Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10609
 
Istook's OK House Seat Will Stay Republican; Fallin Flyin': In an election for the U.S. House of Representatives in Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District today, 11/1/06, Republican Mary Fallin defeats Democrat David Hunter 59% to 37%, according to a SurveyUSA poll of 430 Likely Voters conducted exclusively for KFOR-TV Oklahoma City. Fallin is currently Oklahoma's Lieutenant Governor. Incumbent Republican Ernest Istook, who is running for Governor this year, was first elected to Congress in 1992.
 
Filtering: 900 adults from Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District were interviewed 10/29/06 through 10/31/06. Of them, 715 were registered to vote. Of them, 430 were judged to be "likely" voters. Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters.
 
If the election for U.S. House of Representatives were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Republican Mary Fallin? Democrat David Hunter? Or Independent Matthew Horton Woodson?
430 Likely VotersAllGenderAgeRacePartyIdeologyEducationIncomeBush Job ApprovaGeneration *
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.7%MaleFemale18-3435-4950-6465+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberalNo ColleSome ColCollege Grad Sch< $40K$40K - $> $80KApproveDisapproGen YGen XJonesBoomersMature
Fallin (R)59%64%55%57%59%59%61%64%35%**43%87%28%54%82%44%27%56%62%59%57%56%59%64%89%28%37%64%59%62%61%
Hunter (D)37%32%42%42%34%39%35%32%60%**57%9%69%31%14%53%69%43%35%38%38%41%36%33%8%67%63%29%37%36%35%
Woodson (I)2%4%2%0%6%2%1%3%1%**0%3%0%15%3%2%3%1%3%4%2%2%4%1%2%4%0%5%3%2%1%
Undecided1%1%2%1%1%1%3%1%3%**0%1%2%0%1%1%1%1%1%0%3%1%0%2%1%2%0%2%1%0%3%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Likely Voters100%47%53%20%31%28%22%79%11%3%7%49%44%7%45%37%14%12%37%24%27%32%42%22%48%49%10%21%27%21%22%
 
 
** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.