| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #15749 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jay Nixon is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Home Ownership | Marital Status | Job Status | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Income | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Own | Rent | Single | Married | Separate | Divorced | Widowed | Un-marri | Student | Full-tim | Part-tim | Homemake | Unemploy | Retired | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | < $50K | > $50K | Northern | Kansas C | Southwes | St. Loui | Southeas | |
| Approve | 50% | 55% | 45% | 34% | 52% | 57% | 66% | 50% | 51% | ** | ** | 53% | 47% | 56% | 51% | ** | 41% | 69% | ** | 67% | 47% | 48% | 41% | 28% | 64% | 30% | 65% | 47% | 44% | 52% | 53% | 46% | 55% | 39% | 53% | 44% | 58% | 42% |
| Disapprove | 41% | 39% | 43% | 56% | 39% | 33% | 29% | 40% | 46% | ** | ** | 39% | 38% | 37% | 39% | ** | 51% | 25% | ** | 29% | 46% | 43% | 42% | 57% | 27% | 59% | 26% | 49% | 47% | 40% | 37% | 45% | 37% | 47% | 34% | 48% | 37% | 49% |
| Not Sure | 9% | 5% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 5% | 10% | 3% | ** | ** | 8% | 16% | 7% | 10% | ** | 8% | 6% | ** | 4% | 7% | 9% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 14% | 12% | 9% | 5% | 9% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 31% | 30% | 21% | 18% | 85% | 10% | 2% | 3% | 73% | 18% | 16% | 60% | 2% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 10% | 42% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 19% | 30% | 41% | 23% | 38% | 36% | 15% | 60% | 40% | 15% | 23% | 19% | 35% | 8% |