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.

Sooner Survey: Volume 35 No. 2 ⎸April 6, 2023 | One thing that most voters agree upon is that Donald Trump is a unique political figure. While many point to his style as what makes him unique, the coalition he has built is also a bit unusual. Trump’s coalition of populists and conservatives has created, or at least exacerbated, divides within the Republican party that are generally seen along income and geographic lines.

Sooner Survey: Volume 35 No. 1 ⎸March 29, 2023 | There are few issues that unite Oklahomans more than their belief that cockfighting should be illegal. Fully 87% say this practice should be illegal while only 8% oppose. Every major group has at least eight-in-ten wanting cockfighting illegal, including 87% of registered Republicans and 90% of registered Democrats. Additionally,