| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #8289 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Phil Bredesen 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 | West | Middle | East | |
| Approve | 53% | 52% | 54% | 41% | 57% | 60% | 54% | 48% | ** | ** | 56% | 61% | 42% | 53% | 58% | 41% | 63% | 67% | 49% | 45% | 43% | 48% | 59% | 52% | 54% | 54% | 50% | 54% |
| Disapprove | 42% | 43% | 40% | 52% | 37% | 36% | 40% | 44% | ** | ** | 40% | 31% | 53% | 43% | 35% | 55% | 32% | 29% | 44% | 49% | 45% | 48% | 36% | 43% | 40% | 39% | 44% | 41% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 8% | ** | ** | 4% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 31% | 40% | 28% | 81% | 15% | 2% | 2% | 36% | 31% | 31% | 44% | 39% | 13% | 15% | 17% | 27% | 41% | 20% | 31% | 49% | 52% | 41% | 24% | 35% | 40% |