| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #8783 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bob Riley 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 | Northern | Southern | |
| Approve | 52% | 52% | 52% | 45% | 50% | 60% | 55% | 46% | ** | ** | 60% | 44% | 51% | 57% | 48% | 47% | 57% | 54% | 50% | 49% | 51% | 53% | 51% | 51% | 53% | 48% | 58% |
| Disapprove | 43% | 43% | 42% | 48% | 45% | 34% | 40% | 45% | ** | ** | 35% | 52% | 44% | 40% | 46% | 49% | 40% | 43% | 44% | 44% | 45% | 41% | 44% | 42% | 46% | 46% | 37% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 8% | ** | ** | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 1% | 6% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 31% | 39% | 30% | 73% | 24% | 2% | 2% | 35% | 33% | 30% | 48% | 35% | 12% | 19% | 18% | 26% | 37% | 14% | 29% | 56% | 52% | 40% | 61% | 39% |