Sooner Survey: Volume 36 No. 1 ⎸February 18, 2025 ⎸Astute observers know a poll is but a snapshot in time. Too often, they are used as a predictor, when reality is, they are providing the current state of play and provide data for understanding the current political environs. And the current state of play in Oklahoma reveals Gentner Drummond currently dominates the landscape and is becoming better defined every day.

Sooner Survey: Volume 33 No. 6 ⎸August 20, 2021 ⎸Fully 82% of Oklahoma voters have some level of awareness of “Critical Race Theory, also known as CRT” and among that 82%, almost twice as many oppose (58%) it being taught in public schools than support it (30%).  Furthermore, when CRT is explained in a way used in a national study, only 19% of all Oklahomans think it should be taught in our elementary schools.

Sooner Survey: Volume 35 No. 6 ⎸September 25, 2023 | The last 20 years have seen remarkable changes in the image of tribes and tribal governments in Oklahoma.  In 2002, we asked a question that asked voters if Oklahoma’s tribes were an asset or had outlived their usefulness.  At that time, just over half (53%) saw them as an asset while a third held the opposite view. 

Sooner Survey: Volume 35 No.5 ⎸September 12, 2023 | Earlier this year, I was called on one of my sayings “that’s less popular than burning the American flag” when I was asked just how popular or unpopular such an act of protest is in Oklahoma. So, being the data nerd I am, I decided to find out.

Sooner Survey: Volume 35 No.4 ⎸August 3, 2023 | Too often, politicians and others try to force choices when the reality is, voters want an all of the above.  One need look no further than criminal justice reform efforts.  It is a given, voters don’t want to lock-up those violating simple drug possession laws (they proved that by voting for SQ 780 in 2016).  But that does not mean they want a soft-on-crime approach.

Sooner Survey: Volume 35 No.3 ⎸July 13, 2023 | During the summer of the non-election year, attentions have been turning to national politics and the pending presidential contest of next year. In April, we released numbers (https://chs-inc.com/sooner-survey-trump-complicated/) showing Donald Trump’s popularity among Republicans, but with Ron DeSantis within striking distance.