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Voters to Government: Stay out of Business Decisions re: Vaccines
Sooner Survey: Volume 33 No. 7 ⎸October 25, 2021 | In July, we released numbers (Sooner Survey Volume 33, No. 5) that revealed that most Oklahomans do not want government to interfere in the relationship between employers and employees when it comes to vaccine policies. Subsequently, the Biden administration issued an executive order and decision-makers have again been asked to pick sides. The reality is the vast majority of Oklahoma voters just want government to stay out of telling businesses how address their employees and vaccines – and that is even more true today than when we tested it in July.
Oklahoma Voters Critical of Critical Race Theory
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.
Voters to State Government: Don’t Interfere with Businesses and Vaccines
Sooner Survey: Volume 33 No. 5 | August 3, 2021 | In an earlier Sooner Survey (Volume 33 No. 2 “The Partisan Virus”) we shared data about the extreme partisan nature of opinions regarding Covid-19. This edition digs deeper and looks at the intersection of Covid-19 vaccination and the rights of businesses, employees, patients, and those interacting with state government.
OKC Mayor David Holt Poised for Reelection
Sooner Survey: Volume 33 No. 4 | June 23, 2021 | Our recent poll of 400 registered voters in the city of Oklahoma City shows Mayor David Holt is well-known, well-liked, and poised for reelection in February of 2022.
Biden Numbers almost Identical to Obama in 2009
Sooner Survey: Volume 33 No. 3 | May 24, 2021 | Early polling for 2022 shows that the trendline for Oklahoma’s partisan outlook looks to remain consistently pro- Republican. Even during the down year of 2018, the Republicans swept statewide offices (including an open gubernatorial seat) and picked-up seats in the legislature. No one can argue that 2020 was a Republican landslide and 2022 looks to build on that.
The Partisan Virus
Sooner Survey: Volume 33 No. 2 | April 20th, 2021 | The most recent Sooner Survey focuses on how voters relate to the Covid pandemic and reveals a great deal about our citizenry. This issue is almost as divisive as all but the most ideological of issues and even starts to approach that of abortion and guns and shows that a virus and the response to it has become an overtly partisan issue.





