Oklahomans losing faith in Obama’s handling of the economy

Oklahomans lose faith in President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy since this time last year. Only 35.8 percent of Oklahomans approve of Obama’s handling of the economy, down 11.4 points since April of last year. Oklahoma was showing signs of recovery in March of this year before slipping back into the red after a [...]

Obama’s approval rating low but steady since January in the sooner state

In first statewide approval ratings since he signed the health care reform bill into law President Barack Obama receives low marks. Obama’s approval rating is 35.4 percent in Oklahoma, but although it is low, it has remained steady since January’s 35.9 percent. Although we did not see a large drop in favorably of Obama following [...]

Obama’s presidency does little to change Oklahomans opinions on the state of race relations

Oklahomans think race relations are good, and they’ve thought so for a while. A recent SoonerPoll on the status of race relations found that Oklahoma voters express remarkably similar opinions on race relations as they did 22 months ago, July 2008, when President Barack Obama first secured the Democratic nomination. The poll found 52.2 percent [...]

Most Oklahomans Agree Obama’s Prospective Energy Policy Is Harmful To Oklahoma

Given the importance of domestic exploration and refining Oklahoma’s economy, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission recently (April 16, 2009) wrote a letter to President Obama contending that the President’s energy tax increases in his proposed federal budget “would have disastrous effects on Oklahoma’s efforts to educate its children, clean its environment, and create jobs.” The letter [...]

Is Obama Liberal?

Oklahomans describe Obama as moderate to liberal, yet half approve. A recent SoonerPoll shows that most Oklahomans classify president Obama’s political views as liberal, though approval ratings remain high. In an effort to dig deeper into approval/disapproval ratings by Oklahoma’s likeliest voters for Obama, SoonerPoll asked, “Thinking now about President Obama, do you consider him [...]

Oklahomans Remain Skeptical After Obama’s First 100 Days

Obama’s Performance So Far After testing specific areas of performance of the President’s first 100 days in office, SoonerPoll compared Oklahoma’s likely voter’s perceptions to those of the nation through a poll conducted by Hart and McInturff (February 26 – March 1, 2009) for NBC News and The Wall Street Journal of 1,007 adults across [...]