Tulsa World Poll: Poll finds voters split on campaigning by police, firefighters

By Randy Krehbiel – Tulsa World Staff Writer A Tulsa firefighter campaigns during a city election in July 2009. [News on 6 file photo] Tulsans are split almost evenly over whether firefighters and other city employees should have been allowed to actively campaign in this year’s city elections. Mayor Dewey Bartlett issued an executive order [...]

Tulsa World Poll: Majority oppose City Charter changes

By P.J. LASSEK & BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writers Tulsans may be fed up with City Hall controversies, but a new Tulsa World-sponsored poll indicates a majority of voters aren’t ready to adopt a council-city manager form of government or to add at-large councilors to the current structure. But they do support with slight majorities [...]

Tulsa World: State poll respondents say bin Laden’s death has no effect on safety

By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Osama bin Laden’s name may have been synonymous with terrorism and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but Oklahomans seem to have considered him almost irrelevant by the time of his death earlier this year. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed in late July and early August by SoonerPoll.com said [...]

Oklahoma Watch: Transferring tax breaks raises concerns state’s residents

BY WARREN VIETH, OKLAHOMA WATCH A survey by SoonerPoll.com on behalf of Oklahoma Watch revealed most Oklahoma  voters had a lack of familiarity with the 480 credits, deductions, exemptions  and other incentives contained in the Oklahoma tax code. Oklahoma  voters say they don’t know a lot about tax breaks, but they don’t like the sound  [...]

Tulsa World: 9-11: Ten Years Later: What passengers are saying…

By D.R. STEWART World Staff Writer Have the security measures at airports gone too far since 9/11? We asked passengers at Tulsa International Airport for their thoughts: “If I’m going to be flying, I want to be sure that the people I’m with are there for the same reason I am. The complaints I hear [...]

Tulsa World: Oklahoma getting less federal funding for terrorism prevention

By OMER GILLHAM World Staff Writer On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. On the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, America continues to fight a war on terror that has claimed the lives of more than 100 Oklahomans. In the next month, the [...]

Tulsa World: Poll shows Oklahoma views on Afghan troop withdrawal mirror the nation’s

Oklahomans’ feelings about the United States’ decade-long presence in Afghanistan appear to be roughly in line with the rest of the country’s, a recent survey by SoonerPoll.com indicates. Only 19 percent of the 587 Oklahomans surveyed said President Barack Obama is acting too quickly by promising to withdraw 35,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by next [...]

Tulsa World: Only 40 percent of Oklahomans think Republicans will do a better job than the Democrats

Story By Randy Krehbiel World Staff Writer. Oklahoma’s 53rd Legislature will be the first with Republicans in complete control of state government. The GOP owns large majorities in the House and Senate and inhabits every statewide office. The voters, however, have a sobering message: Only 40 percent think the Republicans will run the state any [...]

Tulsa World: Strict immigration measures retain solid support

Photo By Cory Young for the Tulsa World.  Story By Randy Krehbiel World Staff Writer. Oklahomans remain gung-ho for “Arizona-style” immigration reform but don’t appear to be quite as enthusiastic about it as they were six months ago, according to the most recent Oklahoma Poll. Sixty percent of those surveyed this month said they “strongly [...]

Tulsa World: Most voters against expanding alcohol sales

Story by Randy Krehbiel World Staff Writer. Oklahomans are not exactly tipsy over the prospects of wine and strong beer sales in grocery and convenience stores, the latest Oklahoma Poll has found. Fifty-eight percent of the 520 likely voters surveyed in early January by SoonerPoll.com said they opposed a proposal to make wine and beer [...]

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