Oklahoma Poll
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March 27, 2005
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Bill Shapard

Poll favors 5 bond items.

Voters surveyed had qualms about the funding of public facilities improvements.

Five of the six ballot propositions that make up the city's $250 million general obligation bond package seem headed to approval by voters April 5, the latest Oklahoma Poll shows.

The ballot items addressing transportation, sanitary sewer, flood control and police and fire needs were supported in the survey by strong margins, ranging from 59 percent to 74.2 percent.

The fate of the proposition to fund public facilities repairs and improvements, which had 45.4 percent support, is in the hands of undecided voters, the poll shows.

Mayor Bill LaFortune said the poll numbers are encouraging.

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Bill Shapard

Bill is the founder of SoonerPoll.com and ShapardResearch, a full service market research firm based in Oklahoma City. Bill began his career in polling after working on major campaigns for both Republicans and Democrats in Oklahoma from 1996 until founding SoonerPoll in 2004.