President Obama's ratings differed little from his performance in the general election, with 41 approving and 52 disapproving of his overall job performance. The US Congress job approval rating from Texans were the most negative assessments of the suvbery, with 71% disapproving and only 13% approving. In both of these assessments the most negative option, "disapprove strongly", was the most common choice: 44% strongly disapproved of Obama, and 49% strongly disapproved of Congress.

The survey solicited approval ratings of Governor Perry, Senator Hutchison, and the Texas state legislature The assessments of state level political leadership were less negative though hardly stellar. Governor Perry's approval numbers were at 36% approve (10% strongly/26% somewhat) versus 44 percent disapprove (26 strongly / 18 somewhat). Senator Hutchison elicited comparable positives with a 39% approval rating (10% strongly / 29% somewhat), but her disapproval rating was only 27% (10% strongly/17% somewhat) with a larger share choosing the neutral option (24%) than in the Governor's case (15%).

The Texas state legislature fared much better than their counterparts in Washington DC: 31% approved of the way the Texas Legislature has been handling its job (3% strongly/28% somewhat). The Texas Legislature earned a 36% negative rating (15% stronglydisapproving/21% somewhat disapproving) and a 31% positive rating, with 25% neither approving or disapproving.