Oklahoma’s public opinion pollster
Oklahoma’s public opinion pollster
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer Tulsans generally favor voting on a proposed $818 million capital improvements package in a single election this November rather than in separate elections for roadwork and other capital projects, according to an Oklahoma Poll conducted this month. But a small sampling of poll respondents indicates that the format of the proposal isn’t so important as long as voters can elect to continue fixing Tulsa’s streets. “I’d say the streets are just overwhelming everything,” said Dale Hartz, who prefers a single election but said he would gladly vote in separate
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By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Bill Christiansen may not win this year’s mayoral election, but his voters likely will decide who does. An allocation of Christiansen voters based on Oklahoma Poll questions suggests current Mayor Dewey Bartlett and former Mayor Kathy Taylor begin their campaigns for the November election virtually even. Taylor finished first in Tuesday’s primary with 42 percent, followed by Bartlett at 34 percent and Christiansen at 23. That result eliminated Christiansen and left the field to Bartlett and Taylor. The Oklahoma Poll, in a survey conducted June 1-5, asked the
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By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Mayor Dewey Bartlett and former Mayor Kathy Taylor are virtually even going into Tuesday’s city election, with former city councilor Bill Christiansen hanging a not-too-distant third, according to an Oklahoma Poll conducted June 1-5. The survey of 400 likely voters showed Taylor with 36 percent, Bartlett with 35 percent and Christiansen with 20 percent. Jerry Branch was favored by one poll respondent, Lawrence Kirkpatrick by none. Nine percent of respondents were undecided. Under the city’s new non-partisan election system, Tuesday’s balloting will determine Tulsa’s next mayor if one candidate
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BY BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Tulsans for the most part like the new trash and recycling system that was implemented a month ago, a new poll shows. An Oklahoma Poll of 311 likely city voters, conducted Oct. 25 to Nov. 1, indicates 29 percent strongly approve of the service, while 26 percent somewhat approve, 14 percent were uncertain, 7 percent somewhat disapprove and 24 percent strongly disapprove. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.56 percentage points. Soonerpoll.com’s Bill Shapard said that, since the full system only went into effect Oct 1., the
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BY BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Mayor Dewey Bartlett and former Mayor Kathy Taylor are nearly even in support from Tulsans as to who they would vote to be the next mayor, a new Tulsa World poll shows. An Oklahoma Poll of 311 city voters, conducted Oct. 25 to Nov. 1, supplied a list of potential mayoral candidates’ names and asked, if the election were held today, who they would choose. Bartlett got 24 percent to Taylor’s 22 percent. Former City Councilor Bill Christiansen, who has announced his candidacy, received 11 percent, followed by former
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BY BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer An overwhelming number of Tulsans are ready to support an extension of the Fix Our Streets tax program, a new Tulsa World poll shows. An Oklahoma Poll of 311 likely city voters, conducted Oct. 25 to Nov. 1, indicates a renewal of the streets initiative has 74 percent support, with 14 percent opposed and 12 percent uncertain. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.56 percentage points. SoonerPoll.com’s Bill Shapard said it’s obvious residents see the continuation of Fix Our Streets as a solution to the city’s street
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BY BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Vision2′s quality-of-life Proposition 2 appears to be headed to victory in Tuesday’s election, while the fate of Proposition 1 with its airport industrial complex upgrades and deal-closing fund is uncertain, a new Tulsa World poll shows. An Oklahoma Poll of 440 likely voters, conducted Oct. 25 to Nov. 1, indicates Proposition 2 will pass with 58 percent support, compared with 31 percent against and 11 percent undecided. Proposition 1 has 45 percent support, with 38 percent against and 17 percent undecided. The margin of error is plus or minus
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By Randy Krehbiel World Staff Writer Newt Gingrich’s charisma and intelligence may trump all other considerations for Tulsa-area Republicans, a focus group of likely voters in the March 6 GOP primary indicated last week. The 11 registered Republicans with a history of voting in primary elections were assembled by SoonerPoll.com at the Tulsa World offices three days after Gingrich’s victory in the South Carolina primary pushed him to the front of the GOP presidential field. The focus group included six men and five women. Four identified themselves as Gingrich supporters, two for Mitt Romney, one
Read More »Rarely do pollsters ever want to look back themselves or have anyone bring up their pre-election poll results AFTER the election. We do. You might be able to come up with several reasons why it should be done, but we believe the most important one is ACCOUNTABILITY, which seldom exists in the public opinion polling industry. Yes, we have a rather good track record with our pre-election poll results in comparison to election day and, given that fact, its probably easy for us to conduct this type of analysis. However, we have even been wrong a few times and written
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