Dear Governor Fallin, I write to you today to share with you results of our most recent polling regarding legislation to repeal the ban on horse slaughter in Oklahoma. Given the rather fast pace this legislation has made its way through the legislature, my intent is to make sure that the collective voice of the voting public is heard and taken into consideration on this issue. As Oklahoma’s public opinion pollster, it is NOT my mission, directly or indirectly, to advocate for or against any particular legislation or public policy. While this particular poll was
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What can this graph tell us about how Oklahomans will vote in November? Maybe not much. But it can tell us how the Oklahoma political landscape has changed, the impact of President Obama on the state, and that the change may be with us for some time. The last time we presented this data, we noted the lead up to the last presidential election and how Oklahomans begin to identify themselves as less conservative and more moderate in their political beliefs. The conservative value of less regulation of the marketplace became the target of blame for
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By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer The top of the presidential ticket continues to look more like a millstone for Oklahoma Democrats, according to the most recent poll by SoonerPoll.com. In a survey of 495 voters taken by phone July 26-Aug. 14, only 29 percent said they would vote for the re-election of President Barack Obama – a slight improvement, but well within the poll’s margin of error, from the 27 percent in May who said they’d vote for the Democratic incumbent. Fifty-eight percent said they would vote for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, down
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SoonerPoll.com, Oklahoma’s public opinion pollster, has announced that it will be changing its methodology. SoonerPoll.com’s methodology will now include a combination of landline and cell phone random digit dial samples, known as a dual-frame sample. “The world is changing, and we want to continue to make sure that our sampling remains representative of all voters likely to vote on Election Day,” Bill Shapard, CEO of SoonerPoll.com, said. Based in Oklahoma City, SoonerPoll performs its own data collection with on-site calling centers, which produce high quality data with strong internal validity. Prior to this, SoonerPoll has
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By Michael C. Carnuccio Guest Columnist In the 1950s, famed political scientist David Easton defined politics as the authoritative allocation of values in society. When I lectured at Oklahoma State University, my students preferred “who gets what, when and how.” The point is, while social issues will always dominate election-year headlines, the legislative process is first and foremost about appropriations. In Tulsa last fall, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels incorporated yours truly into a discussion about the ethical approach to this responsibility. “Start with the premise that government should never take a dollar from a free
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The Oklahoman Editorial LEGISLATIVE leaders apparently weren’t thrilled with the idea of giving the state’s auditor and inspector the resources and the latitude to run a magnifying glass over state agencies. Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones had hoped voters could decide in November whether to amend the state constitution to allow his office to initiate performance audits of state agencies. Currently such audits must be requested by the governor, the agency’s director or the Legislature. As a result, they rarely happen. That will continue to be the case. A House joint resolution (and a companion
Read More »(UPDATED 3/23/2012 to include a SoonerPoll.TV interview with Sen. Josh Brecheen about Oklahoma voters’ opinions on how much money the state wastes and how related legislation can help.) Originally Published on Nov. 12, 2011 By Josh Brecheen, The Conservative Voice Conservative and liberal Oklahomans agree on something of significant substance – our state wastes too much money. SoonerPoll surveyed 587 likely voters from July to August 2011 and asked the following question: “Do you think that Oklahoma State Government wastes a lot of money we pay in taxes, wastes some of it, or doesn’t waste
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By William Swaim Executive Editor, BA Ledger “A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to A Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.” — James Madison We’re faced with many issues these days. A struggling economy and job market; rising gas prices; the war on terror; or for sports enthusiasts, the fact their March Madness bracket was blown up after two No.
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‘A fool and his money are soon elected.’ Will Rogers Oklahoma got its say last night in presidential politics, but took a much different course than four years ago. Conservative Rick Santorum won a plurality of the votes, beating the more moderate Mitt Romney by six points. Four years ago, it was the more moderate John McCain beating conservative Mike Huckabee by four, who had led in early polling. Perhaps, the general election match-ups played a greater role in Republican voters’ decision making. In December 2007, early polling showed Oklahoma Republicans felt McCain could defeat
Read More »In a recent policy study from the Reason Foundation, Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett talks about tackling the city’s challenges and how it requires a willingness to embrace innovation, competition and market ideas. Upon taking office a year into a national recession, Bartlett was faced with reductions by the previous mayor in discontinued public safety academies, turned off highway lights, grounded police helicopters, and suspension of the removal of graffiti and the mowing of public property. Even with city employees being furloughed eight days and the previous administration having spent 80% of the city’s reserve fund
Read More »Various reports of national poll results:
Jeannie Weslery says: Gov, Fallen with not have a high approve if she continues to support Equine Slaughter. She and the r...
Loretta Cypress says: Being a young and diverse country means we do not yet share a common view on divisive social issues ...
admin says: Judith, keep in mind that this particular poll was conducted more than a year ago. While the most r...
