| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #6961 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Rick Perry is doing as Governor? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 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 | North | West | Harris C | East | |
| Approve | 49% | 49% | 50% | 49% | 51% | 46% | 52% | 47% | 49% | ** | 63% | 35% | 46% | 58% | 51% | 26% | 37% | 52% | 55% | 48% | 42% | 54% | 51% | 60% | 43% | 57% | 60% | 49% | 43% |
| Disapprove | 45% | 47% | 42% | 43% | 44% | 48% | 44% | 45% | 44% | ** | 33% | 60% | 44% | 37% | 45% | 63% | 54% | 43% | 41% | 45% | 54% | 38% | 45% | 35% | 53% | 38% | 39% | 44% | 50% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 7% | ** | 4% | 4% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 7% | 7% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 36% | 40% | 25% | 56% | 11% | 29% | 4% | 37% | 30% | 32% | 42% | 37% | 18% | 16% | 21% | 33% | 29% | 22% | 37% | 40% | 44% | 51% | 25% | 10% | 18% | 47% |