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 Suggest Henry Should Only Accept Funds Without Strings Attached

Oklahomans are Worried about Strings Attached to Stimulus Money Despite Governor Henry accepting all funds allocated to Oklahoma from the national stimulus bill, when asked by SoonerPoll, Oklahoma’s likely voters said that they think Henry should only accept funds with no strings attached (44%). Two of every ten respondents said he should accept all funds [...]

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 [...]