| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14462 |
| Inhofe Remains On Top in Oklahoma US Senate Race, But Contest Tightens Slightly:
In an election for United States Senator from Oklahoma today, 09/30/08, Republican incumbent Jim Inhofe defeats Democratic State Senator Andrew Rice 53% to 37%, according to this latest exclusive KFOR-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA. Independent Steven Wallace takes 7% of the vote. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released three weeks ago, Inhofe is down 3 points; Rice is up 3 points.
Inhofe leads among men and women, among voters age 35+, among college graduates and those who did not attend college, among both rich and poor. 30% of Democrats cross over to vote for Republican Inhofe, who was first elected in a 1994 special election. Independents are tied. Inhofe is seeking his third full term. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 900 Oklahoma adults 09/28/08 and 09/29/08. Of the adults, 794 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 656 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the 11/04/08 general election. |
 | Oklahoma voters will also elect a United States Senator. If the election for United States Senator were today, would you vote for (choices rotated) Republican Jim Inhofe? Democrat Andrew Rice? Or Independent Stephen Wallace? |
| 656 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | College Grad | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Income | Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.9 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | < Obama | > McCain | > In Bet | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Yes | No | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Could Ch | Mind Mad | Economy | Environm | Health C | Iraq | Terroris | Social S | Educatio | Immigrat | < $50K | > $50K | Western | Eastern | |
| Jim Inhofe (R) | 53% | 59% | 48% | 36% | 56% | 53% | 65% | 48% | 58% | 46% | 68% | 57% | 57% | 11% | ** | 45% | 86% | 30% | 36% | 82% | 40% | 16% | 55% | 52% | 62% | 46% | 39% | 70% | 34% | 44% | 56% | 50% | ** | 31% | 47% | 84% | ** | ** | 75% | 47% | 59% | 52% | 54% |
| Andrew Rice (D) | 37% | 34% | 40% | 52% | 31% | 36% | 30% | 40% | 34% | 42% | 28% | 34% | 34% | 70% | ** | 43% | 9% | 60% | 33% | 11% | 50% | 74% | 34% | 39% | 31% | 42% | 48% | 21% | 56% | 38% | 37% | 42% | ** | 56% | 47% | 9% | ** | ** | 20% | 44% | 32% | 39% | 34% |
| Stephen Wallace (I) | 7% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 16% | ** | 7% | 4% | 6% | 27% | 4% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 6% | 7% | ** | 10% | 4% | 4% | ** | ** | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
| Undecided | 3% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | ** | 6% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 2% | ** | 3% | 2% | 2% | ** | ** | 0% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 50% | 50% | 20% | 28% | 28% | 23% | 48% | 52% | 43% | 11% | 46% | 83% | 7% | 3% | 8% | 41% | 48% | 8% | 41% | 35% | 9% | 41% | 59% | 57% | 23% | 20% | 54% | 43% | 17% | 81% | 56% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 46% | 54% | 50% | 50% |