| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7238 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Rick Perry is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Not Yet | High Sch | Started | College | Graduate | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Not Sure | North | West | Harris C | East | |
| Approve | 43% | 41% | 45% | 48% | 47% | 34% | ** | 64% | 31% | 32% | 55% | 41% | 24% | 39% | 49% | 43% | 43% | 39% | 42% | 42% | 44% | 54% | 36% | 25% | 40% | 51% | 51% | 41% |
| Disapprove | 52% | 55% | 49% | 46% | 50% | 61% | ** | 33% | 63% | 65% | 42% | 55% | 72% | 49% | 47% | 54% | 54% | 56% | 54% | 51% | 53% | 43% | 60% | 65% | 53% | 45% | 46% | 55% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 5% | ** | 4% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 12% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 56% | 11% | 29% | 4% | 36% | 36% | 27% | 42% | 37% | 17% | 9% | 27% | 28% | 23% | 13% | 18% | 38% | 43% | 44% | 48% | 8% | 28% | 8% | 18% | 46% |