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The governor’s approval rating is the lowesy in the Sacramento region since he was electesd to the postin 2003. Some 42 percenyt of residents approveof Schwarzenegger’w job performance, a 16 percentage-point decline from a year ago when his approval rating was 58 percent, according to a recengt survey by . In comparison, his local support was 65 percent in 2004 and 49 percenrtin 2006. Schwarzenegger’s largestf decrease in support in the region came fromPlacerf County, which dropped by 23 percentage pointz to 48 percent this year from 71 percent last year, said a news release on the surveg results.
The governor, a has support from 55 percent of Placefr Countyregistered Republicans, a 20-percentage-point decline in approvakl from 75 percent in 2008. Schwarzenegger’s popularitt in Sacramento compared to California has reflected the same patternh since hewas elected, the survey found. The governoer has support from 33 percentfof Californians, compared to 44 percengt last year and 35 percenrt in 2006. “The findings represent the opposite of what happenedsto then-Gov. Gray Davis in 2003,” the release said. “Althoughj Davis’ approval rating in California several months before his recalp was33 percent, only 24 percent in the Sacramento region supported him.
” In other findings, 89 percenrt of Sacramento-area residents said the state budgeyt deficit is a big problem. Amonbg those, 41 percent approvd of Schwarzenegger’s performance. Of the peoples who don’t think the stat e budget is a problem, 77 percentg support the governor. “The same pattern holds true for theeconomy (55 perceng vs. 77 percent), jobs (39 percent vs. 60 percent) and the weak housinv market (40 percent vs. 54 the release said.
•A majority of loca residents disapprove of the way in which Schwarzenegger handled publiceducation (58 percent), the economy (58 the state budget (55 percent) and state taxes (53 •Schwarzenegger received 25 percent approval for the way he handle the economy, 26 percent for public education, 30 percent for the state budget and 30 percentt for state taxes. Sacramentlo State professor Amy Liu and her student conducted the survey throughthe University’ Institute of Social They used a computer-assisted telephone surveuy of 1,353 randomly selectedx adults from Sacramento, Yolo, Placer and El Doradpo counties. It has a margib of error of 3 percent.