| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #9990 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Mark Sanford 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 | Western | Central | Eastern | |
| Approve | 51% | 50% | 51% | 41% | 52% | 61% | 53% | 45% | ** | ** | 69% | 43% | 31% | 64% | 47% | 37% | 48% | 52% | 46% | 58% | 38% | 52% | 53% | 56% | 43% | 42% | 51% | 58% |
| Disapprove | 45% | 46% | 43% | 54% | 44% | 35% | 43% | 51% | ** | ** | 28% | 51% | 62% | 34% | 49% | 55% | 49% | 43% | 49% | 36% | 56% | 41% | 44% | 39% | 53% | 55% | 43% | 37% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | ** | ** | 3% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 39% | 29% | 69% | 27% | 2% | 2% | 38% | 30% | 26% | 33% | 36% | 16% | 20% | 21% | 36% | 22% | 15% | 32% | 53% | 46% | 46% | 31% | 34% | 35% |