We may have to designate a new name for Governor Rick Perry around these parts. While he has been known as "Governor 39%" due to his election results, the new January SurveyUSA poll has determined his approval rating rests at 45%. While that is not good, it's a slightly higher number than December's poll.
Approve 45%
Disapprove 52%
Not sure 3%
600 adults surveyed, margin of error +/- 4.1%
The breakdown of race, sex, political affiliation, etc holds some interesting numbers. While most all of the numbers are bad, Perry has strong support among Hispanics in this poll. 53% of the Hispanics surveyed approve of him, reversing the trend from the December poll.
Backing up our claim that Perry is not supported by everyone, even in his own party, 30% of those surveyed that identified as Republicans still disapprove of how he is handling his job.
Among regions, some of his worst support comes from Harris County. 69% of those surveyed in Harris disapproved. This could also be related to the Republican numbers, as many GOP members in Harris County have held a negative opinion of him going into the election this past November, mainly due to his handling of the tax situation.
Do these numbers show that Governor Goodhair is growing on us? Or does it reinforce the notion that the state did not want 4 more years? Judging from the bad numbers among all of the demographics, I would have to go with the latter.
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