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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.

Oklahoma’s Support for Patriotic Symbols

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.

Oklahomans Strongly Support Death Penalty

Sooner Survey: Volume 33 No. 8 ⎸October 27, 2021 | As Oklahoma restarts its practice of executing those duly convicted, we wanted to look and see where Oklahoma voters are in 2021. What we find is very strong support for the death penalty with almost three times as many supporting the practice (64%) as opposing it (23%). At the extremes, it is even more lopsided with 41% of Oklahomans strongly supporting the death penalty and only 13% strongly opposing. This support is very similar to what we saw the last time we looked at this issue in 2015 (68% Favor vs. 24% Oppose).