(RALEIGH) -- Public Policy Polling's latest survey shows that Gov. Bev Perdue did a good job managing response efforts related to Hurricane Irene. Overall 40 percent of North Carolinians approve of the job the Governor is doing.

Public Policy Polling Director Tom Jensen said that Perdue's approval is the highest its been in a long time. "This is actually the first time that her approval rating has been 40 percent since April of 2009, only three months after she took office, so she's really in a much stronger position now than she has been over the last two-and-a-half years," said Jensen.
 
Jensen added that 44 percent of those surveyed still disapproved of Perdue.