Poll: New Survey Shows Partisan Split on COVID, Gov. Kevin Stitt Maintains Lead Over Supt. Joy Hofmeister in Governor’s Race
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma-based public affairs firm Amber Integrated has released a survey measuring voter attitudes about elected leaders and other political issues and current events. This survey was conducted from December 15 - December 19, 2021, and included a pool of 500 registered voters in Oklahoma. This survey has a margin of error of 4.38% at a 95% confidence interval. Some questions with fewer than 500 respondents will have a larger margin of error.
Some key findings include:
Republicans list economic concerns as their number one priority, while Democrats say COVID is.
In December, 13% of voters identified COVID-19 as their number one public policy concern that state lawmakers should address, topped by “jobs and the economy” (28%) and education (15%). Concern over COVID sharply diverges among party lines.
For Democrats, fighting COVID is the number one issue, with 22% identifying it as a priority, before “jobs and the economy” (18%) and education (16%).
Just 6% of Republicans, however, identify COVID as their number one issue. Instead, Republicans say they are primarily concerned with “jobs and the economy” (36%), “law and order” (16%) and education (16%).
Independents list their priorities as “jobs and the economy” (26%), COVID-19 (18%) and education (15%).
Gov. Kevin Stitt is beating Supt. Joy Hofmeister in a head-to-head matchup.
Gov. Kevin Stitt is currently leading Joy Hofmeister in a head-to-head matchup, with 47% of voters saying they would vote for Stitt or lean towards voting for Stitt and 32% saying they would vote for Hofmeister or lean towards Hofmeister. Twenty-one percent remain undecided. Those numbers remain almost unchanged from an October survey that showed 49% of voters reporting they would vote for Stitt or leaned towards Stitt and 33% saying the same of Hofmeister.
U.S. Sen. James Lankford has a large lead in his primary election; other Republican primaries are toss-ups.
Fifty-six percent of Republican voters say they plan on voting for Lankford or lean towards Lankford in the upcoming primary election for U.S. Senate, compared to 9% for State Sen. Nathan Dahm and 8% for Jackson Lehmeyer. Twenty-four percent remain undecided.
In other Republican primary races, however, a majority of voters remain undecided, making these races wide-open. Fifty-six percent of Republican voters are undecided when it comes to who they will support in the race for attorney general, 57% are undecided on who they will support in the race for state superintendent of public instruction, and 52% are undecided on who they will support in the primary election for state treasurer.
Voters support Gov. Stitt’s decision to take Julius Jones off death row.
Fifty-five percent of all voters say they support Gov. Kevin Stitt’s decision “to stop Julius Jones’ execution and take him off death row.” That includes a large majority of Democrats (67%), a majority of independents (52%) and a plurality of Republicans (47% who support the decision vs. 33% who disagree). Just 26% of all voters say Gov. Stitt should have gone forward with the execution.