| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #6953 |
 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.3 pct points | 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% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 15% | 16% | 18% | 16% | ** | ** | 25% | 13% | 14% | 25% | 12% | 8% | 17% | 15% | 10% | 21% | 19% | 13% | 19% | 21% | 12% | 23% | 11% | 15% |
| Disapprove | 79% | 80% | 78% | 72% | 82% | 82% | 78% | 80% | ** | ** | 71% | 81% | 84% | 71% | 84% | 91% | 80% | 84% | 85% | 74% | 78% | 81% | 79% | 74% | 87% | 74% | 81% | 82% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ** | ** | 4% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 8% | 3% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 86% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 28% | 39% | 31% | 37% | 44% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 24% | 41% | 30% | 36% | 34% | 42% | 52% | 35% | 21% | 44% |