% | 14% | 8% | ** | 10% | 14% | ** | 3% | 8% | 31% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 12% | 6% | 15% | 11% | 13% | 3% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 15% | 9% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 29% | 30% | 23% | 18% | 85% | 10% | 2% | 3% | 71% | 18% | 14% | 63% | 3% | 8% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 41% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 17% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 40% | 34% | 13% | 58% | 42% | 15% | 22% | 16% | 34% | 13% |