Sooner Poll: 'Exceptional Approval' For Governor Brad Henry, Not So For Bush

From Sooner Poll ~ Although a majority of Oklahomans feel that America is headed in the right direction, many are not confident of the national or state economy; Governor Brad Henry received exceptional approval; rural residents are six times more likely to say that the Oklahoma economy is depressed.

SoonerPoll.com, a public opinion research firm in Oklahoma City, conducted the telephone poll of 664 registered voters and non-registered Oklahoma residents April 24-May 15. The poll’s margin of error was 3.8% and results were weighted by MSA, political label and sex.

Elected Officials Approval: In this report, official approval and economic evaluation are analyzed.

The following sections break down results to questions of approval for President George W. Bush, Governor Brad Henry, Senator Jim Inhofe and Senator Tom Coburn. Answers for Bush approval were on a 7-point scale and answers for the Governor and two Senators are simply approve or disapprove.

Bush ended the study with an approval (total) rating of 43% with 20.3% of the total sample strongly approving and 44.1% strongly disapproving, likewise
70.5% for Henry, 51.6% for Inhofe and 58.3% for Coburn.

To read the entire survey, go to http://soonerpoll.com/pdfs/LikelyVoter_Report1_Toplines.pdf.

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