| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7986 |
 | 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 | 48% | 51% | 45% | 49% | 50% | 45% | 50% | 29% | 61% | 42% | 64% | 41% | 43% | 54% | 51% | 41% | 53% | 41% | 51% | 49% | 38% | 53% | 52% | 56% | 45% | 45% | 61% | 42% |
| Disapprove | 47% | 45% | 48% | 45% | 45% | 50% | 45% | 67% | 33% | 45% | 32% | 54% | 50% | 40% | 45% | 54% | 41% | 56% | 45% | 45% | 56% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 50% | 50% | 35% | 52% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 32% | 39% | 29% | 64% | 14% | 14% | 8% | 26% | 43% | 29% | 28% | 43% | 25% | 21% | 21% | 25% | 33% | 30% | 39% | 31% | 28% | 66% | 45% | 24% | 31% |