| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #12480 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Global Warming | Does The U.S. Ne | Member Of Milita | Region | |||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Real | Made-up | Needs a | Does Not | Yes | No | Central | Greater | Inland E | Bay Area | |
| Approve | 55% | 57% | 53% | 35% | 63% | 68% | 62% | 41% | 38% | 65% | 75% | 44% | 60% | 70% | 60% | 43% | 59% | 59% | 54% | 71% | 69% | 53% | 57% | 57% | 62% | 48% | 66% | 52% |
| Disapprove | 43% | 42% | 44% | 62% | 34% | 31% | 34% | 52% | 62% | 33% | 25% | 52% | 37% | 29% | 38% | 52% | 40% | 38% | 44% | 28% | 30% | 44% | 42% | 40% | 35% | 49% | 32% | 46% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 35% | 40% | 25% | 51% | 6% | 28% | 15% | 30% | 45% | 19% | 23% | 43% | 22% | 30% | 65% | 73% | 21% | 23% | 74% | 27% | 73% | 20% | 42% | 16% | 22% |