| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #9770 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bob Taft is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.4% | 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 | Central | East | |
| Approve | 17% | 15% | 18% | 21% | 16% | 14% | 17% | 9% | ** | ** | 26% | 11% | 13% | 20% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 13% | 18% | 16% | 22% | 11% | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| Disapprove | 78% | 83% | 74% | 72% | 80% | 83% | 78% | 81% | ** | ** | 68% | 85% | 83% | 76% | 83% | 86% | 82% | 84% | 78% | 75% | 83% | 76% | 79% | 74% | 85% | 78% | 78% | 79% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 2% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 9% | ** | ** | 6% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 86% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 30% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 48% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 37% | 26% | 26% | 35% | 39% | 44% | 51% | 36% | 21% | 43% |