A polling company performed research on how well Australian state premiers were performing inlight of the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents form each state of Australia were asked for theirlevel of approval for their particular state premier, with possible option of "approve", "don't know",and "disapprove". In addition to this their gender was recorded

Among men, 40 approved, 45 disapproved and 10 said don't know.Among women, 62 approved, 30 disapproved and 5 said don't know.

What type of variable (nominal, ordinal) is the level of approval for one's state premier? Carefullyexplain your reasoning