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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,

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Sooner Survey: Volume 37 No. 9 ⎸August 10, 2026 ⎸Oklahoma’s Republican runoff election for Governor is currently as tight as it can be.  Our recent study (completed August 6, 2026) of 600 Likely Voters has the contest a dead-heat with Gentner Drummond and Mike Mazzei both drawing support from 44% of likely runoff voters.  If one were to take out “leaners” (those asked to make a choice after initially saying they were still undecided), Drummond would have a two point lead (42% Drummond; 40% Mazzei).

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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.