Tulsa World: Republican focus group likes Newt Gingrich over all

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 [...]

President Obama’s approval falls from post-bin Laden rise

President Barack Obama’s approval rating in Oklahoma has fallen 6.3 points since August to 28.9 percent, according to a recent SoonerPoll.com study. The November study found that 28.9 percent of likely Oklahoma voters approve of the way President Barack Obama is doing his job. By comparison, 64.8 percent disapproved and 6.3 percent had no opinion. [...]

Gingrich leads Romney by two-to-one margin in Oklahoma

Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich received the support of one-third of the 400 likely Republican Primary voters polled in a recent SoonerPoll.com study. With 33.3 percent plurality, Gingrich leads in Oklahoma by more than a two-to-one margin over former Governor Mitt Romney who came in second with 14.3 percent. [...]

Tulsa World: Gingrich leads GOP poll in Oklahoma

By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is a clear leader for the Republican presidential nomination among members of the Oklahoma GOP, according to a SoonerPoll.com survey released this weekend. The poll was not commissioned by any political candidate or party and was not paid for by the [...]

President Obama’s approval rating up slightly from midterm slip

Early May approval ratings from SoonerPoll reveal that 33.6 percent of likely Oklahoma voters polled approve of the way President Barack Obama is doing his job. Though the president’s approval remains low in Oklahoma, it is a marked improvement from the steady decline that coincided with the run-up to the midterm elections which culminated in [...]

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 [...]

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